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Surjakanta Calls For Resistance Against Trinamul Terror

Tehatta, Dec. 16: Bengal CPI (M) chief Surjakanta Mishra today called the party men to be prepared enough to resist looting of votes by the ruling Trinamul Congress at any cost in the ensuing panchayat elections. Speaking at a public meeting at Tehatta high school ground on Saturday after that…


Teachers, Clerks Illegally Enjoying Retainership For Folk Artistes

Krishnanagar, Dec. 13:  Nadia strict administration have started scanning the credentials of income certificates of the folk artists enjoying monthly retainership paid by the state government under ‘Lok Prasar Prakalpa’ after it found that over about one hundred school teachers and government employees have been enjoying the benefit illegally suppressing…


Walk To Rebuild Cultural Bond Between Hooghly And Thames

Krishnanagar, Dec. 9: A  group of contemporary artistes, authors and historians from Bengal and London walked in a rally today in a bid to rediscover the cultural relationship between Kolkata and London that developed over the years along the bank of river Hooghly and Thames. The walk which is part…


Mustard Cultivation Near Indo-Bangla Border Faces BSF Objection

Krishnanagar, Dec. 8: The farmers live close to Indo-Bangladesh border areas in Nadia and Murshidabad district who were advised to cultivate mustard by state government as an alternative to wheat, are encountered with serious objections from the Border Security Force. The state government in August declared ‘wheat holiday’ in these two…


Acid Burn Victim’s Family Appeals Mamata To Ensure Security

Dhantala, Nov.7: A farmer from Nadia’s Dhantala has made an appeal to chief minister Mamata Banerjee, Director General of Police and Nadia’s police Superintendent requesting them to arrest a person, accused of fatally injuring his wife by throwing acid along with his father, as the Dhantala police did never bother…


High Court Directs MEA, Police To Rescue Girl From Bangladesh

Nov. 29: The Calcutta High Court today asked the Ministry of External Affairs to submit a report about the steps it has taken so far to locate and to repatriate a 19 year college going girl from Nadia’s Tehatta who has been allegedly abducted and kept captive in Bangladesh. Justice Debangsu…


Iskcon’s Gita Jayanti Festival Begins In Mayapur

Mayapur, Nov. 28: The 3-day long Gita Jayanti festival organised by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) begins at its main hub in Mayapur this evening. The festival aims to promote the understanding of “Bhagawad Gita” among all sections of the society. The Iskcon aims to expand the knowledge…


Man Arrested For Sharing Abusive Cartoon On Mamata Banerjee

Dhantala, Nov. 28: Dhiraj Mistry (33), a lottery ticket vendor was arrested by Nadia police from his home in Dhantala’s Barbaria colony today morning as he was accused of sharing a cartoon on his Facebook timeline allegedly abusing chief minister Mamata Banerjee. Dhiraj was produced before the additional chief judicial…


Some MLAs Left Congress, Not The Supporters: Adhir

Krishnanagar, Nov. 27: Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury today said that some party MLAs and councilors have left party to join the ruling Trinamul Congress, but the people who elected them are still with Congress. “The supporters remained loyal to the party and they still support it”, said the…


4th Chakdaha Book Fair To Begin From December 9

Chakdaha, Nov. 22: The 4th Chakdaha Book Fair is all set to begin from December 9 at the Nabaraun Samity ground in the town. The six days long event will be concluded on December 14 with a gala cultural programme. The fair will be inaugurated by state education minister Partha…