The Kolkata Police have summoned CPI(M)'s youth leader and former state secretary of the Students' Federation of India (SFI), Srijan Bhattacharya, for interrogation regarding the March 1 ruckus at Jadavpur University.
On the occasion of International Women's Day, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that every woman owns the strength and power to shape her world, as she is not weaker than anyone or inferior.
A single judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Friday, raised questions about the lapses and inadequacies in the security arrangements of West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu as he was injured during a ruckus in the Jadavpur University campus on March 1.
A special court in Kolkata on Friday granted bail to private promoter Ayan Sil in the cash-for-school job case.
West Bengal Governor C.V Ananda Bose, on Friday, assured the vice-chancellors of state-run universities to speak to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on the issues of increasing incidents of campus violence in the state.
Sel Raleigh Road in Asansol turned into a pandemonium after the BJP supporters clashed with the police and broken barricades for the district magistrate’s office gherao on the issue of seeking justice for the R G Kar junior doctor’s rape-murder death case.
The Resident Doctors’ Association (RDA) and a group of junior doctors affiliated with AIDSO served a deputation to the principal of North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMC&H) today, demanding the transfer of the head of the department of forensic medicine.
Agitating junior doctors, armed with red roses on Monday marched to Lalbazar, Kolkata Police (KP) headquarters, demanding resignation of the commissioner of police Vineet Kumar Goyal amidst strong security arrangements with three-tier barricades.
A shootout occurred last night, just 500 metres away from the rally point at Rani Rashmoni Avenue, where actor Swastika Mukherjee, Sohini Sarkar, and others staged a sit-in demanding justice in the R G Kar incident.
The plea comes in response to growing concerns among local residents about the potential threats posed by rising water levels during the Monsoon Season of the Assembly.
