Kolkata: The battle between the Trinamool Congress and the students of the Presidency University is getting uglier. Five people including a TMC worker have been arrested for ransacking the Presidency University. The TMC has now filed a counter-complaint against the activists of Students' Federation of India in the Presidency University for provoking them. Two Presidency University students named in the FIR have surrendered, but are expected to be out on...
02:17 PM, Apr 12, 2013
Kolkata: Two days after the attack on the Presidency University in Kolkata by alleged Trinamool Congress workers, four people, including a TMC worker, have been arrested. Those arrested are Shubhojeet Burman, Jayanta Haldar, Vishal Jaiswal and Pushkar Kumar Das. In the first clear admission of a TMC hand in the ransack, the mother of Shubhojeet Burman, one of those arrested, has acknowledged that her son is a Trinamool worker. All...
01:15 PM, Apr 12, 2013
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor MK Narayanan will meet students at Presidency University in Kolkata at 4.30 pm on Friday. He has been caught in a political crossfire between the Left and the Trinamool Congress after he asked the CPM to apologise for the attack on West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra by its party cadre in Delhi. The CPM lashed out at Narayanan with General Secretary Prakash Karat writing to...
11:48 AM, Apr 12, 2013
Kolkata: Two days after the attack on the Presidency University in Kolkata by alleged Trinamool Congress workers, two people have been arrested and three have been detained. Those arrested are Shubhojeet Burman and Jayanta Haldar and both are not students of the Presidency University. Meanwhile, the West Bengal Governor is now caught in a political crossfire between the Left and the TMC after he asked the CPM to apologise for...
10:44 AM, Apr 12, 2013
Bangalore: Shell-shocked by Chris Gayle's brutal 50-ball unbeaten 85, Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir on Thursday said the West Indian took the game away from his side's reach as none of their plans worked against him in their IPL match. "We will have plans and we need to stick to those. If plan A doesn't work then Plan B will work. But sometimes none of your plans works because...
12:50 AM, Apr 12, 2013
Kolkata: Senior Trinamool Congress leader Subrata Mukherjee on Thursday hinted at an 'invisible' Congress hand behind the heckling of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and manhandling of Finance Minister Amit Mitra in Delhi on April 9. "It should be looked into if an invisible hand of Congress worked behind CPM and SFI hooliganism against the CM, Amit Mitra and I," Mukherjee, the Panchayat Minister, who was present during the...
12:47 AM, Apr 12, 2013
Kolkata: The body of Havildar Bharat Sasmal, who was killed in an ambush in South Sudan on Tuesday while serving in UN peacekeeping mission, was brought to Kolkata on Thursday. Defence sources said that Havildar Sasmal was among the five soldiers whose convoy was ambushed in Jonglei region of South Sudan on April 9. Five Indian Army personnel, including a Lt Colonel were killed and four injured during a UN...
11:10 PM, Apr 11, 2013
Kolkata: Noted writer Mahasweta Devi on Thursday condemned the heckling of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Finance Minister Amit Mitra, saying those who practise such "indecent politics" are alienated from the people. Describing the incident as "extremely unfortunate", the Magsaysay award winner said that this should not have happened. "Those who did it and those who practise such indecent politics are alienated from the people," she said, supporting...
09:30 PM, Apr 11, 2013
Bangalore: Inspired by their bowlers and boosted by a bullish innings from Chris Gayle, a clinical Royal Challengers Bangalore recorded an eight-wicket win to move to No. 1 and hand Kolkata Knight Riders their second loss in a row in IPL 6. The match was effectively decided by Gayle's 50-ball 85 after Kolkata managed an underwhelming total on an M Chinnaswamy Stadium surface and outfield aiding the batsmen after RCB...
07:19 PM, Apr 11, 2013
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who was hospitalised after complaints of breathing problem and palpitation, has been advised total rest by doctors who described her condition on Thursday as stable. Doctors at the premier Belle Vue clinic, where Banerjee is undergoing treatment, said she had pain in her shoulder and waist and was under close surveillance with an advice not to do any official work for the time...
