Ranaghat, Aug. 5: Daily passengers in Ranaghat today stopped a Sealdaha bound down Ranaghat local to depart protesting dirty compartments of the train. The passengers alleged that the compartments of the 31620-down Ranaghat local that departs for Sealdah at 8.35 in the morning used to remain filled with heaps of…
Ranaghat, Aug. 5: In a bizarre incident a man after a fight with his parents over a share of money poured petrol on them and set them ablaze in Rabonbor village of Ranaghat on Friday night. The 83-year old father Baidyanath Biswas, a farmer by profession, died on the spot…
Ranaghat, Aug. 3: Head master of a Ranaghat based high school was arrested today allegedly for beating a class ten boy in the class room yesterday that led him fell unconscious with profuse bleeding from an ear. The injured student identified as Pradip Mandal (15), a resident of Cooper’s camp, was rushed…
NfN NETWORK Ranaghat, July 6: An elderly goldsmith was shot at from close range by unidentified miscreants when he tried to prevent a snatching bid by them in Purnanagar area of Ranaghat town on Thursday night. One of the bullets hit the goldsmith’s right foot. The incident occurred when the…
NfN NETWORK Ranaghat, July 3: Members of a Durga puja committee in Ranaghat today handed over Rupees 25000 to a girl suffering from Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a type of cancer, and also vowed to provide her with more support later during the puja by curtailing expenses so that she could continue…
NfN NETWORK Ranaghat, July 3: A 35 year old homemaker from Ranaghat, who was allegedly raped by one of her neighboring youths, today tried to end her life by jumping into Churni from the top of a bridge over the river Churni in Ranaghat being unable to bear the threat…
NfN NETWORK Ranaghat, July 1: Nature first, a nature lovers’ organization, today organized a tree-planting programme at the Rabindranath Tagore Sesquicentennial auditorium compound in Ranaghat town. The programme was organized to mark the week-long “Van Mahotsav” programme that commenced today. The “Van Mahotsav” is an annual tree planting programme that…
NfN NETWORK Ranaghat, June 24: State food and supply minister Jyotipriya Mullick today accused Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (gjm) leader Bimal Gurung of imposing a “food crisis” in the hills of Darjeeling by forcing an indefinite bandh on the people there, which entered 10th day. The Minister alleged that Gurung has…
NfN NETWORK Ranaghat, June 20: Police today arrested a youth allegedly for beating up a physically challenged elderly lawyer attached to the additional chief judicial magistrate’s (ACJM) court in Ranaghat for protesting against honking of horn on a congested road while riding a bike without a silencer. On Monday evening…
NfN NETWORK Krishnanagar, June 15: People in Nadia district are most likely to experience a new political chemistry very soon. If the grapevine is to believe, ace Congress MLA Sankar Singh is all set to join Trinamul Congress on June 21. The one time bête noire of Mamata Bandopadhaya is…