West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday released a letter she addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing the Central Government of not taking her request on strict punishments for men who rape and murder women seriously. In the letter dated August 29 (Thursday), Mamata said that while the Ministry of Women and Child … Read more
The gruesome incident of rape and murder of a trainee doctor in a Kolkata hospital this month has renewed public fury and horror over the inability of authorities to halt chronic violence against women and girls in India. It has also brought pinprick reminders of long-held concerns about the safety of healthcare professionals in the … Read more
The Trinamool Congress on Monday demanded that the CBI expedite its probe into the alleged rape and murder of a woman doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. Senior Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh told reporters that although the investigation by Kolkata Police was progressing well until the probe was … Read more
