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.
A four-member Central fact-finding team of the BJP will reach West Bengal on Sunday evening to review the situation in certain parts of the state in the wake of reports of post-poll violence that started since the results of the Lok Sabha elections were announced on June 4.
Looking at it from a historical perspective, clearly the British went for one of the most prime locations to set up a press during a time when unprecedented churnings were taking place, politically, economically, culturally, socially.
Calcutta High Court today imposed some riders before clearing the deck for the leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari to meet the Governor CV Ananda Bose at the Kolkata Raj Bhavan along with victims of post-poll violence.
Trinamul Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee has urged the councillors of Kolkata Municipal Corporation ( KMC) to pull up their socks and intensify their contacts with local people. The Trinamul Congress is going to launch a programme titled “Your councillor in your doorstep” shortly.
After two weeks of blistering heat waves, South Bengal is anticipated to get some respite next week.
