Sep 01, 2024, at 10:38 pm
Kolkata: Jadavpur University (JU) is embroiled in a fresh controversy after a second-year engineering student lodged a complaint against some students of the class of 2024, accusing them of ragging him inside the Union room earlier in August, media reports said.
Jadavpur University's action against ragging of dead first-year student pending even after a year
Aug 16, 2024, at 09:45 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: As protests roiled Bengal over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at the RG Kar Hospital, many are looking back in anger another incident- the tragic death of an 18-year-old student a year ago on the Jadavpur University campus. The death of the first-year student of JU by falling after facing severe ragging had triggered outrage across the state but not many are aware if justice was meted out to his parents yet.
JU student death: Panel submits report, says victim was singled out for pre-planned ragging
Sep 19, 2023, at 04:53 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Jadavpur University's inquiry committee, formed to probe into the circumstances leading to the death of the first-year student, has stated that the victim was singled out for severe pre-planned ragging, which may have also included sexual abuse.
Sep 06, 2023, at 09:02 pm
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court has directed the Jadavpur University (JU) authorities to ensure the eviction of all passed-out or former students or illegal occupants from the hostel rooms on campus within 24 hours, court sources said.
Kolkata: LoP Suvendu Adhikari alleges attack in Jadavpur University
Aug 18, 2023, at 07:51 pm
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Friday alleged that he was suddenly attacked by a group of unknown assailants when he visited Jadavpur University on Thursday to attend an event organised by the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha.
Aug 18, 2023, at 03:51 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Days after the death of a first-year undergraduate student on the campus from alleged ragging in the hostel, Jadavpur University Thursday issued an order announcing new rules that would come into effect immediately.
Jadavpur University incident: Kolkata Police summons Dean Rajat Roy again
Aug 17, 2023, at 07:34 pm
Kolkata/UNI: The Kolkata Police on Thursday summoned again trouble-torn Jadavpur University's Dean of Students Rajat Roy to appear at its headquarters- Lalbazar- before the investigation officials after he failed to attend the first summon owing to confinement to his chamber by a group of students, who gheraoed him since Wednesday noon, official sources said.
Jadavpur University horror: Police arrest four more accused in undergraduate student's death
Aug 16, 2023, at 07:06 pm
Kolkata: Police have arrested four more accused in connection with the death of a first-year student in Kolkata's Jadavpur student last week.
NHRC issues notice to Bengal govt, Jadavpur University over student's death allegedly due to ragging
Aug 15, 2023, at 02:02 am
New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Monday issued notices to the West Bengal government and Registrar of Jadavpur University in Kolkata over the death of a first-year student allegedly due to ragging.
UGC seeks report from Jadavpur University over death of first-year student Swapnadip Kundu
Aug 14, 2023, at 10:35 pm
Kolkata: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has sought a report from Jadavpur University (JU) over the mysterious death of a first-year undergraduate student.
Two more arrested in Jadavpur University student's death case
Aug 13, 2023, at 06:00 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Kolkata Police have arrested two more boys in the alleged ragging and subsequent death of 18-year-old Jadavpur University student, Swapandeep Kundu, earlier this week.
The horror story of Jadavpur University hostel: Another student narrates experience on Facebook
Aug 12, 2023, at 07:24 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A day after a first-year student who allegedly faced severe ragging fell to death in Kolkata's Jadavpur University triggering a statewide outrage, another fresher has come out with his claims of suffering that he said forced him to quit the prestigious institution.
Jadavpur University student's death: Police arrest former student
Aug 12, 2023, at 05:08 am
Kolkata/IBNS/UNI: A former student of Jadavpur University (JU), Sourav Chowdhury, was on Friday arrested in connection with the mysterious death of a first-year student, Swapnadeep Kundu, (18), who fell fatally from the hostel's second floor on the JU campus on midnight of Wednesday and succumbed to his multiple wounds at a city hospital early Thursday, official sources said.
Aug 11, 2023, at 11:29 pm
Kolkata: The Kolkata Police have registered an FIR against 'unknown' persons on the basis of a complaint filed by the father of Jadavpur University student Swapnadip Kundu, who reportedly died after falling from the university's main hostel's balcony on Thursday.
Kolkata: Renowned academician Ananda Deb Mukherjee passes away
Oct 09, 2020, at 02:24 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Well-known Bengal academician and geologist, emeritus professor of Jadavpur University (JU) and former Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Vidyasagar University, Ananda Deb Mukherjee, who was diagnosed with Covid-19, died in a south Kolkata hospital on Thursday morning. He was 82.
