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KOLKATA, July 1: A remark by West Bengal Irrigation Minister Manas Bhunia referring to "minor incidents" sparked a political storm on Tuesday amid an uproar over the alleged gang rape of a student inside her college in Kolkata. Following Bhunia's comment, the opposition accused the ruling TMC of being insensitive and trivialising the crime. Bhunia, who was addressing a doctors' conference in Kolkata recently, said in his speech, "In Bengal, even a minor incident leads to a huge outcry." The mi ...Read More >
Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson and general secretary of the trade union 'Chandni Chowk Nagrik Manch', Praveen Shankar Kapoor, on Tuesday wrote to Delhi Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh complaining about the "poor condition" of the historic town and "lack of action by the MLAs and councillors" and seeking directions for its restoration. "The root issue in and around Chandni Chowk is that all MLAs and councillors are from Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), under whose political patronage encroachments ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jul 1 (PTI) A city court on Monday extended the police custody of the three accused in the alleged gang-rape of a first-year student at a law college in Kolkata's Kasba area by eight days till July 8. The accused include the prime suspect Monojit Mishra, a former student and temporary staffer of the college, and two current students - Zaib Ahmed and Pramit Mukherjee. The trio was arrested on Thursday and produced before the court the following day, which initially remanded them to fou ...Read More >
Kolkata: Authorities at South Calcutta Law College near Kasba have reportedly expelled two students and terminated a temporary staffer accused in the alleged gang rape of a student inside the college premises. The college authorities have also suspended classes indefinitely and overhauled campus security, including deploying female guards and installing new CCTV cameras. For the first time since the incident, the college governing body held a meeting on the campus on Tuesday. In the meeting, t ...Read More >
Kolkata: A court in Kolkata on Tuesday sent the three accused, arrested on charges of gang-raping a 24-year-old law college student on June 25, to police custody till July 8 even as the public prosecutor told the court that the nine-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) was looking for more pieces of evidence. Meanwhile, the governing body of the South Calcutta Law College, where the incident took place, terminated the service of Monojit Mishra, a temporary staff in the college and the prime ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jul 1 (PTI) A remark by West Bengal Irrigation Minister Manas Bhunia referring to "minor incidents" sparked a political storm on Tuesday amid an uproar over the alleged gang rape of a student inside her college in Kolkata. Following Bhunia's comment, the opposition accused the ruling TMC of being insensitive and trivialising the crime. Bhunia, who was addressing a doctors' conference in Kolkata recently, said in his speech, "In Bengal, even a minor incident leads to a huge outcry." Th ...Read More >
Berhampur (Odisha), Jul 1 (PTI) A female student of class 7 was raped allegedly by a distant relative in Odisha's Ganjam district, police said on Tuesday. The police arrested a 22-year-old man from a village under the jurisdiction of the Golanthara police station on Tuesday on the charge of raping the minor. The incident happened on June 28, while the complaint was registered with the police on June 30, a police officer said. The incident came close on the heels of the gang rape of a college ...Read More >
Kolkata: Kamarhati MLA Madan Mitra on Tuesday replied to the show-cause notice issued to him by Trinamool and apologised for his remarks on the gang-rape at a south Kolkata law college last week. Creating a fresh controversy, however, state irrigation minister Manas Bhunia made a comment about "small incidents" in Bengal. Speaking at a blood donation drive organised at Calcutta Medical College and Hospital, Bhunia said: "The terrorists who killed 26 of our countrymen haven't been arrested yet. B ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jul 1 (PTI) The South Calcutta Law College on Tuesday terminated the services of the prime accused and expelled two other students arrested in connection with the alleged gang rape of a 24-year-old first-year student on the campus, officials said. The decision was taken at a meeting of the college's governing body chaired by TMC MLA Ashok Kumar Deb, amid a growing public outrage over the June 25 incident. The prime accused, Monojit Mishra, who was working as a temporary staffer since ...Read More >
Kolkata: Students of South Calcutta Law College where a woman was gang raped last month, held a demonstration Tuesday, demanding safety on the college campus. They organised the protest in front of the college, holding placards and raising slogans for justice, and stressed the need for comprehensive reforms in the governing body of the institute. Two students, accused of the gang rape of the 24-year-old woman, were expelled from the college, while the service of a contractual employee, the mai ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jul 1 (PTI) The authorities of South Calcutta Law College have expelled three accused in the alleged gang rape of a 24-year-old student from the institute, an official said on Tuesday. Prime accused Monojit Mishra, who was serving as an ad-hoc faculty member at the college, was among those expelled from the institute. Mishra, along with co-accused Zaib Ahmed and Pramit Mukherjee, both students of the college, has been arrested and remanded to police custody till July 1. Following a m ...Read More >
