Kolkata: Nearly 50 senior doctors of RG Kar hospital on Tuesday tendered their resignations in a mark of solidarity with medics who have been on fast-unto-death since October 5 demanding justice for the institution’s rape and murder victim.Shortly after the development, a section of senior doctors from other medical colleges in West Bengal said they … Read more
A Durga Puja pandal showcasing the RG Kar Hospital horror. (News18) While some pandals have refused the state government’s aid of Rs 85,000, others show the idol covering her eyes after witnessing the RG Kar brutality West Bengal’s famed Durga Puja celebrations this year are all about justice for the 31-year-old trainee doctor who was … Read more
Junior doctors of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital watch the live proceedings of Supreme Court on the rape and murder of a trainee doctor. (PTI) The incident has also revealed a widening fissure within the Trinamool Congress, with national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee withdrawing from routine political activities during probably the toughest turmoil the … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said that the probe being carried out by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the rape and murder of a 31-year-old resident doctor at RG Kar hospital has revealed “substantial leads”. The observation was made by a bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud … Read more
Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud-led Supreme Court bench on Monday during RG Kar Hospital murder and rape case hearing said progress by West Bengal government in CCTV installation, construction of toilets and separate resting rooms has been’tardy’. The apex has ordered the West Bengal government to complete ongoing work by October 15. Show more Show … Read more
Representative Image Kolkata: Junior doctors of West Bengal on Saturday night said that they would resume total ‘cease work’ in medical colleges across the state after hearing of the RG Kar case in the Supreme Court on Monday. Their decision was taken after three doctors and three nurses were assaulted following the death of a … Read more
Kolkata: The meeting between the junior doctors who were agitating over the RG Kar Hospital issue and the state administration, led by the chief minister, ended on a positive note, according to people privy to the developments. The chief minister is said to have appealed to the junior doctors to resume work at the earliest. … Read more
Trinamool Congress MP Jawhar Sircar resigned from his parliamentary post on Sunday. (File Image: PTI) Speaking exclusively to News18, Sircar said that the Mamata government had taken several “wrong administrative decisions” in the rape and murder case and at this juncture, he felt he should leave the party. Trinamool Congress MP Jawhar Sircar on Sunday … Read more
In the wake of the people’s uproar demanding justice for the deceased woman doctor, West Bengal Governor Dr CV Ananda Bose on Sunday directed CM Mamata Banerjee to hold an immediate emergency Cabinet meeting and discuss the issue, a Raj Bhavan source said. Bose has also stated that the state government should decide on the … Read more
Union women and child development (WCD) minister Annapurna Devi has written a letter to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee highlighting the lapses and delay by the state government in implementing women safety measures despite repeated reminders from the central government. The WCD minister was responding to Banerjee’s letter to PM Modi demanding a central … Read more
