Kolkata Campus Violence

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  "FIR Within 6 Hours": Centre's Directive To Protect Healthcare Workers

  The Union Health Ministry has ordered all government hospitals, centre or state, to file police complaints within six hours of violence on campus or against staff and health workers.

• Presidency University violence: Mamata Banerjee reaches out to Vice Chancellor, her party files FIR against two students

  Mamata Banerjee called the Vice Chancellor of Kolkata's Presidency University today and reportedly assured her of all support, saying the prestigious education institution was "our dream project."

• West Bengal Governor to visit Presidency University today

  West Bengal Governor MK Narayanan will visit Presidency University in Kolkata today, two days after a mob stormed the campus and used spears and other weapons to attack students and property. Though the Trinamool has denied any links to that violence, a local councillor from the party was filmed at the entrance as the mob scaled the gate in an atte...

• We were threatened with rape, say women students at Presidency University

  The police parked at the entrance of one of Bengal's most famous education institutions, the Presidency University, is meant to reassure students that their campus will not serve as a war zone.

• In West Bengal, increasing violence among and against students

  The death of Student Federation of India (SFI) leader Sudipto Gupta in Kolkata on Tuesday may still be mired in controversy, but it has highlighted the spate of violence on college and even school campuses in West Bengal over the last year, especially after Mamata Banerjee took over as Chief Minister.

• Kolkata campus violence: Trinamool Congress leader arrested from Bihar

  Trinamool Congress councillor Mohmmad Iqbal, who is an accused in the murder case of a Kolkata policeman, has been arrested from Bihar. The policeman, Sub Inspector Tapas Chaudhuri, was shot dead during clashes between Congress and Trinamool workers at a college in Kolkata on February 12.

• Kolkata campus violence: Police hunt for Trinamool councillor Mohammad Iqbal

  A hunt is on in West Bengal for a Trinamool Congress councillor Mohmmad Iqbal, who has been named in a first information report on the death of a policeman during clashes between Congress and Trinamool workers at a city college on Tuesday.