05:43 PM, Apr 11, 2013
Kolkata: CPM General Secretary Prakash Karat on Thursday wrote to President Pranab Mukherjee objecting to the comments by West Bengal Governor condemning the suspected SFI attack on Trinamool Congress leader Amit Mitra and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Governor MK Narayanan had issued a statement on Wednesday saying that the Left must apologise to the Chief Minister for the attack. Meanwhile, the staff and students of Presidency University in Kolkata submitted...
05:21 PM, Apr 11, 2013
Kolkata: A day after members of the Trinamool Congress youth wing allegedly barged into their university premises and manhandled them, the students and faculty members of the Presidency University in Kolkata on Thursday carried out a silent protest march. The students and teachers wore black bands as a mark of their protest. They later met the Special Secretary to the Governor and submitted their deputation. Meanwhile, the state's Human Rights...
03:28 PM, Apr 11, 2013
Kolkata: Vice-chancellor of Presidency University on Thursday said she would write to the Governor about Wednesday's vandalism of various departments, and appealed to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to ensure that a serious probe was conducted to identify the attackers. "Presidency University is not like any other educational institution. What happened on Wednesday was shocking. I will write (to Governor) that the attackers carried TMC flags and how they ransacked and...
02:25 PM, Apr 11, 2013
Kolkata: The Presidency University's faculty and students in Kolkata are on a strike on Thursday after members of the Trinamool Congress youth wing allegedly barged into the university premises on Wednesday and manhandled them. Armed with sticks, they ransacked the science lab where classes were being conducted. Some teachers were allegedly assaulted too. The attack came despite West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's appeal for non-violent protests. Female students at...
01:51 PM, Apr 11, 2013
Kolkata: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who was admitted to a private clinic here with complaints of breathing problem and palpitation, was resting and her condition was stable, doctors attending to her said on Thursday. "Chief Minister is stable and she is now resting in our clinic under the observation of a 10-member medical team led by Dr Subrata Moitra," Belle Vue Clinic CEO K Tandon said. He added that, "But...
11:05 AM, Apr 11, 2013
Bangalore: Yusuf Pathan once instilled fear among the bowlers - especially in the Indian Premier League - with his free-stroking, match-winning knocks. Sixes sailed into the stands with regularity and minimum of fuss. But for the last couple of seasons, he hasn't been able to live up to his reputation and contributed little of note en route KKR's road to their maiden title last year. But the Indian allrounder, who...
09:17 AM, Apr 11, 2013
Kolkata: The politics of violence has kept West Bengal on the edge as police had to resort to lathicharge with the workers of Trinamool Congress and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) clashing with each other in Siliguri on Wednesday. The Left Front has called for a 12-hour bandh in Darjeeling after former Left Front minister Ashok Bhattacharya and CPM state committee member Jibesh Sarkar were arrested on Wednesday. They...
07:56 AM, Apr 11, 2013
Bangalore: Skipper Virat Kohli gave Royal Challengers Bangalore the high they needed to set their engine in motion in IPL 6, but in defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders they face a team on Thursday that can match Bangalore's star power man for man. Bangalore were a little hurt losing to Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Super Over and avenged that defeat in style in the return match on Tuesday as Kohli's...
09:48 PM, Apr 10, 2013
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was taken to a premier private clinic in Kolkata for a check up after she returned from Delhi on Wednesday. "She was taken to the clinic for a check up," a senior Trinamool Congress functionary told PTI here. Panchayat minister Subrata Mukherjee, who returned from Delhi along with Banerjee, told PTI that the chief minister was taken to the clinic, but did not...
06:20 PM, Apr 10, 2013
Kolkata: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi continued his offensive against the UPA government on Tuesday. Addressing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers in Kolkata, the likely Prime Ministerial candidate of the party ripped apart the rival Congress and Left parties through his powerful oratory. Modi alleged that the UPA was the most hated government since Independence and that "32 years of Left rule" had brought West Bengal to ruins. Modi did...
06:05 PM, Apr 09, 2013
