Kolkata: Kolkata is mourning the death of Students Federation of India activist Sudipto Gupta due to alleged police brutality. There was a partial shutdown in the city on Thursday after the bandh called by the SFI. Since Thursday morning, there were roadblocks in various places across the city. A Congress student delegation will meet the West Bengal Governor at 4 pm on Thursday to demand a judicial probe into Sudipto's...
01:57 PM, Apr 04, 2013
There have been massive protests over the death of 23-year-old Students Federation of India activist Sudipto Gupta in Kolkata. Not just in Kolkata, protests are also being staged in Chennai by SFI activists. The Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal has also come under attack from the protesters as well as the Left Front. ...
11:59 PM, Apr 03, 2013
After the death of a student activist allegedly due to a police baton charge, the Congress on Wednesday said the era of students getting killed by police was back to haunt West Bengal. ...
05:31 PM, Apr 03, 2013
Protesters took to the streets in New Delhi and Chennai after a Students Federation of India activist Sudipto Gupta was killed in Kolkata allegedly by the police during a crackdown in the city on Wednesday. The police tried to stop the demonstrators as they chanted slogans and marched with Gupta's posters. ...
05:05 PM, Apr 03, 2013
Under pressure from opposition after the death of a Students federation of India activist, Sudipto Gupta, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday termed the episode as "unfortunate", but evaded a question on whether a judicial probe would be ordered as demanded by the CPI-M. "Any death is unfortunate. This is also unfortunate. I will not say anything more than this," Mamata told reporters outside the state-run SSKM hospital...
03:15 PM, Apr 03, 2013
There have been massive protests over the death of 23-year-old Students Federation of India activist Sudipto Gupta in Kolkata. Not just in Kolkata, protests are also being staged in Chennai by SFI activists. The Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal has also come under attack from the protesters as well as the Left Front. ...
01:17 PM, Apr 03, 2013
One person has been arrested in connection with the death of Students Federation of India activist Sudipto Gupta in Kolkata. The person arrested is Raju Das, the driver of the bus which was used to take the demonstrators to the prison by the police. Meanwhile, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met other activists injured in the police crackdown. ...
12:23 PM, Apr 03, 2013
The death of a 23-year-old Student Federation of India activist, Sudipto Gupta, has sparked a row in Kolkata. Sudipto was fatally injured allegedly by the police during a crackdown in the city on Tuesday. ...
10:14 AM, Apr 03, 2013
The death of a 23-year-old Student Federation of India activist, Sudipto Gupta, allegedly injured in a police crackdown in Kolkata, has triggered protests. The death has also yet again raised several questions over violence and law and order issues in Mamata Banerjee's West Bengal. ...
08:27 AM, Apr 03, 2013
Bowing to intensified protests by TDP and other opposition parties on the issue of power crisis, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Tuesday night said the power tariff hike would be revisited so that poor sections were not burdened. Police meanwhile shifted the fasting BJP MLAs -- G Kishan Reddy, E Lakshminarayna and Y Srinivasa Reddy -- to hospital in view of their health condition. They had...
02:08 AM, Apr 03, 2013
It is Day 11 of Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal's fast against inflated power and water bills in Delhi. ...
10:21 PM, Apr 02, 2013
This is the second fast since March 19, which was observed by the Tamil Nadu Film Directors Association. ...
04:47 PM, Apr 02, 2013
It is Day 11 of Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal's fast against inflated power and water bills in Delhi. The AAP leader has lost 7 kgs during his fast, but his vitals are normal. ...
01:22 PM, Apr 02, 2013
Members of the Tamil Film industry are on a one-day token fast in Chennai, protesting against the Sri Lankan government and the Army's atrocities on the Tamils there. Superstar Rajinikanth also showed up in solidarity, along with other stars from the Tamil film industry. ...
12:04 PM, Apr 02, 2013
Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal's fast against Delhi's power tariff has entered the tenth day on Monday. The Delhi Police stopped the party's rally near Pragati Maidan on Monday. ...
02:42 PM, Apr 01, 2013
Two days before the season six of the Indian Premier League begins, Kingfisher airlines employees have planned to stage a protest on Monday. Many of them are planning to hold a protest outside the Delhi residence of cricketer Virat Kohli. ...
12:58 PM, Apr 01, 2013
Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare on Sunday embarked on his 'Janatantra Yatra' (walk for democracy) from Amritsar in Punjab to rally support against the Congress-led UPA Government in the run up to the next general elections. Accompanied by a small group of supporters, the 75-year-old activist paid obeisance at Durgiana Mandir and Golden Temple besides paying tribute to the martyrs at Jallianwala Bagh. ...
03:55 PM, Mar 31, 2013
A court in New Delhi on Saturday asked Delhi Police to explain the circumstances that forced it to clamp prohibitory order which was allegedly violated by Arvind Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party members during their protest in 2012 and further investigate the three cases against them. Referring to a Supreme Court judgement which was critical of midnight crackdown on supporters of Yoga Guru Ramdev at Ramlila Maidan, the Delhi court...
02:10 AM, Mar 31, 2013
A Delhi court on Saturday asked the city police to 'further investigate' the three cases lodged against Arvind Kejriwal and other members of his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for alleged rioting and unlawful assembly. ...
05:54 PM, Mar 30, 2013
Terming as "ill-founded" and "motivated", charges against the Congress and the UPA Government on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue, Union Minister V Narayanasamy on Saturday alleged students were being instigated by some persons to stage agitations on the issue. India was one of the 25 countries that voted in favour of US-sponsored resolution at UNHRC against Sri Lanka where New Delhi pushed for an independent and credible probe into human...
12:58 PM, Mar 30, 2013
