Kolkata Student

Kolkata Student, "Heckled" Over Clothing, Accuses Trinamool Youth Workers

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday March 9, 2019

A student in south Kolkata has been allegedly heckled by students' union members on International Women's Day for wearing a "revealing dress".

Kolkata Student Stripped, Beaten Up Inside College For Questioning Union

Kolkata News | Edited By Soumyajit Majumder | Sunday June 3, 2018

A member of Trinamool Congress' students wing was allegedly "stripped" and beaten up inside the campus of a prominent Kolkata college by member's of his own party for raising questions about misuse of union funds.

Kolkata Student Alleges Sexual Assault For Smoking As "A Woman"

Kolkata News | Press Trust of India | Saturday May 5, 2018

An FIR was lodged against an unidentified person for allegedly sexually assaulting a 23-year-old student of Jadavpur University.

2 Students Mowed Down By Train While Clicking Pictures On Rail Tracks

Kolkata News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday February 13, 2018

Two college students died and another was critically injured after they were hit by a local train while clicking pictures on the rail track in Kolkata on Monday afternoon, the Railway Police said.

Class 9 Student Sexually Abused At Kolkata School, Police Detain Suspect

Kolkata News | Press Trust of India | Saturday February 10, 2018

A Class 9 student of a state-run girls school in Kolkata was allegedly sexually abused by a non-teaching staff at the institute's premises, police said today.

3 Students Killed In Road Accident Near Kolkata, Locals Set Vehicle On Fire

Kolkata News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Tuesday January 17, 2017

Angry locals in South 24 Parganas district near Kolkata on Monday vandalized a private car and tried to set it on fire after it rammed five students, killing three of them and leaving two others severely injured. When the police rushed to the spot to control the situation, they were attacked with bricks. Several policemen were injured.

Kolkata Teen Found Murdered At Author Amit Chaudhuri's Apartment Parking

Kolkata News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday July 25, 2016

Two days after a teenager who was part of a birthday party for his daughter was found murdered, eminent author Amit Chaudhuri has denied that the tragedy was linked to his family or his apartment.

Kolkata Student Allegedly Abused For Smoking, Wearing Shorts

Kolkata News | Reported by Saurabh Gupta, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday April 18, 2016

A young student in Kolkata has alleged that she was manhandled, abused and assaulted on Friday by men of West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress, who allegedly demanded to know why she was "wearing shorts and smoking".

After Kolkata Students' Slogans, Home Ministry Asks For Report

India News | Edited by Shuchi Shukla | Wednesday February 17, 2016

After students in Kolkata raised slogans in support of terrorist Afzal Guru, the Home Ministry has asked the Bengal government for a report.

Now, Kolkata Students Use Pro-Afzal Guru Slogans At Rally

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Wednesday February 17, 2016

A rally at Kolkata's Jadavpur University on Tuesday evening - meant to express solidarity with arrested JNU student Kanhaiya Kumar on sedition charge and the students of the university - turned controversial, with a section of students raising pro-Afzal Guru and Kashmiri Azadi slogans.

Kolkata Students Express Solidarity With FTII Protest

Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday July 22, 2015

"We are learning about their apprehensions and why it became necessary to strike" a student told IANS

Student Allegedly Jumps to Death in Kolkata

Kolkata News | Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday May 16, 2015

A first-year undergraduate student, hailing from Patna, allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the sixth floor of his college hostel in Kolkata, police said today.

Kolkata Law Student Dies Under Mysterious Circumstances, Father Alleges Murder

Kolkata News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Monday March 9, 2015

The mysterious death of a student at a prestigious law college in Kolkata has turned controversial with his father alleging murder.

Barred From Exam, Kolkata Students Protest with Slit Wrists

Kolkata News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday March 3, 2015

Five students of a college in Kolkata took part in a demonstration with slit wrists to protest against the authorities' decision to disqualify them from appearing in an examination on account of low attendance, police said on Monday.

'Character Assassination in School Killed Her': A Father's Cry for Help to Minister Smriti Irani

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjee | Wednesday February 4, 2015

A family in Kolkata has been torn asunder. The mother has gone away to her maternal home in Shillong, the father has fled his home because it is full of memories of his 17 year old daughter who has just died. Two weeks ago, she jumped off a high-rise, because, her parents believe, her school principal and two teachers mentally tortured her.