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A Kolkata court extended police custody for the accused in the Kasba gangrape case. The accused include Monojit Mishra and two students, Zaib Ahmed and Pramit Mukherjee. A security guard, Pinaki Banerjee, also remains in custody. Defence lawyers requested fair investigation and opposed media trial. The court rejected bail for the security guard.The police custody of the three accused in connection with the alleged gangrape of a first-year student at a law college in Kolkata's Kasba area on Tuesd ...Read More >
Mumbai: Hooliganism under the guise of Marathi pride will not be tolerated in the state, CM Fadnavis warned on Friday. He said police had registered an FIR and taken action in the Mira Road incident where a businessman was beaten up by MNS workers for not knowing Marathi.Speaking to the media, Fadnavis said beating up someone over language was wrong. "We are Marathi and are proud of the language. Insisting that a person speak in Marathi is not wrong, but beating up a businessman because he does ...Read More >
Kolkata: Four accused in the Kolkata gangrape case on Friday were brought to South Calcutta Law College as police moved to reconstruct the crime scene. Police on the wee hours had brought the four accused Monojit Mishra, Pramit Mukherjee and Zaib Ahmed, and security guard Pinaki Banerjee to reconstruct the crime that was committed on June 25. According to the police sources, the reconstruction was done in the presence of a huge police team and it took almost four hours to complete the entire p ...Read More >
Mysuru: Deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar sought blessings at Chamundeshwari temple atop Chamundi Hills and later said that while "efforts may fail, but not prayers", signalling his ambition for the state's top post remains undimmed despite Siddaramaiah reaffirming that he would stay chief minister for a full five-year term.Joined by family on Ashada Friday, widely considered auspicious, Shivakumar offered puja to the deity and underlined his faith in divine intervention. "I prayed to the Godd ...Read More >
The Bar Council of West Bengal took decisive action. It expelled Monojit Mishra, the main suspect in a gang rape case. Mishra's name was removed from the advocate rolls. The South Calcutta Law College also terminated Mishra's employment. Two students, Zaib Ahmed and Pramit Mukherjee, were expelled. They were also arrested in connection with the crime.The Bar Council of West Bengal on Wednesday decided to expel Monojit Mishra, the prime accused in the gang rape case, from its membership and struc ...Read More >
Kolkata: The role of the law college administration in allowing Monojit Mishra to handle student affairs or to operate with a free hand despite repeated complaints against him has come under the scanner of Calcutta University. The notice on the college website that asked students to contact Mishra's mobile number for any student-related affairs has raised questions about the real intent of the college administration in directing all student-related queries to him.Mishra, the key accused in the g ...Read More >
The Kolkata Rape Case: Monojit Mishra, the key accused in the Kolkata law college gangrape case, continued to create headlines with shocking revelations about his wrongdoings as the investigation in the Kolkata law student gangrape case progressed. The latest disclosure is that Mishra had turned the union room at the Calcutta Law College into a bar and party spot. NDTV, quoting his batchmate, reported that the rape accused used to drink alcohol with his friends in the union room every evening. ...Read More >
Kolkata, July 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Monojit Mishra, one of the three accused and reportedly the main architect in the law college student gang-rape case, made as many as 16 calls in three hours after the crime incident took place on the evening of June 25. Those call details are currently being examined by the investigating sleuths, and at the same time, the process of interrogation of those with whom Mishra conversed during that period has started. The tower locations of the mobile phones of the ...Read More >
Kolkata: Sleuths of the Kolkata Police on Friday took the four men, arrested in connection with the gang rape of a student, to South Calcutta Law College and reconstructed the crime scene, an officer said. The three prime accused -- alumnus and contractual staff Monojit Mishra, current students Pramit Mukherjee and Zaib Ahmed -- and security guard Pinaki Banerjee were taken to the college around 4.30 am and it took around four hours to complete the process. "The reconstruction of the crime sce ...Read More >
KOLKATA: Sleuths of the Kolkata Police on Friday took the four men, arrested in connection with the gang rape of a student, to South Calcutta Law College and reconstructed the crime scene, an officer said. The three prime accused -- alumnus and contractual staff Monojit Mishra, current students Pramit Mukherjee and Zaib Ahmed -- and security guard Pinaki Banerjee were taken to the college around 4.30 am and it took around four hours to complete the process. "The reconstruction of the crime sce ...Read More >
