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…
Santipur, Sept. 12: An elderly man in Santipur was beaten to death allegedly by a neighboring youth on Monday night as he asked him to stop a brawl with his wife. The accused youth who was in a drunken state dragged out Pradip Basak (58) of Deshbandhupara inside his home,…
Chakdaha, Sept. 10: A nature lovers’ organization in Nadia’s Chakdaha have alleged that a notified pond with an area of about 5 bigha land is being filled up illegally with debris and waste during the past few weeks by the land mafias in Netaji Park area under Ward-8 of the…
Krishnanagar, Sept. 11: The members of ‘Swami Vivekanander Chicago Baktritar Nadia Jila Udjapan Committee‘ today brought out a colorful motorbike rally to mark the 125th anniversary of the Chicago speech delivered by Swami Vivekananda. The Chicago speech was delivered in 1893. Today around 5000 bikers across the Nadia district gathered…