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Woman Riding Pillion Crushed Under Lorry In Krishnanagar

Krishnanagar, Oct. 30: A 43-year-old woman, who was riding the pillion of a motorbike with her husband without helmet, was crushed under wheels of a truck when she fell on the road being hit by it at a crossing during the early hours Monday morning in Nadia’s Krishnanagar. Police said,…


Longest Street Alpona Drawn In Nadia’s Phulia

Phulia, Oct. 29: Residents of Nadia’s Phulia on Sunday morning woke up to a spectacular view as they found that 3km stretch in their locality turned into a canvas of colors with ‘street alpana’ drawn by about 875 artistes and general people responding to a request by a social organization….


Celebrations Begin Again In Nadia With Jagadhatri Puja

The Jagadhatri idol of Krishnanagar Bowbazar Barowari Puja Committee being decorated with the gold made ornaments weighing over 10kg on Friday night. The festivities resumed in Nadia again with the Jagadhatri puja. the maximum number of pujas are held in Krishnanagar, where it is traditionally celebrated for two days –…


Senior Journalist Dipankar Bhattacharya Passes Away

Krishnanagar, Oct. 26: Senior journalist Dipankar Bhattacharya, working as a Nadia district correspondent with Bengali daily ‘Dainik Sambad”, passed away on Thursday afternoon at Saktinagar district hospital in Krishnanagar. He was 52 and is survived by his wife and a daughter. His last rites were done late in the evening at…


Houses, Land Lost In Fresh Erosion Of Hooghly In Chakdaha

Chakdaha, Oct. 26: At least ten houses and over 2 Bigha agricultural lands lost over past 24 hours in Sannyalchar village of Chakdaha due to severe erosion of embankment of Hooghly River. The district administration has urged the local people to shift to safer places and sent relief materials for…


Nadia Trinamul Leader Duped, 3 Held By Titagarh Police

Barrackpur/Krishnanagar, 25: Two prominent Trinamul Congress leaders one each from Nadia and North 24Parganas fell victim to three youths, who allegedly cheated the one by impersonating the other and decamped with Rs.1.5lakh in cash. The Titagarh Police have arrested Bapi De and two of his aides Rahul Yadav and Somnath Pal…


Tortured By Son Elderly Man Seeks Police Help

Gayeshpur, Oct. 24: A helpless 75-year-old man has requested the Kalyani Police and the sub divisional officer of Kalyani to get him justice as he has been brutally beaten up and thrown out of his own house by his youngest son and daughter-in-law because he refused to make him the…


3 Died In Separate Accidents On NH34

Chakdaha, Oct. 22: In Nadia three persons died in two separate road accidents those occurred on NH34 during the wee hours of Sunday morning. In the first incident one person died and another was injured when a Mahindra Bolero rammed on the back of a lorry on NH34 in Chakdaha….


Man Killed In Chakdaha Over Soirée Land Denial

Chakdaha, Oct. 22: A man was shot dead in Nadia’s Chakdaha on Saturday night by one of the members of a club as he refused allow the the club members to organize a musical soiree on his personal land adjacent to club on the occasion of Kali Puja. The victim…


Slain BSF Officer Buried At Home, Family Alleges Murder Conspiracy

Taraknagar (Nadia), Oct. 21: Body of BSF’s slain officiating commandant Deepak Kumar Mandal today buried at his home turf in Nadia’s Taraknagar-Dakshinpara village after it arrived there from Kolkata based Medica Super Specialty Hospital where he died on Friday after fighting for life for over 72 hours being injured in…