Kolkata Scientist

• Kolkata scientist Partho Sarathi Ray gets bail

  Moleculor biologist Scientist Partha Sarathi Ray, who has been in jail since April 8, finally gets bail. He was arrested for his alleged role in protests against recent evictions from a slum; the other is a Jadavpur University professor who spent a night in jail last week in connection with the controversial cartoon of Chief Minister Mamata Banerje...

• Media paints negative picture of West Bengal government, says Mamata Banerjee

  Stung by criticism of her government's choice of newspapers for state-aided libraries and a professor's arrest over circulation of a cartoon showing her in poor light, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today alleged a section of the media saw her government in poor light. She said the media appeared to paint a negative picture of her gover...

• Scientists write to PM condemning action against Bengal biologist

  Leading scientists from India and abroad as well as other public personalities have written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, condemning the police action against two West Bengal-based scientists. One of them is Partho Sarathi Ray, a molecular biologist, who is in jail since April 8 and was arrested for his alleged role in protests against recent e...