Aranghata, Nov. 22: A BA first year girl apparently from Nadia’s Aranghata ended her life after she was rebuked and admonished by her elder brother as she forget the personal identification number (PIN) of his debit card which he had given to her to withdraw money for him. Purnima Sarkar…
Phulia, Nov. 20: To mark Bengal’s win over Odhisha securing the Geographical Indication tag of Rasogolla, a social organization in Nadia’s Phulia made giant Rasogolla weighing about 8kg on Sunday night. The members of the Junior 100 foundation, who organized the celebration at the same time, paid their tribute to…
Gede, Nov. 19: Two years ago Mohammed Mamunur Rashid (37), a farmer from Rajsahi in Bangladesh, was found loitering in Mahatpur village of Nadia’s Chapra close to Indo-Bangladesh border. His clothes tattered and his memory was lost. A patrolling team of Border Security Force caught him and handed him over to…
Krishnaganj, Nov. 17: The traders from Nadia and adjacent Bangladeshi district Chuadanaga today demanded restoration of an abandoned stretch of 3-km road connecting Nadia’s Tungi and Chuadanaga’s Daulatganj which they claimed could come up as a viable alternative route to bring Dhaka closer to Kolkata reducing the road distance by over…
Santipur, Nov. 16: A thick cover of water hyacinth infested over a stretch of about 2-square kilometre stretch of a canal of Ganga under Baghanchra panchayat in Nadia’s Santipur has made at least four village almost inaccessible. Water hyacinth is an invasive fast growing aquatic weed that surfaces on water bodies and form…
Hogolberia, Nov. 14: Border Security Force personnel attached to 43Battalion seized 12kg of ganja while being smuggled to India through a porous point of Indo-Bangladesh border near Meghna border outpost under Hogolberia police station in Nadia. BSF sources said that a team of BSF personnel patrolling along the border spotted…
Krishnanagar, Nov. 13: Father of a newborn today lodged a complaint with Krishnanagar police claiming that the male baby that her wife delivered at a nursing home on Sunday afternoon was exchanged with a female baby by the nursing home authorities a little after he was born. Baban Garai, a…
Krishnanagar, Nov. 13: A weaver from Nadia’s Phulia has been making a 3.85-km long sari, claimed to be the longest one in the world, which he would dedicate to the Nation on the ensuing English New Year’s Day as a mark of his tribute to the Motherland. National award winning…
Kalyani, Nov. 8: A woman, who was detected having ovarian cancer with a giant tumor during her pregnancy, gave birth to a healthy baby girl at the Jawaharlal Nehru hospital and College of Medicine in Kalyani amidst a great pleasure among the doctors and nurses. Anuradha Sarkar (29), a resident…
Kalyani, Nov. 6: A sheer negligence of its own to appoint a professor as a full time Director and four other permanent staff as asked by UGC compelled the Kalyani University authority to discontinue its distance learning courses from the ensuing academic session making the future uncertain for about 11000…