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Bengal Willing To Hold Union Polls, Colleges Not Making Efforts, Court Told
- Wednesday August 27, 2025
- India News | Reported by Rittick Mondal
The West Bengal government on Tuesday informed Calcutta High Court that it is willing to conduct student union elections in universities across the state. However, claimed that the institutions themselves have not shown any initiative in this regard.
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Bengal Willing To Hold Union Polls, Colleges Not Making Efforts, Court Told
- Wednesday August 27, 2025
- India News | Reported by Rittick Mondal
The West Bengal government on Tuesday informed Calcutta High Court that it is willing to conduct student union elections in universities across the state. However, claimed that the institutions themselves have not shown any initiative in this regard.
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www.ndtv.com
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Calcutta University Refuses To Postpone Exam For Trinamool Congress Event
- Wednesday August 27, 2025
- India News | Reported by Rittick Mondal
The University of Calcutta has refused to postpone an exam scheduled for August 28, which happens to be the foundation day of the Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP), the student wing of the ruling Trinamool Congress.
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2 Months After Crime, Charge Sheet Filed In Kolkata Law College Rape Case
- Saturday August 23, 2025
- India News | Press Trust of India
A charge sheet was filed on Saturday against four accused in the alleged gang rape of a law student on her college campus in Kolkata, around two months after the crime, police said.
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Calcutta University Students Beaten Up For Speaking Bengali, Called 'Bangladeshis'
- Thursday August 21, 2025
- India News | Reported by Rittick Mondal
A group of shopkeepers from West Bengal's Sealdah market allegedly thrashed some Calcutta University students and called them 'Bangladeshis' on Wednesday night.
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The Story Of A Bengal Butcher Who 'Saved' Calcutta
- Sunday August 24, 2025
- India News | Written by Chandrajit Mitra
Rather than being stoic over the aggressive agenda of the Muslim League to bring Calcutta into Pakistan, a fierce man from a city-based meat-selling Brahmin family rose to the occasion.
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Case Against Vivek Agnihotri For 'Wrong' Portrayal Of 'Bengal Files' Character
- Tuesday August 19, 2025
- India News | Indo-Asian News Service
Fresh trouble seems to be brewing for 'The Bengal Files' Director Vivek Agnihotri, as a new FIR has been registered against him on charges of "wrongfully" describing freedom fighter Gopal Mukherjee a.k.a Gopal Patha "as a butcher", in the movie.
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Vivek Agnihotri Threatens Legal Action If West Bengal Government Stalls The Bengal Files Release: "Will Pray That..."
- Monday August 18, 2025
- Entertainment | PTI
The Bengal Files, which is slated for release on September 5, revolves around the Calcutta riots of August 16, 1946
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Direct Action Day: Spark That Triggered Communal Violence During Partition
- Thursday August 14, 2025
- India News | Edited by NDTV News Desk
On August 16, 1946, a day now remembered as Direct Action Day or the Great Calcutta Killings, Bengal descended into days of brutal bloodshed, shattering hopes of unity and plunging the province into chaos.
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Woman Tries To Immolate Herself Outside Calcutta High Court
- Tuesday August 12, 2025
- India News | Press Trust of India
A woman allegedly attempted to set herself ablaze outside the Calcutta High Court, but an alert policeman saved her life, officials said.
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One Year On, Protestors March To West Bengal Secretariat 'Nabanna' Demanding Justice In RG Kar Case
- Saturday August 9, 2025
- India News | Press Trust of India
A section of protestors taking part in a march to the West Bengal secretariat 'Nabanna' to mark the completion of one year of the brutal rape and murder of an on-duty doctor inside the state-run RG Kar hospital reached Santragachi in Howrah district.
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WBJEE 2025 Result, Merit List To Be Released Soon, Details Here
- Saturday August 9, 2025
- Education | Edited by Sahil Behl
WBJEE 2025 Result Date: As directed by the Calcutta High Court, the board will release a new merit list, as the earlier one did not comply with the states order and must be published again.
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Calcutta High Court Orders WBJEE Board To Release New Merit List
- Friday August 8, 2025
- Education | Press Trust of India
The court directed that affidavits of compliance will be filed by the Registrar, West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board.
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"Judges Should Never Be Bloodthirsty": High Court Commutes Death Penalty To Life Term
- Thursday August 7, 2025
- India News | Press Trust of India
Observing that judges should never be "bloodthirsty", the Jalpaiguri Circuit Bench of the Calcutta High Court has ordered the death sentence of a man be commuted to life imprisonment for the murder of his maternal uncle.
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All 4 Accused In Kolkata Rape Case Remanded To Police Custody
- Thursday August 7, 2025
- Kolkata News | Press Trust of India
In what is being claimed as a first-of-its-kind order by a court in Kolkata, all four accused in the South Calcutta Law College rape case were remanded to police custody for an additional period of three days, 39 days after they were first arrested.
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www.ndtv.com
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Bengal Willing To Hold Union Polls, Colleges Not Making Efforts, Court Told
- Wednesday August 27, 2025
- India News | Reported by Rittick Mondal
The West Bengal government on Tuesday informed Calcutta High Court that it is willing to conduct student union elections in universities across the state. However, claimed that the institutions themselves have not shown any initiative in this regard.
