Lashing out at the TMC government for "failing" to protect the women in the state, the Prime Minister said that the injustice is happening under the rule of the party that preaches the values of "Maa, Mati, and Manush."
Senior Secondary Commission (SSC) teachers who lost their jobs after the Calcutta High Court decisison in 2024, launched a protest march 'Nabanno Abhiyan' in Howrah towards Bengal Secretariat under the banner of 'Jogya Shikshak Shikshika Adhikar Mancha'.
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Kolkata Police formed a nine-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the alleged rape of a woman on the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta campus, officials said on Sunday.
Union Minister and BJP leader Sukanta Majumdar on Saturday said that more than 200 appointment letters were handed out at the 16th edition of the Rozgar Mela in Kolkata, with another event held at Siliguri.
The mother of accused student Mahaveer Toppannavar, alias Parmanand Jain, said the family was stunned by the development and had no knowledge of the reason behind his detention. She asserted that her son, a final-year student at the prestigious institute, was innocent and incapable of commit
A Kolkata court on Saturday remanded Mahaveer Toppannavar, also known as Parmanand Jain, to police custody till July 19 in connection with the alleged rape of a woman at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kolkata campus.
"Late last evening, a woman reported at Haridevpur Police Station that she was raped by a student inside the IIM Calcutta campus. Based on her complaint, a case has been registered, and the accused has been arrested," the police said.
The state also produced the case diary before a division bench comprising Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Smita Das De, which reviewed the victim's statement under Section 183 of the Bharatiya Nyay Samhita (BNS) and the medical records.
The incident took place on June 25, when a student was allegedly gang-raped inside the South Calcutta Law College in the Kasba area of Kolkata. Kolkata Police said on June 30 that the three main accused in the case were arrested in less than 12 hours.
West Bengal Police on Friday brought the arrested accused in the Kolkata gangrape case to South Calcutta Law College for the reconstruction of the crime scene.