writesBengal is the land of terracotta temples. The better known ones are in Bishnupur, Aatpur, Bansberia, Guptipara and Kalna |A young woman, who looks slightly older than her 16 years, her hair gathered in a knot at the nape, in a white cotton sari, l |Girls and women shake a leg in front of Simpark Mall, New Market, on Friday afternoon to celebrate International Women’s Day. The flash mob, orga...

Source : Telegraphindia | 73 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Kalna

Drug fury on trader and family

Kalna residents today allegedly assaulted a trader, his wife and son accusing them of supplying drugs to schoolchildren and youths.The mob alleged that Sukumar Das, who went around saying he supplied construction materials, had been peddling heroin and ganja from his house for the past year. Sukumar’s daughter today managed to flee seeing the crowd.Burdwan superintendent of police S.M.H. Meerza said:...

Source : Telegraphindia | 176 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Kalna

Aggrieved Singur leader speaks out: ‘Mamata not ideal leader’

sycophancy |Over 500 Kalna residents today allegedly assaulted a trader, his wife and son accusing them of supplying drugs to schoolchildren and youths.Over 20 Burdwan youths wanting to go abroad for jobs have alleged they were duped by a Calcutta-based travel agency and persuaded an employee to come to the district town |Former railway minister Mukul Roy today visited the house of Ashok Sharma, who...

Source : Telegraphindia | 176 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Kalna

Multipurpose Building for Sale in Badamtala, Barddhaman (P140261881)

Attractive prime plot of 5 kottah having one storied building ( 1900 sq.feet ) duly painted and balance vacant land having four side wall protection just on Kalna Road in the heart of Burdwan town near to office para , Badamtala and at pirpukoor - for outright sale'...

Source : Propertywala | 193 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Kalna

Weaving a heritage dream

faced grinding poverty in her childhood. Living in a ramshackle mud-and-tile house with four brothers and three sisters, she had to take up weaving sarees as a livelihood at a tender age to ensure a hand-to-mouth existence for herself and her family. "I used to weave sarees night and day. It gave me ache all over the body, but that was not all. I had to then go to the towns in a bicycle to sell them,"...

Source : Times Of India | 509 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Kalna

Fire at sole SBI branch in Kalna

Flames leap out of the windows of the SBI office in Kalna. Pictures by Anupam SarkarA fire broke out in a building that houses the only State Bank of India branch in Burdwans Kalna town, destroying equipment worth Rs 50 lakh. A fireman had to be hospitalised after he suffocated.As the fire broke out at 6am, nobody was present in the bank then. But the house owners wife and help, who live on the fourth...

Source : Telegraphindia | 573 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Kalna

Ganga cruise itinerary may include Kalna

minister Rachpal Singh has plans to include Kalna in the Ganga Heritage River Cruise Circuit Project. The Vaishnav Circuit, as it has been named, will come up on the lines of the Buddhist Circuit, which includes Rajgir, Nalanda and Bodhgaya in Bihar. If things go according to plans, thewill have a stop at Kalna besides covering Nabadwip, Mayapur, Plassey and Hazarduari.While the rest of the towns in...

Source : Times Of India | 687 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Kalna