Karimpur, Sept. 26: Mukto Acharya, 46, a homemaker from Krishnagar’s Radhanagar area lost her right arm as she carelessly put it outside through a window while traveling on a bus that was brushed by a speeding lorry running from the opposite direction. The bizarre incident occurred at about 8 am…
Santipur, Aug. 13: Two friends from Nadia’s Santipur responding to a facebook post have reconstructed a dilapidated residence of an eighty-five-year-old woman and rehabilitated her there on Sunday. For ailing Saraswati Guin of Santipur Rajputpara, it was sort of ‘Griha Prabesh’ as she entered her new looking home holding hands…
Kalyani, Aug. 8: A young nurse was critically injured when a youth allegedly stabbed her indiscriminately for at least 18 times inside a compartment of a Sealdah bound local train on Thursday evening at Kalyani station when she protested against his traveling in the ladies compartment. The incident that once…
Krishnanagar, Aug. 6: Ananya Das Mandal (30), a lady officer of the Postal department drowned in a swimming pool, run by the Nadia administration, almost unnoticed during a practice session on Tuesday evening in Krishnanagar town. The incident occurred at about 7 pm, a little after the deceased, wife of…
Santipur, July 28: Nearly a dozen expectant mothers were allegedly asked to pose for photographs before a nutritious platter before being asked to leave with a packet of ‘Dim-Bhat’ (Egg-Rice) during an awareness programme on nutrition for mothers and children organised by the West Bengal Government at an ICDS centre…
Ranaghat, Jan. 17: A 45 year old homemaker in Nadia’s Ranaghat gave a special treat to her neighbors and to about 200 street dogs in the town to celebrate the 5th anniversary of her pet Pusu on Wednesday night. While she welcomed the neighbors with snacks and coffee at home, her real “guests”,…
Santipur, Jan. 15: Local residents in Nadia’s Santipur rehabilitated an eighty year old woman on Tuesday renovating her dilapidated two room house that became uninhabitable and dangerous. They handed over the key to Jyotsna Sen of KC Das road in Santipur and also arranged a “griha probesh”, to mark the entry…
Hogolberia, Dec. 10: Panic gripped local residents in Harekrishnapur village in Nadia’s Hogolberia after a jackal had attacked at least seven persons, injuring an elderly woman critically, in two separate incidents that occurred during the early hours of Monday morning. While five persons were released after primary treatment, two others…
Ranaghat, June 21: A 70 year old woman suffering from delirium and admitted to Ranaghat sub divisional hospital was allegedly beaten up by a female attendant on Wednesday night as she ‘spoiled’ her slumber. The elderly patient who is actually cardiac patient and had a fall in her blood sugar…
Birnagar, March 13: A team of Nadia police on Monday night conducted a raid at a house in Sarajit Pally of Birnagar town and seized a cache of fake “Danta Manjan” (tooth powder) of a ayurvedic giant Dabur along with the raw materials. Police have also arrested a young homemaker,…