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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 30 (ANI): Actor Sayani Gupta has stepped into production with the launch of her banner Sayani Gupta Movies (SGM), with her directorial debut short film 'Aasmani' as its first project. After over a decade of working across films and streaming platforms, Sayani said the move towards production stems from her desire to be more deeply involved in storytelling. "It has been a long dream. I've been wanting tell a certain kind of stories and the idea is to be able ...Read More >
KOLKATA: Following his demise on location for his latest project, 'Bhole Baba Paar Karega', Rahul Arunoday Banerjee left behind a legacy that is both diverse and deeply rooted in the soil of Bengal. While veterans like Soumitra Chatterjee had compared his instinctive acting to that of the legendary Kali Banerjee, his peers remember him as an underrated actor par excellence whose acting journey began at the age of three with his father's theatre troupe, Bijoygarh Atmaprakash. The stage-bred disci ...Read More >
Kolkata, Dec 16 (PTI) Two teachers' associations in West Bengal on Tuesday said the Chancellor of state universities should be an academic and not a politician. President Droupadi Murmu has withheld assent to three amendment Bills passed by the West Bengal Assembly, seeking to replace the governor with the chief minister as chancellor of state-run universities. As a result, Governor C V Ananda Bose will continue to discharge his duties as the chancellor as before, in line with the existing lega ...Read More >
Kolkata: The genesis of Kolkata's noisiest Diwali in recent memory can be traced back to May-June period. Monitoring and source control of noisy crackers, typically initiated in the summer months, were largely absent this year and commenced in earnest only as Diwali approached, claimed a cross-section of stakeholders, including police officers, state pollution control board officials, and cracker industry insiders that TOI spoke to following Monday night's noise mayhem.Of the 7,000 kg of firecra ...Read More >
Kolkata, Sep 23 (PTI) At least eight people were killed due to electrocution as torrential overnight rain - among the heaviest in nearly four decades- left Kolkata paralysed on Tuesday, crippling air, rail and road transport, shutting down educational institutions, and forcing the state government to declare Puja holidays two days in advance. The deluge - 251.4 mm in less than 24 hours - was the highest since 1988 and sixth highest single-day rainfall in the last 117 years, only behind the reco ...Read More >
Kolkata (PTI): Torrential overnight rain left Kolkata paralysed on Tuesday, killing at least seven people due to electrocution and bringing life in the metropolis to a grinding halt as large swathes were submerged, transport services crippled, and traffic movement thrown out of gear. According to IMD data, with an average of 251.4 mm overnight downpour, this was the third-highest September month rainfall, which battered the city in nearly half a century, with some pockets receiving as high as 3 ...Read More >
Kolkata, Sep 15 (PTI) Parents of a Jadavpur University student, who died after falling into a pond inside the campus last week, on Monday lodged a complaint with the police claiming that their daughter was murdered. Earlier in the day, they met Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Verma and other officers at Lalbazar, the headquarters of the force. The English Literature student was found unconscious in the pond on the night of September 11 and declared dead at a nearby hospital. "The parents, i ...Read More >
Kolkata: The Kolkata Police on Monday registered a murder case in the death of a Jadavpur University student whose body was found in a pond inside the university campus on Thursday night. Parents of the victim met the Kolkata Police commissioner on Monday morning and later lodged a complaint at the Jadavpur police station. "My daughter may have been pushed into the pond by her friends despite knowing that she didn't know how to swim. Police should question everyone and check the call details o ...Read More >
Kolkata, Sep 15 (PTI) Alleging that their daughter was murdered, parents of the Jadavpur University English Literature student, who was found unconscious in a pond inside the campus on the night of September 11 and declared dead at a nearby hospital, met Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Verma and other officers at Lalbazar on Monday, an officer said. Her parents had said on Sunday that they would lodge a police complaint claiming foul play in their daughter's death. "The parents reached Kolka ...Read More >
Kolkata: The father of deceased Jadavpur University English Honours student Anamika Mandal has decided to file a police complaint, alleging foul play in the unnatural death of his only daughter, who was found unconscious in a pond inside the campus on the night of September and declared dead at a nearby hospital. The grieving father, who performed her last rites on Sunday, told reporters at his Nimta home that he was puzzled why Anamika, who didn't know how to swim, would go to the edge of the ...Read More >
