Sources said the incident occurred at Kharagpur’s Chowringhee Crossing, when police personnel asked a number of BJP supporters to step off their buses and walk the rest of the way.

State education minister Partha Chatterjee reiterated that admissions will be solely based on merit.

The CPI(ML) Red Star leader Alik Chakraborty spearheaded the Bhangar land movement — an agitation by residents of 16 villages against the construction of a power substation, for the past two years.

The woman is a resident of Hooghly and had come to Jalpaiguri’s Dhupguri area by train. She had also been facing trouble in her marriage due to her condition, said police.

The TMC had in February showcaused Hazra for his post comparing Gandhi with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.

The CPM had recently announced that its workers would wave black flags in front of the prime minister.

The TMC is planning a counter-rally on the same grounds, a few days after Modi’s speech, and has already put up large cutouts and banners of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee all across the town.

The administration in Darjeeling is also keeping a close watch on the developments, sources said. The team of mountaineers that Pemba was leading had begun its journey from Kolkata on June 20.

The party holds will hold its annual Martyrs’ Day rally on July 21 in Kolkata to pay homage to 13 Youth Congress workers who were killed in police firing in 1993.

Mamata Banerjee had on January 31 announced the state government’s decision to set up the IT park. The chief minister had said that the idea was discussed in the Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) which was held on January 16 and 17.

The court also ordered that the victims be given financial assistance “... by way of interim compensation and/or other rehabilitation measures provided under the Victim Compensation Scheme formulated by the State of West 6 Bengal under Section 357A.”

Police sources said the relative had taken the victim to SSKM Hospital, where she was declared brought dead. No complaint was filed at that time. The woman’s body was then sent for postmortem.

The issue revolves around a newly constructed 11-storey hostel. The students who were residing in the old building wanted to be shifted to the new one.

The CID had taken up the case on the basis of a complaint of extortion and criminal conspiracy lodged by Maji at Daspur police station in February.

BJP national spokesperson Bizay Sonkar Shastri said that given the violence in the state, CM Mamata Banerjee had no right to rule.

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Subhalogna was taken to Uttarpara State General Hospital, where she was declared brought dead.

Met with criticism, officials cite complaints of ‘noise’, ‘filth’

The students, who started the protest on Thursday afternoon, asked the authorities to reduce the counselling fee. The fee was recently increased from Rs 100 to Rs 500 starting this academic year.