The Professor Who Mocked Mamata Banerjee To Contest Bengal Assembly Polls
India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Sunday March 13, 2016
The Jadavpur University professor who had been jailed for emailing cartoons lampooning Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has decided to contest to West Bengal assembly election as an independent candidate.
Kolkata News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Tuesday April 21, 2015
The West Bengal government today approached a local court in Kolkata, against payment of compensation to the Jadavpur University professor who was arrested for forwarding an email with a cartoon that allegedly lampooned Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Professor Jailed For Circulating Mamata Cartoons to be Compensated, Says Court
India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Tuesday March 10, 2015
The Calcutta High Court has today ordered the Mamata Banerjee government to give Prof Ambikesh Mahapatra, who was arrested in 2012 for forwarding a cartoon of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the compensation decreed by the state Human Rights Commission and an additional Rs 25,000 for legal expenses.
Jadavpur Professor Arrested For Circulating Mamata Cartoons to be Compensated, Orders Court
India News | Agencies | Tuesday March 10, 2015
The West Bengal government has been ordered by a court to pay Rs 50,000 as compensation to a professor who was arrested in 2012 for forwarding a cartoon of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Mamata cartoon row: Defamation charges dropped against Professor Ambikesh Mahapatra
Kolkata News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday October 12, 2012
West Bengal Police have dropped defamation charges against Jadavpur University professor Ambikesh Mahapatra who was earlier arrested for circulating emails mocking Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Mamata cartoon row: Punish those who arrested me, says Prof Ambikesh Mahapatra
India News | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi | Tuesday August 14, 2012
The West Bengal Human Rights Commission, headed by former Supreme Court judge, Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly, has recommended that the state government should pay Rs 50,000 each to former Jadavpur University professor Ambikesh Mahapatra and his neighbour Subroto Roy for their arrest in the middle of the night for circulating a cartoon of Chief Ministe...
Mamata cartoon controversy: Human Rights Commission slams arrest of professor
India News | NDTV.com | Monday August 13, 2012
The Human Rights Commission of West Bengal has recommended that the state government should pay Rs 2000 each to professor Mahapatra and his neighbour Subroto Roy for their arrest over forwarding cartoons of Mamata Banerjee. The commission, headed by retired Justice AK Ganguly also recommends departmental action against the officer-in-charge and pol...
Cartoon row: Mamata loses cool, storms out of live TV session
India News | Press Trust of India | Friday May 18, 2012
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday lost her cool and stormed out of an interactive TV session in Kolkata when members of audience asked her about the arrest of a professor for forwarding a cartoon lampooning her.
Trinamool leader flung jug at me, says Bengal professor
India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday April 25, 2012
A woman college professor's allegation that a former Trinamool Congress legislator flung a jug full of water at her following an altercation over teachers' association elections in West Bengal has created a flutter in Kolkata.
Another anti-Mamata cartoon, professor files complaint
Cities | Press Trust of India | Sunday April 22, 2012
An associate professor of Midnapore Medical College filed a fresh complaint on Saturday night against two persons accusing them of circulating a cartoon that denigrates the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. This comes days after Jadavpur University professor Ambikesh Mahapatra was jailed on the charge of sending cartoon criticising Trinam...
West Bengal CID asks Facebook to remove pictures mocking Mamata Banerjee
India News | NDTV Correspondent | Tuesday April 17, 2012
After the controversial cartoon case, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee now seems to have taken offence to some of her pictures posted on Facebook. The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the state has written to the social networking site, asking it to remove four pictures lampooning Ms Banerjee.
The Professor Who Mocked Mamata Banerjee To Contest Bengal Assembly Polls
India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Sunday March 13, 2016
The Jadavpur University professor who had been jailed for emailing cartoons lampooning Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has decided to contest to West Bengal assembly election as an independent candidate.
Kolkata News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Tuesday April 21, 2015
The West Bengal government today approached a local court in Kolkata, against payment of compensation to the Jadavpur University professor who was arrested for forwarding an email with a cartoon that allegedly lampooned Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Professor Jailed For Circulating Mamata Cartoons to be Compensated, Says Court
India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Tuesday March 10, 2015
The Calcutta High Court has today ordered the Mamata Banerjee government to give Prof Ambikesh Mahapatra, who was arrested in 2012 for forwarding a cartoon of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the compensation decreed by the state Human Rights Commission and an additional Rs 25,000 for legal expenses.
Jadavpur Professor Arrested For Circulating Mamata Cartoons to be Compensated, Orders Court
India News | Agencies | Tuesday March 10, 2015
The West Bengal government has been ordered by a court to pay Rs 50,000 as compensation to a professor who was arrested in 2012 for forwarding a cartoon of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Mamata cartoon row: Defamation charges dropped against Professor Ambikesh Mahapatra
Kolkata News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday October 12, 2012
West Bengal Police have dropped defamation charges against Jadavpur University professor Ambikesh Mahapatra who was earlier arrested for circulating emails mocking Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Mamata cartoon row: Punish those who arrested me, says Prof Ambikesh Mahapatra
India News | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi | Tuesday August 14, 2012
The West Bengal Human Rights Commission, headed by former Supreme Court judge, Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly, has recommended that the state government should pay Rs 50,000 each to former Jadavpur University professor Ambikesh Mahapatra and his neighbour Subroto Roy for their arrest in the middle of the night for circulating a cartoon of Chief Ministe...
Mamata cartoon controversy: Human Rights Commission slams arrest of professor
India News | NDTV.com | Monday August 13, 2012
The Human Rights Commission of West Bengal has recommended that the state government should pay Rs 2000 each to professor Mahapatra and his neighbour Subroto Roy for their arrest over forwarding cartoons of Mamata Banerjee. The commission, headed by retired Justice AK Ganguly also recommends departmental action against the officer-in-charge and pol...
Cartoon row: Mamata loses cool, storms out of live TV session
India News | Press Trust of India | Friday May 18, 2012
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday lost her cool and stormed out of an interactive TV session in Kolkata when members of audience asked her about the arrest of a professor for forwarding a cartoon lampooning her.
Trinamool leader flung jug at me, says Bengal professor
India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday April 25, 2012
A woman college professor's allegation that a former Trinamool Congress legislator flung a jug full of water at her following an altercation over teachers' association elections in West Bengal has created a flutter in Kolkata.
Another anti-Mamata cartoon, professor files complaint
Cities | Press Trust of India | Sunday April 22, 2012
An associate professor of Midnapore Medical College filed a fresh complaint on Saturday night against two persons accusing them of circulating a cartoon that denigrates the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. This comes days after Jadavpur University professor Ambikesh Mahapatra was jailed on the charge of sending cartoon criticising Trinam...
West Bengal CID asks Facebook to remove pictures mocking Mamata Banerjee
India News | NDTV Correspondent | Tuesday April 17, 2012
After the controversial cartoon case, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee now seems to have taken offence to some of her pictures posted on Facebook. The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the state has written to the social networking site, asking it to remove four pictures lampooning Ms Banerjee.
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