Ambikesh Mahapatra

Cartoon row: Human Rights Commisson summons Kolkata police chief

Police Commissioner Ranjit Kumar Pachnanda has been asked to appear before the panel in person 5 July, according to a commission official.

Kolaveri Didi: Mamata walks off TV show, calls students 'Maoists'

By branding students as Maoists, Mamata Banerjee proves yet again that she is a prickly, petulant, paranoid politician who cannot bear to hear tough questions asked of her.

Gagged and Bound: Why India's 'free internet' is a big, fat lie

Despite claims that the internet is free and open for debates, authorities can easily ensure that the freedom of speech on the internet is curbed.

Gagged and Bound: Why India's 'free internet' is a big, fat lie

Despite claims that the internet is free and open for debates, authorities can easily ensure that the freedom of speech on the internet is curbed.

Full text: The letter Aruna Roy, Noam Chomsky wrote to PM

A group of 55 academicians have written to the PM seeking his intervention against the West Bengal government's action against scientist Dr Partho Sarothi and professor Ambikesh Mahapatra

4 arrested in Jadavpur Univ professor assault case, granted bail

Two of the arrested, Amrit Sardar and Arup Mukherjee are allegedly Trinamool Congress workers.

Mamata versus the cartoon: Why it's no laughing matter

Mamata Banerjee might have become the laughing stock of television news by coming down on a professor for forwarding a cartoon. But here's why this is no laughing matter.