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.
Panic spread after a bullet-ridden body of a judge’s bodyguard was discovered within the premises of the City Sessions Court, located behind the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday morning.
A fire broke out near the conveyor belt of Kolkata Airport on Wednesday. However, no casualties have been reported. The fire comes just as Kolkata is set to host the Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS), which began today.
Kanyashree University’s department of law organised a legal awareness programme today, at the university’s academic campus seminar hall.
Today, over 200 individuals from various organisations and communities came together to rise against violence and discrimination, and to demand diversity, equity, and inclusion for all. The event was part of the global One Billion Rising Movement, which seeks to end violence against women and girls.
The Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) has once again become a political battleground, with the opposition CPM and BJP ridiculing the state government over its claims of attracting investment.
