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Elderly BJP Activist Killed In Santipur

Santipur, Oct. 25: Adhir Sarkar, an elderly BJP activist was allegedly beaten to death by some suspected Trinamul Congress supporters at a rural market in Nadia’s Santipur on Wednesday night. The victim was the vice president of Booth -17 in Baro Jiakur village under Arbandi panchayat, where he lived.   Police…


18 Students On Boat Trapped In Jungle Of Water Hyacinth For 9 Hours

Santipur, Oct. 13: 18 students were rescued by a combined team of National Disaster Response Force and Civil Defence personnel on Friday evening after they remained trapped on a boat on a canal of the river Hooghly in Nadia’s Santipur for about nine hours since the morning as dense patches…


NH12 Blocked In Santipur As Dust Causing Health Problems

Santipur, Sept. 2: Irate residents of Govindapur in Nadia’s Santipur blocked NH12 near a railway crossing for about one hour to protest the shocking condition of the road, while accusing the authorities of negligence in maintaining the road. The villagers alleged that a stretch of about 200 metres of NH12…


Civet Cats Killed For Feast In Nadia

Santipur, Feb. 12: Forest department has lodged a complaint against three persons in Nadia’s Santipur allegedly for killing two civet cats and for cooking its meat for a feast.  Acting on a tip-off about the alleged feast a team of forest officials conducted a raid in Govindapur village of Santipur…


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…


ER Launched ‘Krishak Special’ Trains For Farmers

Kolkata, Aug 12: The Eastern Railway from Thursday launched an exclusive train service named “Krishak Special” for the farmers in its suburban section on an experimental basis for the transportation of agricultural and perishable products. Two trains titled “Krishak Special” will run between Gede and Sealdah as well as between…


2 Arrested For Selling, Stocking Life-Threatening Nylon Kite Strings

Santipur, July 16: Police have arrested two persons for stocking and selling life-threatening nylon-made kite strings from Nadia’s Santipur following a spate of accidents in which over a dozen of persons were injured during the past one month while moving on roads. A team of Santipur police laid a trap…


Nadia Couple Distributes Food Among Destitute To Celebrate Wedding

Santipur, May 21: Amit Ghosh and Moumita Ghosh, a newly married couple from Nadia’s Santipur marked the reception of their wedding ceremony on Friday by distributing meal packets to over 100 needy persons who have been suffering a survival crisis due to the Covid situation. Amit, 37, a contractual worker…


Santipur’s Former Triamul MLA Ajoy De Dies Of Covid19

Kolkata, May 21: Senior Trinamul Congress leader and Santipur’s former MLA Ajoy De, 68, died due to Covid19 attack at a private hospital in Kolkata on Friday morning. Five times MLA and former chairman of the local Municipality for about three decades, De fought the recently concluded assembly poll as…