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Bengal BJP Candidate In Hospital After Car Crash, Trinamool Says Fake

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Saturday May 4, 2019

Shantanu Thakur, the BJP candidate from West Bengal's Bongaon for the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, has been admitted to hospital after a collision between his car and an SUV on Saturday. Two of his associates were also hurt in the crash at Hanskhali in Bengal's Nadia district, about 110 km from Kolkata. Mr Thakur sustained an injury to his head. Hi...

BJP Leader Gagged Over "Offensive" Remarks Against Trinamool Candidate

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Friday April 26, 2019

Nadia BJP chief Mahadeb Sarkar was today barred from campaigning for 48 hours on charges of making offensive remarks against the Trinamool Congress candidate from West Bengal's Krishnanagar constituency.

"BJP Running Parallel Government In Bengal": Mamata Banerjee

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Sunday April 21, 2019

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today accused the BJP of running a "parallel government" in the state and using officers for political purposes. "We are an elected government in Bengal, but the BJP is bypassing us, sending people from Delhi and running a parallel government here," Ms Banerjee said at a public meeting in Nadia's Gayeshpur...

Bengal Poll Officer, Incharge Of EVMs In Nadia, Missing Since Yesterday

India News | Reported by Rica Roy, Edited by Debjani Chatterjee | Friday April 19, 2019

Lok Sabha elections 2019: An election officer in West Bengal, Arnab Roy, who was in-charge of EVMs and VVPATs is missing since Thursday. According to senior police officers, Arnab Roy was last seen at Shantipur in Nadia district.

6 Bengal Men Captive In Malaysia After Being Promised 1 Lakh: Families

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday February 22, 2019

Six men from West Bengal's Nadia district, who went to Malaysia in search of a livelihood, have been confined by their employer with their passports taken away, their families claimed Thursday. The families have urged the administration to bring them back.

The Truth Behind Viral Video Of Attack On Kashmiri Shawl Seller In Bengal

Kolkata News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Wednesday February 20, 2019

A 26-year-old Kashmiri shawl seller who was beaten up in West Bengal's Nadia district on Monday and the video of whose thrashing has gone viral, has told NDTV from an undisclosed location that he just wants to go back home.

Mukul Roy Named In Police Case On Trinamool Leader's Killing, 2 Arrested

India News | Edited by Arun Nair | Sunday February 10, 2019

BJP leader Mukul Roy was among the four people who have been named in connection with the killing of Trinamool Congress MLA Satyajit Biswas in West Bengal's Nadia district. Of the four people, two people have been arrested and a police officer has been suspended in connection with the case.

Trinamool Leader Shot Dead At Point-Blank Range During Function In Bengal

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Sunday February 10, 2019

A Trinamool Congress lawmaker was shot dead at point-blank range on Saturday while attending a public function in West Bengal's Majhdia, 120 km from Kolkata. Trinamool lawmaker from Krishnaganj constituency in Nadia district, Satyajit Biswas, had just lit a candle to inaugurate a Saraswati Puja function when he was shot dead at point-blank range, t...

Groom Came On A Road Roller For Wedding. How He Came Up With The Idea

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday January 28, 2019

A man in West Bengal became the most talked about bridegroom of his town on Sunday, when he came to tie the knot in a road roller, breaking away from the tradition of arriving on a horse or in a car.

Gold Biscuits Worth Rs 32 Lakh Seized In West Bengal

Cities | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday December 20, 2018

The Border Security Force (BSF) seized gold biscuits worth over Rs 32 lakh from West Bengal's Nadia district and caught a smuggler who had stuffed it in a bag packed with papayas, the BSF said today.

Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony Shines Light On Rape Used As Weapon Of War

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday December 10, 2018

Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and Yazidi activist Nadia Murad, an ISISsex slave survivor, will be presented with the Nobel Peace Prize today, as they challenge the world to combat rape as a weapon of war.

Passengers Jump Out Of Train As Fire Breaks Out In Compartments In Bengal

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday November 17, 2018

A fire broke out in two compartments of a passenger train in West Bengal's Nadia district on Saturday but there was no report of any casualty, the railway officials said.

Pregnant Woman Goes To Quack For Abortion In West Bengal, Dies

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday November 14, 2018

A quack in Nadia district of West Bengal was arrested for the death of a pregnant woman who had gone to him to abort the foetus, the police said today.

Bengal Man Arrested With 26 Gold Biscuits In Artificial Kneecap

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday November 12, 2018

The Border Security Force on Monday seized gold biscuits worth Rs 95 lakh from the Indo-Bangladesh border area of West Bengal's Nadia district and arrested a gold smuggler, a BSF officer said.

100-Year-Old Woman Raped Allegedly By Man, 20, In Bengal

Cities | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday October 24, 2018

A 100-year-old woman was brutally raped allegedly by a 20-year-old youth in the middle of the night in West Bengal's Nadia district, the police said today.