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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 >
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 (West Bengal) [India] July 1 (ANI): The father of one of the accused in the alleged gangrape case at a law college in Kolkata has expressed faith in the judiciary, saying that the court will decide the further course of action. 'The matter is subjudice and investigation is underway. I have been saying from the beginning that I have faith in the judiciary. The court will decide the further course of action,' the man told ANI on Tuesday. He added that he trusts the state government, poli ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): Days after the ruling Trinamool Congress issued a show-cause notice to party MLA Madan Mitra over his comments on the Kolkata gangrape rape, Bharatiya Janata Party MP Bhola Singh said wondered that instead of taking action, that TMC leaders were blaming the woman (rape survivor) for the incident. Singh told ANI on Tuesday, 'Instead of supporting the woman and taking action, we are seeing that the TMC leaders are saying that it is the woman's fault. We are seeing ...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 (West Bengal) [India], July 1 (ANI): Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Kumar Verma urged everyone, including the media, to refrain from revealing the identity of the victim of the alleged gangrape case which took place inside the campus of the South Calcutta Law College on social media or anywhere else. Manoj Kumar Verma said, 'The incident that took place at South Calcutta Law College is being investigated. This is a very sensitive case, and I do not want to reveal the details of the i ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jul 1 (PTI) Senior TMC leader Madan Mitra has offered an unconditional apology to the party leadership for his controversial comments about the victim of an alleged gangrape at a law college here, particularly his remark questioning why the student had gone to the institution "alone". The Kamarhati MLA submitted his reply to the TMC's show-cause notice late on Monday, within the three-day deadline. Mitra also provided an explanation of the context in which the remarks were made, party ...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 >
"Incidents in West Bengal are becoming a pattern": BJP fact-finding team slams TMC over South Kolkata gang rape case The BJP team comprised former Union Ministers Satpal Singh and Meenakshi Lekhi, Rajya Sabha MP Manan Kumar Mishra, and Lok Sabha MP Biplab Kumar Deb. They met senior police officials and assessed the ongoing investigation Calling crimes against women in West Bengal a "pattern now," BJP leader Satpal Singh on Monday led a fact-finding team to South Kolkata following the alleged g ...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 >
Kolkata Gangrape Case: As students trickled back to South Calcutta Law College on Monday, fresh and harrowing allegations of molestation and misconduct emerged against Monojit Mishra, the main accused in last week's alleged gangrape of a student inside college premises. Two female students have now come forward, describing a disturbing pattern of inappropriate behaviour, intimidation, and physical abuse linked to Monojit Mishra -- a former Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP) leader with alleged t ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 30 (ANI): Calling crimes against women in West Bengal a 'pattern now,' BJP leader Satpal Singh on Monday led a fact-finding team to South Kolkata following the alleged gangrape of a female student inside South Calcutta Law College on June 25. 'The kind of incidents taking place in West Bengal are not just incidents, it's a pattern now,' Singh said, addressing a press conference after the team's visit. 'Crimes against women in the state are increasing even aft ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): Rajya Sabha MP Rekha Sharma has sharply criticised the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government over the alleged gangrape of a female law student at South Calcutta Law College, accusing the Trinamool Congress (TMC) of pressuring the police and hampering investigations. Speaking to ANI on Monday, Sharma expressed her disappointment over the handling of the case. 'Despite having a woman CM, such incidents are happening repeatedly there. Last year, the RG Kar Med ...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 >
Patna (Bihar) [India], June 30 (ANI): Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Monday slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the alleged gang rape of a law student within her college premises in Kolkata, calling for her resignation. Speaking to the media, Manjhi called on CM Mamata to resign, citing the rising incidents of crimes against women in the state. 'There is a woman chief minister, still, such heinous crimes are happening to women, not one but many have happened,' Manjhi sa ...Read More >
Kolkata, (West Bengal) [India] June 30 (ANI): A four-member fact-finding committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday addressed the media regarding the recent alleged gangrape of a law student at South Calcutta Law College, BJP leader Satya Pal Singh, member of the BJP fact-finding team for the South Calcutta Law College gangrape case. BJP leader Meenakashi Lekhi said that the political system in West Bengal has broken down as politics has been criminalised and the ruling TMC party i ...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: Since the horrific gangrape incident at South Calcutta Law College, academic activities have come to a halt. The college authorities have issued a notification stating that all classes will remain suspended until the governing body decides on the matter. The notification, which was issued on Sunday, was received by the students on Monday. The students protested in front of the college with several complaints against the authorities on Monday. They demanded that the education and securi ...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, (West Bengal) [India] June 30 (ANI): A four-member fact-finding committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday addressed the media regarding the recent alleged gangrape of a law student at South Calcutta Law College, BJP leader Satya Pal Singh, member of the BJP fact-finding team for the South Calcutta Law College gangrape case. BJP leader Meenakashi Lekhi said that the political system in West Bengal has broken down as politics has been criminalised and the ruling TMC party i ...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, 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: A full blown political showdown ensued on the streets of Kolkata after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday sent its fact-finding team over an alleged gangrape case of a 24-year-old law student inside South Calcutta Law College premises.While Trinamool Congress played down BJP's 4 member fact-finding team as "political tourists", BJP claimed that the incidents happening in West Bengal have a pattern and crime in the state has been increasing even after having a woman as the chief mi ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 30 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Kunal Ghosh on Monday criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) fact-finding committee visit to Kolkata in response to an alleged gang rape of a law student within her college premises, labeling it a "gimmick" and an act of "political tourism." Speaking to the media, Ghosh questioned the BJP's selective outrage, pointing to their silence on crimes against women in states like Unnao, Hathras, Prayagraj, Gujarat, Ma ...Read More >
Kolkata/Berhampore: Bengal's Murshidabad district police on Monday served a summon notice to 2025 Padma Shri awardee Swami Pradiptananda, a Bharat Sevashram Sangha monk popularly known as Kartik Maharaj, asking him to appear at the Lalbagh police station by 10 am on Tuesday for questioning in the rape case filed against him last week on the basis of a complaint lodged by a local woman. "Swami Pradiptananda is not here. I will go through the papers and inform him," said Swami Anirbanananda, anot ...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 >
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