Kolkata: Sleuths of the Kolkata Police on Friday took the four men, arrested in connection with the gang rape of a student, to South Calcutta Law College and reconstructed the crime scene, an officer said. The three prime accused -- alumnus and contractual staff Monojit Mishra, current students Pramit Mukherjee and Zaib Ahmed -- and security guard Pinaki Banerjee were taken to the college around 4.30 am, and it took around four hours to complete the process. "The reconstruction of the crime sce ...Read More >
Kolkata, July 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the West Bengal Higher Education Department to ensure that the union rooms, also often referred to as common rooms, in all colleges and universities in the state remain locked till the time the students' union elections in those institutes were conducted and the results declared. A division bench of Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Smita Das gave this order on a petition seeking to draw the attention of the court that u ...Read More >
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, in a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday, expressed concern over rising impact of social media content and over the rising cases of cybercrimes. She appealed to Shah to promote public awareness programs, digital literacy campaigns and community participation to deal with cyber crimes. Banerjee said that provocative content on social media potentially incites violence, communal sentiments and crimes against women. Banerjee expr ...Read More >
Kolkata Gangrape Case: Monojit Mishra, the prime accused in the Kolkata gangrape case, had allegedly met some people hours before his arrest and the police are still trying to identify them, reported PTI, citing an official aware of the matter. A 24-year-old first-year student of the South Calcutta Law College was allegedly gang-raped inside the institution by an alumnus and two senior students. Mishra, Zaid Ahmed and Promit Mukherjee have been arrested in the case. ...Read More >
KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the West Bengal Government to file a status report on the progress of investigation into the alleged gang rape incident of a female student within the South Calcutta Law College premises at Kasba on June 25. A division bench of Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Smita Das De said that the Government must submit the status report of investigation in the form of an affidavit and also produce the case diary of the investigation before the Court on ...Read More >
Kolkata: Monojit Mishra, accused of raping a first-year student at a law college last Wednesday, was so powerful that he allegedly influenced the rescheduling of class hours from 7.30 am to 9 am. Questions are now being raised how could a morning college start classes at 9 am.The college governing body on Tuesday decided to return to the original schedule of 7 am to 2 pm, which was in place until June last year. Then suddenly, the first class was scheduled to start at 7.30 am and in Aug last yea ...Read More >
Monojit Mishra, the main suspect in the Kolkata law college gang rape case, has a history of sexual harassment and violent crimes. Despite multiple FIRs and complaints against him across several police stations, he often evaded legal consequences, allegedly due to his political connections within the Trinamool Congress Chhatra Parishad.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 ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jul 2 (PTI) Police officers investigating the alleged gang rape of a student in a Kolkata law college last month were trying to identify the people whom the prime accused, Monojit Mishra, had met hours before he was arrested, an officer said on Wednesday. The investigators were also checking if the other two accused - Zaib Ahmed and Pramit Mukherjee - also contacted any person before they were picked up by the police. Also Read | Opium in Anardana Goli: Delhi Police Bust International ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 2 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya, on Wednesday, filed nomination for the post of West Bengal BJP President. The Leader of Opposition in West Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari and the present West Bengal BJP Chief and Union Minister, Sukanta Majumdar were present, accompanying Bhattacharya. Speaking to ANI, Bhattacharya said that the party leadership asked him to file a nomination, which he followed. 'I have nothing to say right now. ...Read More >