Kolkata Rape Case: The 24-year-old student at South Calcutta Law College has mentioned in her complaint that she suffered a panic attack before she was allegedly gang-raped on June 25. The prime accused in the case, Manojit Mishra, asked a co-accused to arrange an inhaler for her. The survivor was allowed to take a puff following which she was dragged to another room where Manojit raped her while co-accused Zaib Ahmed and Pramit Mukhopadhyay captured the incident. ...Read More >
West Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar, along with other party leaders, were detained by police during a rally protesting the alleged gang rape of a student at South Calcutta Law College. The BJP's march towards the college was halted at Gariahat crossing.The police on Saturday stopped a BJP rally led by its West Bengal unit chief Sukanta Majumdar and detained him along with several other party leaders when they tried to take out the protest march to a law college in the city, where a student wa ...Read More >
Bharatiya Janata Party seeks Mamata Banerjee's apology and resignation. The demand follows the gang-rape of a law student in Kolkata. BJP alleges the accused have Trinamool Congress links. J P Nadda formed a fact-finding committee. The committee will investigate and submit findings. Sambit Patra criticizes Banerjee's insensitivity. He also invokes the Emergency anniversary.The BJP on Saturday demanded an apology and resignation from West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the gang-rape o ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Congress national general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala Monday kicked off a feedback-cum-review exercise in Karnataka, aimed at evaluating the performance of the govt led by chief minister Siddaramaiah and to quell murmurs of dissent.The move also comes amid speculation of a change at the helm and a cabinet reshuffle, but Surjewala firmly denied any connection to changes at the top."This is purely an organisational exercise," Surjewala said. "Unlike what is being projected -- whic ...Read More >
North 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India] June 30 (ANI): Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav has strongly criticised the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government over the alleged gang rape incident at South Calcutta Law College. While addressing reporters on Monday, Yadav expressed his disappointment with the state government's handling of women's safety, stating, 'The situation in West Bengal is very bad. Atrocities against women are happening continuously here. The West Bengal government has prove ...Read More >
Kolkata: BJP's fact-finding team leaves after a visit to the premises of a law college where an alleged gang rape of a student took place last week, in Kolkata, Monday, June 30, 2025.Source : PTI The South Calcutta Law College has been shut for an indefinite period following the alleged gang rape of a first-year law student, with college authorities announcing a suspension of all BA LLB and LLM classes, according to a notification issued on Monday. The decision, taken by the college's governing ...Read More >
KOLKATA: The BJP on Monday alleged that women are unsafe in West Bengal under Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's leadership, citing the alleged gang rape at South Calcutta Law College and questioning the rising crimes against women in a woman-led state. The party criticised the Trinamool Congress government for failing to ensure women's safety and demanded immediate action against the perpetrators. A four-member BJP fact-finding team arrived at Kolkata on Monday morning. The team, which consiste ...Read More >
Kolkata: A BJP fact-finding team arrived in Kolkata on Monday and visited the law college where a first-year student was allegedly gang-raped last week. However, they ran into a volley of questions from Trinamool over BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya's comments on the allegations against Kartik Maharaj.On Monday, Malviya hailed Kartik Maharaj as a "revered saint" and claimed the woman who had accused him of rape acted "entirely as instructed by 'Didi's' people, right from the top". "This wasn't ab ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jun 30 (PTI) The 'fact-finding team' constituted by the BJP in connection with the alleged gang rape at a law college in Kolkata last week said on Monday that despite Kolkata Police Commissioner's assurance of strict action against the accused the panel couldn't trust the police to conduct a proper investigation which the case merits. The team, comprising Satpal Singh, Meenakshi Lekhi, Biplab Kumar Deb and Manan Kumar Mishra, which arrived in Kolkata on Monday morning and met the city ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 30 (ANI): Industrial production activity in India moderated month-on-month with the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing 1.2 per cent in May, against 2.7 per cent recorded in April, according to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation data. In May, the growth rates of the three sectors, Mining, Manufacturing and Electricity the were (-) 0.1 per cent, 2.6 per cent, and (-) 5.8 per cent, respectively. Also Read | 'I Stand Firmly With Diljit': Actor ...Read More >
