Krishnanagar, Oct. 10: The inter district under-17 women’s football championship organized by Indian Football Federation begins today in Krishnanagar. In the first match Nadia played against Murshidabad district that was held at the Dwijendralal Roy stadium in Krishnanagar. This is the first time such under-17 football tournament for girls introduced…
Krishnanagar, Oct. 8: A 28-year-old man was arrested today by Nadia police for allegedly beating his mother to death on Saturday night in Tehatta following an altercation with her. Bijoy Roy, a resident of Jitpur who is a farm hand by profession, was arrested on the basis of a complaint…
Ranaghat, October 3: Three motorbike riders, all without helmets, were killed and two of their friends were injured in two separate accidents occurred on NH-34 and Ranaghat-Duttapulia road in Nadia last night. The first accident occurred around 9am at Duttapulia more, when two youth riding a bike were approaching towards…
Muragacha (Nadia), Sept. 30: A simple gesture by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar made permanent impression of gratitude among the members of Bhattacharyya family in Bahirgachi village of Nadia’s Muragacha. The family members remained indebted to this great social reformer of Bengal as around 160 years ago he rescued the family from…
Thanarpara, Sept. 30: Gold and silver jewelries worth over Rupees 7 lakhs were stolen early this morning from the Durga idol of the 353 years old Puja organized at the house of the descendants of a zamindar family in Dhoradaha village of Thanarpara. This is the first time in over three…
Bhimpur, Sept. 28: A 15 year old boy died in Nadia’s Bhimpur after he was electrocuted in a puja pandal while trying to move a pedestal fan using his fingers that developed a technical snag. The incident occurred at the Bhimpur School Para puja committee pandal when many devotees were…
Krishnanagar, Sept. 27: It was a mistake by an artisan while painting made the deity look blue at the Chattopadhyay family in Krishnanagar’s Nazira Para. The incident occurred in Borishal, now in Bangladesh around three hundred years ago. But, the error was never rectified. As a result for about last 286…
Krishnanagar, Sept. 25: The Nadia administration has launched a mobile application today so that people could watch the Devi images and decorations of various puja committees in the district and also cast their votes in favour of the best one of their choice using their smart phones. In an attempt…
Kolkata, Sept. 20: Former Indian women’s cricket team captain Jhulan Goswami is the latest sports personality to be added to the list of Hindi biopic set to be made in Bollywood very soon. The story of Jhulan to be portrayed in a Hindi movie to be directed by Bengali film…
Krishnanagar, Sept. 18: One person earned critical burn injuries when a mysterious explosion ripped off a part of the basement of a house located on a by-lane off DL Roy road in Krishnanagar on Monday evening. The injured person, identified as Goutam Das (35), a resident of Dhubulia who used…