woman tied her minor daughter to her chest and allegedly committed suicide by jumping before a train near Nabadwip Dham station in West Bengal's Nadia district.)KRISHNAGAR: A woman tied her minor daughter to her chest and allegedly committed suicide by jumping before a train near Nabadwip Dham station in West Bengal's Nadia district early today.The woman aged about 22 jumped before the down Katwa -...

Source : Times Of India | 436 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Katwa

Little option but to beg to help farmer treat cancer

villagers approach a car with folded hands to collect money on the Katwa-Tribeni highway. Picture by Saswati MajumderResidents of a Burdwan patch have come out on the streets to help a poor farmer battle his throat cancer.The villagers of Purbasthali have been stopping vehicles on the Katwa-Tribeni state highway and asking for contributions for the past one-and-a-half months.We have already handed...

Source : Telegraphindia | 489 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Katwa

CPM man, wife and son killed

KATWA: Three members of a family were killed at a brick kiln in Katwa's Gazipur village on Sunday morning.Taron Seikh, 60, who had a criminal record, was reportedly a CPM supporter. He apparently left all criminal activities before the assembly elections in May. According to police, however, his gang members joinedAround 10 am on Sunday, when Taron was busy at his paddy field, some people came and...

Source : Times Of India | 657 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Katwa

Man dies on board local train

died of suspected cardiac arrest on board a Howrah-bound Katwa local near Chandannagore in Hooghly district today. GRP sources said one Tultul Banerjee (55), a resident of Uttarpara, died of cardiac arrest while travelling on a down Katwa local. The family members of the deceased had been contacted, GRP sources informed, adding the body had been sent for post-mortem. UNI XC LR RH SB15...

Source : Webindia123 | 663 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Katwa

NTPC sticks to land demand for Katwa

standoff between the Bengal government and NTPC Ltd over land for the 1,600-MW thermal power project at Katwa (Burdwan district) is likely to continue with the latter insisting it needs at least 1,000 acres.NTPC wants 1,035 acres for the Rs 9,600-crore supercritical (more than 650MW) plant. But the project ran into troubled waters after Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee asked the power producer...

Source : Telegraphindia | 670 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Katwa

Train violates signal; major accident averted

Hoogly, Jul 12 : A major accident was averted today when two trains--Bandel Katwa EMU local and Sealdah-bound Hatey Bazare Express--came on the same tracks in the morning, ER railway sources said.The Bandel Katwa local was entering Balagarh station in Howrah division of Eastern Railway when the Hatey Bazare Express came on the same tracks.Eastern Railway CPRO Samir Goswami said, ''An inquiry committee...

Source : Newkerala | 676 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Katwa

Train violates signal; major accident averted

accident was averted today when two trains--Bandel Katwa EMU local and Sealdah-bound Hatey Bazare Express--came on the same tracks in the morning, ER railway sources...

Source : Webindia123 | 676 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Katwa