Friday, April 26, 2024

Topic: Kolkata

Transgender activist shot dead outside home in West Bengal

A prominent transgender activist Sumana Dhar has been shot dead by bike-borne youths near her home in Sabitri Pally in Nimta, about 16km north from the heart of Calcutta on Sunday evening.

Asmat Jamil, who started Kolkata’s historic anti-CAA protest dies at 46

Asmat Jamil, 46 year old Muslim woman leader in Kolkata, who was an important leader of the historic anti-CAA sit-in protest in Kolkata's Park Circus Maidan, died on Monday.

Devastated by Amphan, Kolkata wakes to rebuild

Kolkata on Thursday woke up to rebuild the historic city shattered by cyclone Amphan. Initially classified as a ‘super’ cyclone but downgraded to ‘extremely...

At Kolkata’s Park Circus, Muslim women’s sit-in protest keeps the protest against CAA going

The protest is not merely against NRC-NPR-CAA, the protest is for asserting their status as equal Indians and claiming their dignity which the Indian state has denied them time and again.

SRFTI is Under Complete Lock Down and The Students are Living in Fear of Their Future in the Institute

The stalemate at the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) continued for the second day after 14 female students were expelled after weeks...