Kolkata Gang Rape Case: Manojit Mishra, the main accused in the alleged gang-rape of a 24-year-old student in South Calcutta Law College, and his two associates has been remanded in police custody for seven days. The police have told the court that Mishra was very influential and could hamper the investigation by terrorising the victim and witnesses. Police have added five new sections - including those related to kidnapping and wrongful confinement - against Manojit Mishra and his two associat ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 2 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya, on Wednesday, filed nomination for the post of West Bengal BJP President. The Leader of Opposition in West Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari and the present West Bengal BJP Chief and Union Minister, Sukanta Majumdar were present, accompanying Bhattacharya. Also Read | Karnataka Shocker: Infosys Senior Employee Arrested for Filming Woman Colleague While She Was Using Ladies' Washroom at Office in Benga ...Read More >
Kolkata: A second student from South Calcutta Law College has come forward with disturbing allegations against Manojit Mishra, the Trinamool Congress Chhatra Parishad (TMCP) functionary and prime accused in the recent gang-rape case of a 24-year-old first-year law student. This time, the survivor, a second-year student, accused Mishra of molesting and threatening her during a student gathering in October 2023. The latest revelation only adds to the growing scrutiny around Mishra, who was arres ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): Congress MP Imran Masood on Wednesday slammed the Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sukanta Majumdar over his criticism of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government in connection with the alleged gang rape of a law student in Kolkata. Imran Masood termed the incident 'tragic' but questioned the BJP's silence on similar incidents in states governed by them, asserting that there was 'no point' in politicising such sensitive matters. 'It is a tr ...Read More >
Kolkata Gangrape: The notoriety of thirty-one-year-old Manojit Mishra, the prime accused held in connection with the recent gang-rape at a law college in Kolkata, was such that after he re-joined the South Calcutta Law College in mid-2024 as an ad-hoc staff, the female students started feeling unsafe, started skipping classes and the attendance among girl students dropped sharply. Mishra, a former student and current Organising Secretary of the South Kolkata district of the Trinamool Congress C ...Read More >
Kolkata gangrape case: The main accused in the Kasba gangrape case Monojit Mishra wanted capital punishment for the culprits of the RG Kar rape case that shook the nation last year, a new report has said as new chilling details emerge regarding the crime. One of the women, quoted by Anandabazar Patrika, has accused expelled TMCP leader Mishra of sexually harassing her during a college picnic in 2023. "Alcohol arrangement was made under the supervision of Monojit. I went to a room to get my pho ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India] July 2 (ANI): West Bengal Irrigation Minister Manas Ranjan Bhunia has strongly condemned the alleged gangrape incident in Kasba, Kolkata. "Our party strongly condemns the Kasba incident. I, Manas Bhunia, also strongly condemn it," he said. Bhunia appreciated the police's prompt action in the case, saying that they had made immediate arrests. "The police have taken prompt action and made immediate arrests. Our Chief Minister does not tolerate such incidents," he add ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): As the Digital India Mission completed 10 years on Tuesday, BJP leader Pradeep Bhandari drew contrast between the BJP and the opposition bloc and said that while the INDI Alliance is associated with 'corruption and nepotism,' the Modi government is associated with the model of development. The BJP leader praised the central government for the success of Digital India and stated that the country now accounts for 50 per cent of global financial transactions, a tes ...Read More >
South 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], July 1 (ANI): The Alipore court on Tuesday sent three main accused in the gangrape case at a Kolkata law college to police custody till July 8. The Court also sent the security guard, the fourth accused, to custody till July 4. The accused, Monojit, Pramit, and Zaib, will remain in police custody until July 8, and the security guard, Pinaki, will be in custody until July 4. On June 25, a female student was allegedly gangraped inside the South Calcutta ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Tuesday said the state govt was consistently working to provide better resources to the doctors and quality healthcare services to the citizens.He mentioned that medical colleges were being established in every district.While there were only six medical colleges in 2014, the number has now increased to 15, and nine new colleges are under construction. As a result, MBBS seats in the state increased from 700 in 2014 to 2,185, at present. The ...Read More >
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 >
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