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.
Sharma said, "A police volunteer committed the rape and murder of a woman inside a hospital. If a doctor isn’t safe even in a hospital, where can they be safe? Women are not secure in West Bengal.
The Serampore IMA branch has strongly condemned the brutality inflicted on a lady doctor at R G Kar Hospital.
In a gang-rape case, police have arrested three youths from within the Burdwan police station area, today.
Two persons on board, Biswajit Singh of Behala, Kolkata and Sunil Bera of Asanbona, Jhargram, were arrested and 100kg of hashish was recovered from their possession.
A Bangladeshi smuggler was killed in retaliatory firing by Border Security Force (BSF) jawans in West Bengal’s Malda district in the wee hours of Monday.
