Jadavpur University Professor Arrested

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  West Bengal Government Challenges Order to Compensate Jadavpur Professor Arrested for Mamata Cartoons

  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.

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  Professor Jailed For Circulating Mamata Cartoons to be Compensated, Says Court

  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.

• Mamata cartoon row: Defamation charges dropped against Professor Ambikesh Mahapatra

  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

  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...

• Fresh trouble at Nonadanga, cops lathicharge protestors

  Fresh trouble erupted today at Nonadanga in Kolkata, with lathi-wielding policemen chasing away a large group of evicted slum dwellers from the area who tried to dismantle a barricade.

• 'We are living in dark days in Bengal', scientist Partho Sarothi Ray says after release

  Internationally-acclaimed scientist Partho Sarothi Ray, who was arrested earlier this month for his alleged role in protests against slum evictions in Kolkata, has said that he was implicated in a false case. Professor Ray was released today.

• West Bengal scientist Partho Sarothi Ray released from Alipore jail

  Molecular biologist Partho Sarathi Ray, who was arrested in Kolkata for his alleged role in protests against recent evictions from a slum in the city, has been released from Alipore jail. Mr Ray was granted bail yesterday.

• 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...

• West Bengal CID asks Facebook to remove pictures mocking Mamata Banerjee

  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.

• 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...

• Scientists write to PM condemning police 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.

• Omar Abdullah takes dig at Jadavpur University professor's arrest in Bengal

  In an oblique criticism of the arrest of a Jadavpur University professor in West Bengal, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said his government will run out of prison space if he arrests everyone making cartoon and fun of him.

• Cartoons are integral to democracy, says Dinesh Trivedi

  Reacting to the arrest of a Jadavpur University professor in Kolkata for posting a cartoon of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on the internet, former Railways Minister Dinesh Trivedi today said cartoons are integral to democracy.

• West Bengal professor attacked: 4 arrested, released on bail

  Four people, believed to be workers of the Trinamool Congress, were briefly arrested today in connection with the assault on Jadavpur University professor Ambikesh Mahapatra. Professor Mahapatra was assaulted on the night of April 12 after he posted anti-Mamata Banerjee cartoons on social networking sites.

• Outrage over professor's arrest for posting anti-Mamata cartoons

  A professor from Jadavpur University has been arrested in Kolkata for posting comic pictures of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and mocking the state government policies on social networking website.