Kolkata: One year after the RG Kar rape incident, the body of a third-year student of Jadavpur University (JU) in Kolkata, was found in mysterious conditions from a pond inside the campus on Thursday night, once again raising questions about student safety and security inside the campuses in West Bengal. The third-year student's body has been sent for a post-mortem to ascertain the cause of death, the police said. The exact circumstances leading to her death remain unclear, sources said. A purp ...Read More >
Kolkata, Sep 15 (PTI) The father of deceased Jadavpur University English Honours student Anamika Mandal has decided to file a police complaint, alleging foul play in the unnatural death of his only daughter, who was found unconscious in a pond inside the campus on the night of September and declared dead at a nearby hospital. The grieving father, who performed her last rites on Sunday, told reporters at his Nimta home that he was puzzled why Anamika, who didn't know how to swim, would go to the ...Read More >
Kolkata: The National Commission for Women (NCW) has taken suo motu cognisance of the recent death of a female student at Jadavpur University and written to Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Verma, requesting an action-taken report within three days. The NCW said, "The National Commission for Women has taken suo motu cognizance of a disturbing media report titled "Woman Student Found Dead Inside Jadavpur University" wherein a 21-year-old third-year student of the English department was found de ...Read More >
Kolkata, Sep 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Taking suo motu cognisance of the recent death of a female student on the Jadavpur University campus, the National Commission for Women (NCW) has written a letter to Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Verma, and sought an action taken report within three days. In a social media post late Saturday night, the NCW said, "The National Commission for Women has taken suo motu cognizance of a disturbing media report titled "Woman Student Found Dead Inside Jadavpur Unive ...Read More >
Kolkata, Sep 13 (PTI) Jadavpur University on Saturday imposed several curbs on movement of students, researchers, faculty, staff and visitors on the campus after dusk in the wake of the unnatural death of a third-year undergraduate student on the night of September 11. In a circular, the university registrar prohibited "trespassing, morning and evening walks, use of drugs and alcohol inside the campus and regulate entry at night hours without valid identity cards." "It is notified for informati ...Read More >
Kolkata, Sep 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) The third-year female student of Jadavpur University in West Bengal has died by drowning, according to the initial post-mortem examination report. However, it is not clear from the initial autopsy report whether she was drunk or not. According to the police, they are awaiting the viscera report, which will take some time to arrive, to determine whether drugs or other toxic substances were present in her body at the time of drowning. However, the initial autops ...Read More >
Kolkata, Sep 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Following the tragic death of a third-year female student inside the campus, Jadavpur University authorities have tightened security and imposed several restrictions for scholars and outsiders. In a circular issued late on Friday night, the varsity authorities have forbidden trespassing, morning and evening walks, use of narcotics and alcohol inside the campus and entry sans valid identity cards. "It is notified for information of all concerned, that in view of ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], September 13 (ANI): The Trinamool Chhatra Parishad on Friday held a protest in Kolkata after the body of a student was found near the lake of Jadavpur University Campus. Trinamool Congress MLA Debabrata Majumdar on Friday said that a student of Jadavpur University died in a suspicious manner on Thursday. Majumdar noted that his party has protested against the environment at Jadavpur University and requested the installation of CCTV cameras in the college premises. ...Read More >
Kolkata: A third-year English honours student at Jadavpur University, who was rescued from a campus pond in an unconscious state around 10.15 pm on Thursday, was declared dead when taken to a hospital near the university.Anamika Mondal, 22, a resident of Nimta, was seen chatting with classmates earlier in the evening. Later, she was spotted in the waterbody near gate no. 4 next to the union room. She had come to the campus to attend 'Ruhaniyat' organised by Jadavpur University Drama Club. The ev ...Read More >