Kolkata: Several pieces of evidence corroborate the statements made by the 24-year-old law student who was allegedly gang-raped in the South Calcutta Law College on June 25, officials aware of the developments said. These include the results of the survivor's medical tests, CCTV footage, video clippings found in the accused's mobile phone and other circumstantial evidence. Meanwhile, three separate petitions were moved in the Calcutta high court and one in the Supreme Court seeking judicial int ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jun 30 (PTI) The prime accused in the Kolkata law college gang rape case, Monojit Mishra, is a history-sheeter having a slew of pending cases of sexual harassment and violent crimes registered against him, police said on Monday. Mishra's ties with criminal activities are not just confined within the boundaries of the South Calcutta Law College where he allegedly led the sexual assault against his latest victim on June 25 but has been previously arrested and charge-sheeted for violent c ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jun 30 (PTI) Supporters of the BJP and its youth wing, the BJYM, on Monday scuffled with workers of the Left and their allied organisations outside South Calcutta Law College as a four-member fact-finding team of the saffron party visited the premises where an alleged gang rape of a student took place last week. Police had a tough time controlling the scuffling groups who gathered there to protest on the same issue of the alleged gang rape by a college alumnus and two seniors. Also Re ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jun 30 (PTI) Supporters of the BJP and its youth wing, the BJYM, on Monday scuffled with workers of the Left and their allied organisations outside South Calcutta Law College as a four-member fact-finding team of the saffron party visited the premises where an alleged gang rape of a student took place last week. Police had a tough time controlling the scuffling groups who gathered there to protest on the same issue of the alleged gang rape by a college alumnus and two seniors. The BJP ...Read More >
Kolkata: Arindam Kanjilal, victim's advocate in the alleged Kolkata gang rape case which happened on June 25, in his interaction with ANI, said, that the highest punishment shall not be less than 20 years and can lead up to life imprisonment. He said, "Based on the FIR registered by the victim the matter that came forward that it is a gang rape.... The highest punishment shall not be less than 20 years and can exceed up to life imprisonment." Arindam appreciated the swift action taken by the Be ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jun 30 (PTI) A PIL was filed before the Calcutta High Court on Monday seeking a CBI investigation into the alleged gang rape of a law student in her college by an alumnus and two other classmates. The petitioner prayed for direction to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to hold a preliminary inquiry into the incident as complained of by the alleged survivor and file an interim report before the court. Claiming that the main accused Manojit Mishra has close proximity with the ru ...Read More >
Kolkata: The accused who were arrested in connection with the alleged 'gang-rape' of a first-year student of a law college in south Kolkata, being produced at a city court, in Kolkata, Friday, June 27, 2025.Source : PTI Three of the four individuals arrested over the alleged gangrape of a female student at a prominent law college in Kolkata had meticulously planned the assault in advance, a senior police officer revealed on Monday. A nine-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating t ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 30 (ANI): The recent alleged gang rape of a law student within her college premises in Kolkata has reignited public outrage over women's safety in educational institutions, drawing sharp political reactions. Amid mounting criticism from the public, a probe committee set up by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is being questioned by Congress MP Imran Masood, calling the move unnecessary and emphasising that the case is 'not a matter of politics'. Masood emphasised that the ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 30 (ANI): A four-member investigation committee on Monday including Satpal Singh, Meenakshi Lekhi, Biplab Kumar Deb and Manan Kumar arrived in Kolkata to investigate the alleged gang rape case in Kolkata. Former Union Minister and committee member Satpal Singh stated that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stood with daughters and sisters of the state, further stating that if the committee was not granted permission to meet the Police officials and the Chief Se ...Read More >
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