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  BJP leader calls Jadavpur University girl students ‘Below standard and shameless'

  India | May 15, 2016 12:45 IST

  Kolkata :BJP West Bengal president Dilip Ghosh on Saturday kicked up a controversy by calling girl students of Jadavpur University "below standard and shameless who are always in search of opportunity to be in the

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  ‘Molested’ Jadavpur Univ students shameless: BJP’s Bengal chief courts controversy

  Politics | May 14, 2016 20:34 IST

  state BJP president Dilip Ghosh stirred a hornet’s nest saying that the students who were allegedly molested were “shameless” and “did not deserve to be supported”.

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  ABVP derides 'anti-nationalism' in JU, threatens to chop Leftists' legs

  India | May 09, 2016 23:48 IST

  Kolkata: Deriding left-leaning students for turning Jadavpur University into a "hub of anti-national activities", the RSS students' wing ABVP today took out a protest rally outside the varsity. Addressing the rally, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad

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  Jadavpur University ‘hub of anti-national elements’, says BJP

  Politics | May 07, 2016 13:46 IST

  A day after rival groups of students clashed on the Jadavpur University campus over screening of Vivek Agnihotri-directed political film 'Buddha in a Traffic Jam', the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today termed the varsity as a ‘hub of anti-national e

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  4 including 3 ABVP workers booked for allegedly molesting Jadavpur University female students

  India | May 07, 2016 11:25 IST

  The Jadavpur University administration has filed a police complaint against four outsiders including 3 ABVP activists for allegedly molesting female students during a commotion over an open-air screening of Vivek Agnihotri’s film ‘Buddha In A Traffic

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  Student groups clash in Jadavpur University over film screening, female students molested

  India | May 07, 2016 7:35 IST

  Girls were allegedly molested and BJP actor-turned-politician Roopa Ganguly was not allowed to enter the Jadavpur University premises when rival groups of students clashed over the screening of Vivek Agnihotri-directed political film ‘Buddha in a Tra

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  Bengal varsity on boil after police baton charge agitators

  India | February 23, 2016 20:15 IST

  Kolkata: Burdwan University in West Bengal was on the boil today after police baton charged a group of student agitators who had allegedly vandalised the campus over anomalies in undergraduate results and postponement of exams.Vice

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  Pro-Afzal Guru chants at protest march in Jadhavpur University

  India | February 16, 2016 21:05 IST

  Kolkata: Barely seven days after alleged anti-India slogans were voiced during an event to commemorate the third death anniversary of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, protestors at Kolkata's Jadhavpur University were today seen raising pro-Afzal

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  IIT Delhi best engineering college :Survey

  India | June 09, 2015 17:18 IST

  Kolkata: IIT Delhi has been ranked as the best engineering college in India while Kolkata's Jadavpur University is leading the pack among government colleges, according to a report. In the recently released EDU-RAND 2015 rankings,

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  Jadavpur University student 'molested'

  India | March 21, 2015 13:19 IST

  Kolkata: A first year Jadavpur University student was allegedly molested by three engineering students inside the campus, police said on Saturday."On the complaint of a first year student of the Sanskrit department, we have registered

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  Resigned to protest anarchism, politicisation: Outgoing Jadavpur VC

  India | January 14, 2015 7:51 IST

  Kolkata: Ending four months of a bitter standoff with protesting students, Jadavpur University Vice Chancellor Abhijit Chakrabarti on Tuesday announced his much-anticipated resignation, saying he had to step down in face of "undemocratic" and "unconstitutional"

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  Questions raised over Mamata announcing Jadavpur University VC resignation

  Politics | January 13, 2015 8:36 IST

  Kolkata: Even as Jadavpur University students on Monday went euphoric over the news of vice chancellor Abhijit Chakrabarti resigning, questions were being raised over the legality of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announcing the

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  Jadavpur university fast: Vice chancellor appeals for talks

  India | January 06, 2015 14:09 IST

  Kolkata: As the fast unto death of Jadavpur University students entered second day today, Vice-chancellor Abhijit Chakrabarti appealed the protesters to come to the negotiating table.Eleven students from different departments of the university are sitting

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  'Kiss of Love' comes to Kolkata

  India | November 05, 2014 6:31 IST

  Kolkata: After Kerala, it is the turn of West Bengal to host the "Kiss of Love", when youngsters in the state capital Kolkata will indulge in public display of affection today as a mark of

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  Trinamool MP slams JU student movement

  Politics | September 22, 2014 11:28 IST

  Kolkata: In controversial comments, Abhishek Banerjee, Trinamool Congress MP and nephew of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, today questioned whether the student protests in Jadavpur University were due to banning of drugs and liquor inside the

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  JU students to boycott classes till VC resigns

  India | September 18, 2014 23:35 IST

  Kolkata: A stalemate prevailed today in Jadavpur University as the students hardened their stand against the vice-chancellor vowing not to attend classes till he resigns, a day after 35 students were arrested for gheraoing him.Holding

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  Top 10 Indian institutions in top 100 Asian university rankings

  World | February 18, 2015 11:22 IST

  London: India has made dramatic improvement in an annual Asian universities ranking, with 10 educational institutions figuring in the top 100 list released here today.The Times Higher Education (THE) magazine's "Asia University Rankings-2014" named India

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  Gherao of Calcutta University VC, pro-VC lifted after 16 hours

  India | September 25, 2013 10:59 IST

  Kolkata:  Students of Rajabazar Science College of Calcutta University yesterday lifted the 16-hour gherao of the Vice-Chancellor and the Pro Vice-Chancellor over their demand for better campus placement following assurance from the authorities.Later West Bengal

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  JU students lift gherao of VC, pro-VC, registrar after 50 hrs

  India | September 21, 2013 9:24 IST

  Kolkata:  Engineering students at Jadavpur University last night lifted their 51-hour gherao of the vice-chancellor, pro vice-chancellor and registrar, but said they would start a relay hunger strike over the demand for revocation of the

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  Kolkata Police Arrests Professor For Mamata Cartoons On Internet

  India | April 13, 2012 18:50 IST

  Kolkata, Apr 13: Kolkata Police have arrested Jadavpur University professor Ambikesh Mahaptara on Friday morning on charge of forwarding derogatory cartoons representing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee."Professor Ambikesh Mohapatra has been arrested for spreading