Due to water level increase in the upper catchment areas of the river, the Ganges Saturday touched the extreme danger level mark in Malda district.

Four persons were killed and 40 others injured, 12 of them critically, when their van overturned at Mongalbari on NH 34 in Malda district on Wednesday.

The mishap took place when some residents of Pa

Infant deaths returned to haunt the Malda Medical College when nine babies have died in two days.

Seven of the babies were just 15-days-old.

Vice-principal of the hospital Dr. M.A. Rashid said, "M

A seven-year-old girl on Monday lynched by a shopkeeper and others for allegedly stealing a watermelon from his shop at Harishchandrapur in Malda district, police said here.

The incident occurred at