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www.ndtv.com
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Bengal Willing To Hold Union Polls, Colleges Not Making Efforts, Court Told
- Wednesday August 27, 2025
- India News | Reported by Rittick Mondal
The West Bengal government on Tuesday informed Calcutta High Court that it is willing to conduct student union elections in universities across the state. However, claimed that the institutions themselves have not shown any initiative in this regard.
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www.ndtv.com
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Calcutta University Refuses To Postpone Exam For Trinamool Congress Event
- Wednesday August 27, 2025
- India News | Reported by Rittick Mondal
The University of Calcutta has refused to postpone an exam scheduled for August 28, which happens to be the foundation day of the Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP), the student wing of the ruling Trinamool Congress.
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www.ndtv.com
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2 Months After Crime, Charge Sheet Filed In Kolkata Law College Rape Case
- Saturday August 23, 2025
- India News | Press Trust of India
A charge sheet was filed on Saturday against four accused in the alleged gang rape of a law student on her college campus in Kolkata, around two months after the crime, police said.
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www.ndtv.com
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Calcutta University Students Beaten Up For Speaking Bengali, Called 'Bangladeshis'
- Thursday August 21, 2025
- India News | Reported by Rittick Mondal
A group of shopkeepers from West Bengal's Sealdah market allegedly thrashed some Calcutta University students and called them 'Bangladeshis' on Wednesday night.
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www.ndtv.com
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The Story Of A Bengal Butcher Who 'Saved' Calcutta
- Sunday August 24, 2025
- India News | Written by Chandrajit Mitra
Rather than being stoic over the aggressive agenda of the Muslim League to bring Calcutta into Pakistan, a fierce man from a city-based meat-selling Brahmin family rose to the occasion.
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www.ndtv.com
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Case Against Vivek Agnihotri For 'Wrong' Portrayal Of 'Bengal Files' Character
- Tuesday August 19, 2025
- India News | Indo-Asian News Service
Fresh trouble seems to be brewing for 'The Bengal Files' Director Vivek Agnihotri, as a new FIR has been registered against him on charges of "wrongfully" describing freedom fighter Gopal Mukherjee a.k.a Gopal Patha "as a butcher", in the movie.
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www.ndtv.com
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Vivek Agnihotri Threatens Legal Action If West Bengal Government Stalls The Bengal Files Release: "Will Pray That..."
- Monday August 18, 2025
- Entertainment | PTI
The Bengal Files, which is slated for release on September 5, revolves around the Calcutta riots of August 16, 1946
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www.ndtv.com/entertainment
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Direct Action Day: Spark That Triggered Communal Violence During Partition
- Thursday August 14, 2025
- India News | Edited by NDTV News Desk
On August 16, 1946, a day now remembered as Direct Action Day or the Great Calcutta Killings, Bengal descended into days of brutal bloodshed, shattering hopes of unity and plunging the province into chaos.
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www.ndtv.com
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Woman Tries To Immolate Herself Outside Calcutta High Court
- Tuesday August 12, 2025
- India News | Press Trust of India
A woman allegedly attempted to set herself ablaze outside the Calcutta High Court, but an alert policeman saved her life, officials said.
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www.ndtv.com
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One Year On, Protestors March To West Bengal Secretariat 'Nabanna' Demanding Justice In RG Kar Case
- Saturday August 9, 2025
- India News | Press Trust of India
A section of protestors taking part in a march to the West Bengal secretariat 'Nabanna' to mark the completion of one year of the brutal rape and murder of an on-duty doctor inside the state-run RG Kar hospital reached Santragachi in Howrah district.
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www.ndtv.com
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WBJEE 2025 Result, Merit List To Be Released Soon, Details Here
- Saturday August 9, 2025
- Education | Edited by Sahil Behl
WBJEE 2025 Result Date: As directed by the Calcutta High Court, the board will release a new merit list, as the earlier one did not comply with the states order and must be published again.
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www.ndtv.com/education
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Calcutta High Court Orders WBJEE Board To Release New Merit List
- Friday August 8, 2025
- Education | Press Trust of India
The court directed that affidavits of compliance will be filed by the Registrar, West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board.
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www.ndtv.com/education
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"Judges Should Never Be Bloodthirsty": High Court Commutes Death Penalty To Life Term
- Thursday August 7, 2025
- India News | Press Trust of India
Observing that judges should never be "bloodthirsty", the Jalpaiguri Circuit Bench of the Calcutta High Court has ordered the death sentence of a man be commuted to life imprisonment for the murder of his maternal uncle.
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www.ndtv.com
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All 4 Accused In Kolkata Rape Case Remanded To Police Custody
- Thursday August 7, 2025
- Kolkata News | Press Trust of India
In what is being claimed as a first-of-its-kind order by a court in Kolkata, all four accused in the South Calcutta Law College rape case were remanded to police custody for an additional period of three days, 39 days after they were first arrested.
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www.ndtv.com