Student activist Sudipto Gupta died in a police crackdown on a students' protest in Kolkata. The incident has seen thousands of people pour into the streets of Kolkata. The West Bengal government has been, till now, non-committal about a proper probe into the incident. To what extent will this incident turn the urban middle class in West Bengal against the ruling Trinamool Congress? Will a proper probe be instituted? How...
07:06 PM, Apr 04, 2013
Kolkata: The Kolkata Police on Thursday stated that the final post-mortem report of SFI activist Sudipto Gupta was yet to come out and that the initial report had shown that the 23-year-old student died due to a head injury inflicted by hitting a stationary object and then hitting a rough structure after that. The police have, since the beginning, been alleging that Gupta died after hitting a lamp post and...
04:35 PM, Apr 04, 2013
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
SFI activist Sudipto Gupta was killed in alleged police crackdown on a protest by the students organisation in Kolkata on Tuesday. ...
11:37 PM, Apr 03, 2013
The death of a 23-year-old activist of the leftwing Students Federation of India (SFI) during a police crackdown on students' protest in Kolkata on April 2, 2013, has left the city and the country shell-shocked. Sudipto Gupta, an MA student at Rabindra Bharati University, was admitted to hospital with severe internal haemorrhage and later succumbed to his injuries. Gupta was part of a protest organised by the SFI against the...
09:26 PM, Apr 03, 2013
The post-mortem report of SFI activist Sudipto Gupta on Wednesday said that the 23-year-old student suffered injuries in the middle of his forehead and at the back of his head, apart from a broken jaw. The report added that there were injury marks in other parts of his body as well. "The injury at the middle of his forehead is ante-mortem in nature," the report added. ...
07:43 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
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. ...
05:24 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
In this season of scams, a new one has been unearthed, this time in West Bengal and a senior state government leader is said to be allegedly involved. ...
07:50 PM, Apr 02, 2013
In this season of scams, a new one has been unearthed, this time in West Bengal and a senior state government leader is said to be allegedly involved. According to a CBI probe, Rs 200 crore, meant for fixed deposits, were siphoned off from four state government departments into hundreds of fictitious accounts. The CBI probe points to the involvement of a senior Trinamool Congress politician. ...
06:51 PM, Apr 02, 2013
Citing law and order problems in West Bengal, the Congress on Saturday said it was imperative to conduct the upcoming panchayat (rural body) polls under the strict vigil of central security forces for free and fair elections. ...
04:40 AM, Mar 31, 2013
Ruling Trinamool Congress on Friday attacked the State Election Commission, with which it is engaged in a tussle over the panchayat poll, of being 'biased' in favour of the opposition parties and accused the erstwhile Left Front government of doubling the tenure of the present election commissioner to derive political benefit. ...
02:47 AM, Mar 30, 2013
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh on Friday predicted that Lok Sabha elections will be held in November 2013, countering the Prime Minister's claims that the government will survive its full term. Attacking the UPA for threatening its allies, Mulayam, however, said that he will not yet withdraw support to an already beleaguered UPA which after a pullout from the DMK and VCK has been reduced to a minority. ...
09:00 PM, Mar 29, 2013
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday demanded immediate resignation of the UPA government, following the DMK's withdrawal of support. "For the last six months, the TMC clearly stated that this is the minority government and it has no moral right to continue for a single moment. We are opposing anti-people activities like increase in price rise, decontrolling of diesel prices. All I can say is that this government should resign...
05:53 PM, Mar 29, 2013
The Opposition Left Front on Thursday alleged that the West Bengal government had 'messed up' the ensuing Panchayat polls and said if the election was not held on time it would be the responsibility of the ruling Trinamool Congress. ...
03:26 AM, Mar 29, 2013
The crisis within the UPA seems to be taking new turns each day. With Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav threatening to withdraw support, the government is now looking for new allies. Its best option is JD(U) leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar who has been demanding special status for Bihar. Sources say the government is also willing to give Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata...
07:47 AM, Mar 26, 2013
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav is ready to withdraw support to the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), party sources said on Monday, adding that he might hold a public rally soon to make his decision official. ...
10:35 PM, Mar 25, 2013
Alleging that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's recent comments on rape were "encouraging" lawbreakers, the CPM on Sunday said her "weird theories" were mere attempts to hide her administration's failure to prevent crimes against women. ...
11:51 PM, Mar 24, 2013
In a virtual 'collision' with the State Election Commission (SEC), West Bengal government on Saturday unilaterally announced panchayat polls in the state in two phases, on April 26 and 30. ...
11:07 AM, Mar 23, 2013
