Jadavpur University Students Protest

The state-run Jadavpur University in Kolkata on Wednesday withdrew the permission it gave to RSS-affiliated ABVP to celebrate Ram Navami on the campus amid protests by Left-backed students' organisations.

West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose faced protests by Left students of Jadavpur University, of which he is the chancellor, on Saturday when he went to attend the convocation but he pacified them by speaking to them.

A Polish student of Jadavpur University has been told by the Foreigner Regional Registration Office (FRRO) to leave India after he participated in an anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA rally in Kolkata, university sources said on Sunday.

The Kolkata Police ended up lathicharging BJP protesters and Jadavpur University students this evening as the two groups came to a near head-on collision at Sulekha More, a busy trijunction in the city's south. The deputy commissioner of Kolkata Police present on the spot publicly apologised to the students soon after, stating there were no orders ...

After receiving her MA degree and medal at the Jadavpur University convocation on Tuesday, student Debosmita Choudhury asked for a moment on the stage, took out a copy of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and ripped it into two.

A group of Jadavpur University students who were protesting against the Citizenship Amendement Act in Kolkata's Baghajatin area was allegedly thrashed and some of the women taking part in the agitation were molested, police said on Monday.

Peaceful protests were held across the country today, with political parties, students and the civil society coming together against the contentious citizenship law. In Delhi, the Congress held protests at Rajghat, the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi, which was attended by senior leaders of the party, including Sonia Gandhi, Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi, M...

In unprecedented scenes at Bengal's Jadavpur University this evening Governor Jagdeep Dhankar, who was to attend a convocation ceremony, was pinned down inside his car and shown black flags by students protesting the citizenship law

The Jadavpur University and Presidency varsity students took out separate rallies in Kolkata denouncing police action inside the Jamia Millia Islamia campus in Delhi.

The student who had allegedly pulled Union Minister Babul Supriyo's hair during a protest at Jadavpur University said on Monday that he will not apologise to him.

Violence took place outside Kolkata's Jadavpur University today during a protest by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad -- the students' group linked to the BJP -- over Thursday's attack on Union Minister Babul Supriyo. As the police arrived and put up barricades outside the university gates, the students started throwing stones.

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar will visit Jadavpur University Vice-Chancellor Suranjan Das today. Mr Das is undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Kolkata following the incident of heckling of union minister Babul Supriyo by a section of students at the university.

Union Minister Babul Supriyo was pushed, manhandled and his shirt was torn when he went to Jadavpur University in Bengal on Thursday for an event organized by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, the students' organisation linked to the BJP. "They pulled me by my hair and pushed me," said the minister, who is seen in videos surrounded by a huge ...

The Jadavpur University professor who triggered protests after he compared a virgin woman to a "sealed bottle" on a Facebook post has been taken off his duties.

The students of Jadavpur University held a protest today demanding the immediate expulsion of a professor who compared a woman's virginity to a "sealed bottle" or "packet". The students, who came out in large numbers, said this was not the first time Kanak Sarkar has made misogynistic and regressive comments.

The state-run Jadavpur University in Kolkata on Wednesday withdrew the permission it gave to RSS-affiliated ABVP to celebrate Ram Navami on the campus amid protests by Left-backed students' organisations.

West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose faced protests by Left students of Jadavpur University, of which he is the chancellor, on Saturday when he went to attend the convocation but he pacified them by speaking to them.

A Polish student of Jadavpur University has been told by the Foreigner Regional Registration Office (FRRO) to leave India after he participated in an anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA rally in Kolkata, university sources said on Sunday.

The Kolkata Police ended up lathicharging BJP protesters and Jadavpur University students this evening as the two groups came to a near head-on collision at Sulekha More, a busy trijunction in the city's south. The deputy commissioner of Kolkata Police present on the spot publicly apologised to the students soon after, stating there were no orders ...

After receiving her MA degree and medal at the Jadavpur University convocation on Tuesday, student Debosmita Choudhury asked for a moment on the stage, took out a copy of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and ripped it into two.

A group of Jadavpur University students who were protesting against the Citizenship Amendement Act in Kolkata's Baghajatin area was allegedly thrashed and some of the women taking part in the agitation were molested, police said on Monday.

Peaceful protests were held across the country today, with political parties, students and the civil society coming together against the contentious citizenship law. In Delhi, the Congress held protests at Rajghat, the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi, which was attended by senior leaders of the party, including Sonia Gandhi, Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi, M...

In unprecedented scenes at Bengal's Jadavpur University this evening Governor Jagdeep Dhankar, who was to attend a convocation ceremony, was pinned down inside his car and shown black flags by students protesting the citizenship law

The Jadavpur University and Presidency varsity students took out separate rallies in Kolkata denouncing police action inside the Jamia Millia Islamia campus in Delhi.

The student who had allegedly pulled Union Minister Babul Supriyo's hair during a protest at Jadavpur University said on Monday that he will not apologise to him.

Violence took place outside Kolkata's Jadavpur University today during a protest by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad -- the students' group linked to the BJP -- over Thursday's attack on Union Minister Babul Supriyo. As the police arrived and put up barricades outside the university gates, the students started throwing stones.

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar will visit Jadavpur University Vice-Chancellor Suranjan Das today. Mr Das is undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Kolkata following the incident of heckling of union minister Babul Supriyo by a section of students at the university.

Union Minister Babul Supriyo was pushed, manhandled and his shirt was torn when he went to Jadavpur University in Bengal on Thursday for an event organized by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, the students' organisation linked to the BJP. "They pulled me by my hair and pushed me," said the minister, who is seen in videos surrounded by a huge ...

The Jadavpur University professor who triggered protests after he compared a virgin woman to a "sealed bottle" on a Facebook post has been taken off his duties.

The students of Jadavpur University held a protest today demanding the immediate expulsion of a professor who compared a woman's virginity to a "sealed bottle" or "packet". The students, who came out in large numbers, said this was not the first time Kanak Sarkar has made misogynistic and regressive comments.