Kolkata: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has sought a report from West Bengal officials on the death of an eight-year-old student after he was allegedly assaulted by his teacher in class. The commission took up the matter after a report on CNN-IBN.
The NCPCR has asked the South 24 Parganas district administration for a detailed report on the circumstances around the student's death.
The eight-year-old, a student of Nirdeshkhali school in Basanti, was allegedly slapped by his teacher and his head was banged against the wall several times on May 15. The teacher had found the boy playing in the class and throwing school bags around.
The student reportedly suffered severe brain hemorrhage from the brutal assault. The teacher, Chompa Mondal, was arrested after the boy's parents and relatives protested against the school and district administration....
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10:21 AM, May 18, 2013
Kolkata: Alleged corporal punishment left an 8-year-old dead in South 24 Parganas in West Bengal. The student died after his head was allegedly banged against the wall by a teacher. The incident happened at the Nirdeshkhali school at Basanti in South 24 Parganas. The child was beaten up on May 15 as a punishment for throwing bags across the classroom during the class. The accused teacher has been arrested. More...
01:38 PM, May 17, 2013
Baruipur railway station was ransacked on Sunday after hundreds of applicants appearing for TET (Primary Teachers Eligibility Test) got delayed at the station and could not appear for the exam. This happened after an applicant fell off from an overcrowded train and was seriously injured. ...
07:39 PM, Mar 31, 2013
It seems no lessons have been learnt despite the nation-wide furore over the brutal Delhi gangrape incident. A 14-year-old girl was allegedly tortured in West Bengal in a rehab home in South 24 Parganas district. ...
09:18 PM, Mar 09, 2013
Residents of a village in Canning in South 24 Parganas that was virtually destroyed by senseless violence, are picking up their lives the best they can, after a mob attacked it. Forty five-year-old Padma Adhikary lost everything she owned and she still doesn't know who is responsible and why. ...
08:50 AM, Feb 23, 2013
The supporters of the Trinamool Congress and Communist Party of India - Marxist clashed on Tuesday in the Bhangar area of South 24 Parganas district when the Left supporters were headed for the Kolkata rally. ...
02:32 PM, Jan 08, 2013
Trinamool Congress workers were caught on video heckling and throwing money at hired women dancers at their founding day party on Tuesday. ...
02:24 PM, Jan 02, 2013
The Trinamool Congress on Wednesday condemned its workers who were caught on camera heckling and throwing money at hired women dancers at its founding day party. TMC leader Derek O'Brien said, "One of the celebration events obviously went wrong. We condemn what happened. We need to find out who these people are, whether TMC workers or others. What happened last night was condemnable. ...
12:19 PM, Jan 02, 2013
Bengal's politics seems to have hit a new low. At the Trinamool Congress' founding day party on Tuesday, party workers threw money and heckled hired female dancers. The incident took place at South 24 Parganas district. ...
08:55 AM, Jan 02, 2013
In what seems like a clear case of honour killing, a man beheaded his younger sister in full public glare. The incident took place on Friday. 29-year old Mehtab Alam, a tailor by profession, allegedly beheaded Nilofer with a stroke of a sword. ...
07:31 AM, Dec 08, 2012
Kolkata: Dengue has afflicted 269 more persons in the metropolis in the past 24 hours, official reports said on Saturday. Apart from Kolkata, other districts hit by the vector-borne disease are North and South 24 Parganas, Howrah and Nadia districts, the reports said. The website of the health department said that dengue has so far claimed three lives in the metropolis where 1,160 persons have been afflicted. Health department sources...
09:48 PM, Sep 01, 2012
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers have allegedly assaulted a teacher in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. The teacher, Debjani Dey of Bhangor College, was allegedly manhandled by Trinamool workers over the college governing body elections. Debjani Dey was allegedly abused and injured in the attack after a jug of water was thrown on her by TMC leader Arabul Islam. The TMC alleges that Debjani is a Communist Party...
03:21 PM, Apr 25, 2012
Kolkata: At least nine persons were killed when a thunderstorm hit several districts of West Bengal on Saturday. In Murshidabad, four farmers who were busy working in the field at separate places were killed by lightning, officials said. Similarly, in South 24 Parganas district, Rita Mandal, 70, and Sanath Mistri, 65, were struck by lightning when they were working outside their houses in Gosaba block. Besides Gosaba, Canning and Basanti...
10:09 PM, Apr 07, 2012
Kolkata: A police constable named Ashim died earlier on Sunday after being trashed by drunken youth in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas. The incident took place on Holi, March 8, when the constable took on some eve-teasers. Local police say investigations are on and a case has been registered against seven people. ...
03:11 PM, Mar 11, 2012
Kolkata: The death toll in the illicit liquor tragedy in West Bengal has touched 115. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has now ordered a CID probe into the incident. According to the police, four people have been arrested. Another 263 people are still being treated at several hospitals battling for their lives including some in Kolkata after drinking the toxic brew, official sources said. The deaths were reported from...
11:30 AM, Dec 15, 2011
