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Elderly Teacher Beaten Up To Bleed For Drink Protest

Krishnanagar, Jan. 24: A 58 year old teacher was allegedly beaten up outside his home in Krishnanagar on Tuesday night after he protested against two youths drinking in the open creating nuisance. The man, a teacher by profession, was beaten up again by those drunken youths barely after two hours…


Ranaghat Confectioner Makes Rasogolla Hot With Green Chilli

Ranaghat, Jan. 14: The foodies at the Rasogolla Utsav in Nadia’s Ranaghat got a ‘hot’ experience while reeling under the cold spell when they tried the ‘Jhaal’ Rasogolla today, courtesy Somnath Kundu, a local confectioner. This may sound whacky, but for 45 years old Somnath it was no fun as he dared to…


Initiative By Santipur Police To Protect Vagrants From Cold

Santipur, Jan. 14: Policemen attached to Santipur police station with support of some local youths have launched a noble initiative  to protect the mentally unstable vagrants from the chilling spell of cold. While icy winds walloped most areas in the state intensifying the prevailing cold conditions dropping the mercury level as low as around…


Man Killed Mother Over Property Tiff

Thanarpara, Dec. 24: Asma Biwi (65) was hacked to death by her younger son Mustafa Mandal (45), at her home following a tiff over share of property in Nadia’s Dogachi-Pagalpara village on Sunday morning. Police said, Mustafa, a farm labour by profession, had first hacked her mother Asma Biwi with…


Phulia Makes World’s Biggest Rasogolla

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…


Girdharpur School: DI Rectified “Mistakes” Of Teachers

Nakashipara, Nov. 1: The Nadia district administration preferred to “rectify” the mistakes the four teachers of Girdharpur High School in Nakashipara which they committed by signing their attendance register in advance while hiring a local tailor to teach the students so that they could spend blissful hours at home without…


Teachers Abstain Classes, Hire Tailor To Teach

Nakashipara, Oct. 31: Some teachers of Giridharpur high school in Nadia’s Nakashipara have hired a Madhyamik passed youth, who runs a tailoring shop, for a monthly contract of Rupees 1500 to take classes on their behalf during their absence. With these arrangements, the teachers have been abstaining school often for…


Kalyani Univ To Felicitate 147 Retired Staff On Its 58th Birthday

Kalyani, Oct. 31: The Kalyani University would felicitate 147 retired teachers and non teaching staff on the occasion of its 58th Foundation day on November 1. The University authorities have invited these teachers and officials tomorrow for a visit to the campus when they will be given a ride inside there…


Verdict On Ranaghat Convent Rape And Dacoity Case On Nov. 7

Kolkata, Oct. 30: The Additional District and Sessions Judge’s court in Kolkata would announce its verdict on the alleged dacoity and gangrape case on November 7 that occurred in Ranaghat’s Convent of Jesus Marry on wee hours of March 14 night in 2015. At least seven miscreants had brutalized a…


MLA Mohua Moitra To Challenge Aadhar In Supreme Court

New Delhi/Kolkata, Oct. 30: A little after the Supreme Court today flayed the Bengal Government for challenging the Narendra Modi Government’s decision to make the Aadhar a mandatory proof for availing benefits of different social welfare schemes, its chief minister Mamata Banerjee bounced back by putting party MLA from Nadia’s…