Kolkata Cartoon Controversy

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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.

• Complaint filed against student for circulating anti-Mamata cartoon

  A police complaint was filed against a college student in Kolkata today for sharing cartoons of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on his Facebook account.

• 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...

• 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...