Feb 20, 2020, at 06:08 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Kolkata's prestigious Jadavpur University (JU) on Thursday held counting and announced the results of its students' unions' election, which was conducted peacefully on Wednesday after a gap of over three years.
Jadavpur University holds students' union election after 3 years, ABVP makes poll debut
Feb 19, 2020, at 03:02 pm
Kolkata: After a gap of over three years, students' union election is currently underway in Kolkata's prestigious Jadavpur University (JU) on Wednesday.
Jan 15, 2020, at 08:21 pm
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar on Wednesday denied controversy over his presence in the convocation ceremony of Calcutta University in which Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee will also be conferred the honorary D Litt.
31 SFI members of Jadavpur University quit over sexual abuse 'inaction' by Left student wing
Jan 09, 2020, at 04:11 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: While there is a wave of sympathy and solidarity with the Left students in JNU after a violent attack on them, in Kolkata's hotbed of student politics, the Jadavpur University campus, the Student Federation of India (SFI) is jolted by the demons of sexual abuse charges and alleged inaction.
JNU violence: Jadavpur University students hit Kolkata streets, slam BJP-ABVP
Jan 06, 2020, at 07:31 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Raising slogans, burning tyres and singing songs, a large number of students of Jadavpur University (JU) here on Monday joined the ongoing nation-wide protest rally against the attack on Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students and teachers by a mob of masked men.
We won't show papers: JU student Debsmita Chowdhury tears CAA copy at convocation ceremony
Dec 26, 2019, at 11:25 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Amid the widespread students' protest against the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, Jadavpur University student Debsmita Chowdhury chose her way of agitation by tearing a copy of the Act while receiving her MA degree and medal during the convocation ceremony on Tuesday.
Rule of law collapsed: WB Guv Jagdeep Dhankhar after not being allowed to attend JU convocation
Dec 24, 2019, at 11:37 am
Kolkata/IBNS: After several students blocked him from attending the annual convocation of Jadavpur University (JU), West Bengal Governor Jagdeep hankhar on Tuesday lashed out at the state government saying "rule of law has collapsed".
West Bengal Guv Jagdeep Dhankhar's car blocked at Jadavpur University
Dec 24, 2019, at 10:59 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar's car was blocked by several Trinamool Congress (TMC) members at Jadavpur University here on Tuesday.
In Left's battle for survival, JU students hold massive protest against Babul Supriyo incident
Sep 23, 2019, at 09:23 pm
Kolkata: The Left wing students of iconic Jadavpur University (JU) here on Monday held a massive protest rally against the episode involving Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Babul Supriyo, in a more of a fight for the Left's survival and relevance in the educational institution.
JU protester's ailing mother urges Babul Supriyo to forgive son, Minister responds with compassion
Sep 21, 2019, at 03:12 pm
Kolkata: Union Minister Babul Supriyo, who was heckled at the Jadavpur University on Thursday, responded with compassion to one of the protester's ailing mother who urged the politician to forgive her son.
BJP lashes out at Mamata regime, 'urban Naxals' for heckling Union Minister Supriyo
Sep 20, 2019, at 12:27 pm
New Delhi, Sept 20 (UNI/IBNS): The BJP on Friday lashed out at the Mamata Banerjee government and West Bengal police for the ugly episode in Jadavpur University wherein Union Minister Babul Supriyo was heckled and allegedly manhandled by SFI activists in Kolkata.
Improper of VC to not take prompt steps: WB Guv on Babul Supriyo gherao
Sep 19, 2019, at 11:38 pm
Kolkata, Sept 19 (IBNS): Hours after rescuing Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Babul Supriyo from a gherao at the Jadavpur University in Kolkata, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar stated that he took the issue very seriously and said it was "improper" of the Vice-Chancellor to have not taken prompt steps in the matter.
Babul Supriyo faces agitation at Jadavpur University, WB Guv rushes to rescue BJP leader
Sep 19, 2019, at 08:26 pm
Kolkata, Sept 19 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP and Union Minister Babul Supriyo is facing huge protest by the students of Jadavpur University on Thursday after being heckled earlier in the day for entering the campus with armed force to attend a programme by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of the RSS.
State Youth Parliament Festival to be held in Jadavpur University on February 7
Jan 17, 2019, at 04:45 pm
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IBNS): State Level Youth Parliament Programme would be held at Jadavpur University in Kolkata on Feb, 7, 2019, informed Sarita Patel, Regional Director, National Service Scheme (NSS), Kolkata here on Thursday.
Jan 16, 2019, at 05:53 pm
Kolkata, Jan 16 (IBNS): A Jadavpur University professor, who has triggered a controversy with his Facebook comments on 'virgin girl', has been taken off his duties as a teacher, media reports said.