KOLKATA, Sep 12: A day after the unnatural death of a third-year undergraduate student at Jadavpur University, institution authorities admitted to gaps in campus security and surveillance, a loophole that found resonance among sleuths who said blind spots outside CCTV coverage areas could compromise the probe into the tragedy. While varsity authorities attributed the lapses to delays in fund release from the state government, police said they were relying on CCTV camera footage reviews and post ...Read More >
Kolkata: A third-year English honours student at Jadavpur University, who was rescued from a campus pond in an unconscious state around 10.15 pm on Thursday, was declared dead when taken to a hospital near the university.Anamika Mondal, 22, a resident of Nimta, was seen chatting with classmates earlier in the evening. Later, she was spotted in the waterbody near gate no. 4 next to the union room. She had come to the campus to attend 'Ruhaniyat' organised by Jadavpur University Drama Club. The ev ...Read More >
Kolkata: One year after the RG Kar rape incident, the body of a third-year student of Jadavpur University (JU) in Kolkata, was found in mysterious conditions from a pond inside the campus on Thursday night, once again raising questions about student safety and security inside the campuses in West Bengal. The third-year student's body has been sent for a post-mortem to ascertain the cause of death, the police said. The exact circumstances leading to her death remain unclear, sources said. A purp ...Read More >
Kolkata, Sep 12 (PTI) A day after the death of a third-year undergraduate student at Jadavpur University, the authorities on Friday admitted to serious gaps in campus security and surveillance, attributing the lapses to delays in fund release from the state government. The deceased, Anamika Mondal, a resident of Nimta in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district and a student of English (Honours), was rescued from a pond in unconscious state beside the undergraduate arts building around 9.40 pm ...Read More >
Kolkata: The body of a third-year female student of Jadavpur University (JU) was found in a pond inside the campus late on Thursday night. The victim, Anamika Mondal, 21, was a student of BA English (honours) in the university and police said that her body was found in a pond near the union room of the Arts faculty close to Gate 4 of the university campus at around 10 pm on Thursday. "The victim's unconscious body was found in a pond inside the campus. She was rushed to the KPC Medical College ...Read More >
WBJEE 2025 Result: Along with the result, a new merit list will also be published. WBJEE 2025 Result: The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Board (WBJEEB) is expected to release the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination (WBJEE) result soon. Once released, candidates will be able to check and download the result on the official website of the board, wbjeeb.nic.in. The WBJEE results have been delayed for over a month now due to the pending legal matters concerning the revised state list fo ...Read More >
Nagpur: The Nagpur Metropolitan Region Development Authority (NMRDA) has almost completed the Rs 132.49 crore phase 1 of the Tajbagh renovation and beautification project and is now awaiting Rs 95.87 crore to start phase 2 of the project. Under the first phase, NMRDA strengthened and beautified the main dargah, constructed a shopping complex, a choti dargah, shops, and other structures, including marble flooring. According to NMRDA sources, Phase 1 of the project received Rs 132.49 crore adminis ...Read More >
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed Bengal govt to put under lock and key union rooms of all state colleges and universities. The HC also asked the state to pass an order so that no student is permitted to enter the union room without the written permission of the registrar or another competent person. The union room of the south Kolkata college where a student was raped on June 25, however, would only be accessible to the investigating agency until further order, the HC said.T ...Read More >
Kolkata: After the Calcutta High Court ordered the higher education department to keep student union rooms closed across colleges and universities, some felt it was a 'good riddance' while others expressed concerns about the closure order, especially since college elections were suspended for the past seven years.In the recent past, maintaining control over union rooms and student activities triggered numerous clashes across campuses. From organising Saraswati Puja at Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri La ...Read More >
Kolkata: In a ghastly incident, a 35-year-old techie allegedly murdered his elderly parents living in the Purba Bardhaman district of West Bengal on Wednesday and travelled nearly 130 km to the Hafizia Kharizia Orphanage at Bongaon in the North 24 Paraganas district, where he stabbed four people, a senior police officer said on Thursday. The injured include two teachers and two staff members. The accused, identified as Humayun Kabir, was arrested soon after the stabbing and was taken to the Bon ...Read More >
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