Nadia

Refused Money To Buy Drugs, Man Hacks Mother To Death: Cops

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday June 27, 2020

Unable to extract money from his mother to buy drugs, a man in West Bengal's Nadia district hacked her to death and seriously injured his sister-in-law who tried to save her from the attack, police said on Friday.

Trinamool, BJP Clash Over Ration Supplies In Bengal Amid COVID-19 Crisis

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Friday May 1, 2020

The BJP held demonstrations for several hours at Ranaghat in Nadia district of West Bengal on Friday against over an alleged attempt to "steal" a truckload of rice sent by the centre and pass off the food grain as state relief.

Michelle Obama Book Tour Documentary Hits Netflix

Agence France-Presse | Tuesday April 28, 2020

The book of the same name by Michelle Obama -- America's first African American first lady and wife of the first black US president -- became a publishing sensation upon its release in 2018, selling more than two million copies in North America in two weeks.

Bengal Migrant Labourers Quarantined After Trekking 500 km From Odisha

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday April 24, 2020

Eleven migrant labourers of Murshidabad and Birbhum districts of West Bengal who had trekked all the way from Odisha were stopped by police around 200 km from their homes in Nadia district. The migrant workers are now quarantined in a building in Haringhata block of Nadia.

Wall Collapses On Teens Playing Mobile Games, 1 Dead: Bengal Police

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday April 7, 2020

A 18-year-old teen died in West Bengal's Nadia district after a wall collapsed on a group of teenagers who were playing a game on their mobile phones near it, police said on Tuesday.

Tiger With COVID-19 Gets Medicines From New York's Bronx Zoo Keepers

World News | Reuters | Tuesday April 7, 2020

Nadia, the tiger who tested positive for the novel coronavirus in New York, and six other big cats who developed a dry cough at the Bronx Zoo appeared to be on the mend on Monday after doses of medication and tenderness.

60-Year-Old Man Spends Quarantine On Boat in West Bengal Village

Kolkata News | ANI | Friday April 3, 2020

Niranjan Halder, a resident of Nabadwip of Nadia district has been staying on a boat at the Dobapara area under Habibpur block in the Malda district.

Mamata Banerjee Orders Probe After Microphone Malfunctions In Meeting

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday February 6, 2020

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday ordered an inquiry after the microphone on which she was speaking at an administrative meeting malfunctioned for some time.

Kolkata Man Found Living With Wife's Corpse For Three Days

Kolkata News | Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday February 1, 2020

A man lived with the corpse of his wife for three days in West Bengal's Nadia district before neighbours went to his house and found her decomposed body, police said on Friday.

2 Complaints Filed Against Dilip Ghosh Over "Shot Them Like Dogs" Remark

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday January 14, 2020

Trinamool Congress has lodged two police complaints against West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh in Nadia and North 24 Parganas districts for his comments that anti-CAA protesters "were shot like dogs", the police and TMC sources said on Tuesday.

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Says Baghdadi's Death Falls Short Of Justice

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday October 31, 2019

Nobel Peace Prize winner Nadia Murad said Wednesday the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a US raid over the weekend was not enough to compensate for the atrocities committed by his ISIS.

Man Shot Dead In Bengal's Nadia, BJP MP Says He Was Party Worker

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday October 12, 2019

A grocer was shot dead in front of his wife by unidentified men in West Bengal's Nadia district, the police said on Saturday. Haralal Debnath, 52, was shot dead at Habibpur on Friday night, a police officer said.

Bengal Police Takes To Twitter Over Murshidabad Murders As BJP Ups Attack

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited By Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Saturday October 12, 2019

The police in West Bengal posted a rare status update on Twitter on Friday as a political row triggered by the horrific murder of a family of three in Murshidabad scaled up following the death of a priest in in the Nadia district.

Initiative To Set Up Kanyashree University To Empower Girls: Mamata Banerjee

Education | Press Trust of India | Friday October 11, 2019

Aiming to empower girls, the West Bengal government has taken the initiative to set up a Kanyashree University in Nadia district and Kanyashree colleges across the state.

"8 Killed In Last 4 Days": BJP Ups Attack After Bengal Priest's Murder

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Saturday October 12, 2019

After the horrific murder of a family of three, including a child, the death of a priest in West Bengal's Nadia district has become a new flashpoint in the ruling BJP's attack on the state's Mamata Banerjee government.