ranaghat

BJP-TMC Supporters Clashed Over Housing Scheme Anomalies, 10 Inured

Ranaghat, Aug. 11: At least 10 persons were injured when a group of BJP and Trinamul activists clashed in front of a central government team at the Ranaghat-I BDO office premise in Nadia’s Habibpur on Thursday when it went there to examine the implementation of the centrally funded projects. BJP…


Nadia Bifurcation Announcement Triggers Protests

Santipur, Aug.2: A large number of people living in Nadia staged demonstrations on Tuesday in several places across the district to protest the Bengal government’s decision to bifurcate Nadia creating a separate district out of it with the name ‘Ranaghat’. The protestors alleged that the new administrative ‘Ranaghat’ would rob…


NH12 Bridge Work Blocks Churni River Course

Ranaghat, July 13: Construction of a bridge over the river Churni, as a part of NH12’S widening project that nearly blocked the river course in Ranaghat, has prompted nature care activists to lodge a complaint with the National Highway Authority of India and the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways….


Mamata Banerjee Slammed Ranaghat SP Sayak Das For Hanshkhali Gang Rape

Kolkata, April 27: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday slammed the Superintendent of police of Ranaghat Sayak Das and his team for the alleged gang rape and murder of a minor girl in Hanshkhali that has caused sheer embarrassment to the state government. Visibly under pressure for the bizarre incident…


Ranaghat Treehouse: Nature Lovers’ Destination

Ranaghat: Dibyendu Biswas, 61, a retired employee of the Department of Post, has made a ‘Treehouse’ as a type of watchtower in his nursery farm adjacent to his residence in Kuthirpara village in Nokari area of Ranaghat town. The 12 ft x 6 ft cabin made of steel, timber, plywood,…


BSF Recovered Victoria Crown Pigeon From Clutches Of Smugglers

Krishnanagar, Sept. 17: A BSF team of 82 Battalion rescued a Victoria Crown Pigeon while being smuggled to India from Bangladesh through a porous point of Indo-Bangladesh border in Nadia’s Gongra on Friday morning. The Bluish-Grey color bird with elegant lace like crests, maroon breasts and red irises, that commemorates…


Customs Seized 1 Kg Smuggled Gold From Jewelry Shop In Ranaghat

Ranaghat, Sept. 15: The Customs Preventive wing authorities have expressed concern over a smuggled gold supply racket that has become active to lure the jewelers with cheaper price and eventually spoiling that gold market in the country which is trying for a revival after a prolonged dull condition due to…


Ranaghat Court Issued Arrest Warrant Against Mukul Roy

Ranaghat, Aug. 26: The additional chief judicial magistrate’s court in Ranaghat has issued an arrest warrant against Mukul Roy for failing to appear before it physically in compliance with its directions issued in connection with the murder of Trinamul Congress MLA Satyajit Biswas. The arrest warrant signed by the ACJM…


Citizenship Issue, Dilemma Of Matua Community & Vote Bank Politics Of Bengal

Sarathi Biswas of Bogula voted for BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha election convinced over its ‘citizenship’ offer. But in the last 21 months, a kind of ‘mistrust’ about the saffron party engulfed his mind. On the other hand, Mamata Banerjee’s new interpretation with March 1971’s deadline for citizenship eligibility…