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Court says ‘not rarest of rare cases’, Sanjay Roy gets life imprisonment for RG Kar Hospital rape-murder

By Odisha News Online Jan 20, 2025 163

KOLKATA,JAN 20 : A Kolkata court sentenced Sanjoy Roy to life imprisonment on Monday for the rape and murder of an on-duty doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. The Additional District and Sessions Judge Anirban Das, in Sealdah, had found Roy guilty on Saturday for the crime committed on August 9 last year, […]Continue Reading

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Court charges accused in RG Kar rape-murder case, sentence Monday; Roy claims he’s being framed

By Odisha News Online Jan 18, 2025 156

KOLKATA, JAN 18 : Sealdah Court has framed charges under BNS Sections 64, 66, and 103/1 against the accused in the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder case. The accused is alleged to have entered the seminar room of the hospital, where a lady doctor was resting, and assaulted and murdered her. The incident […]Continue Reading

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West Bengal junior doctors continue fast unto death amid Durga Puja festivities

By Odisha News Online Oct 10, 2024 178

KOLKATA, 10 : The junior doctors, agitating over the rape and murder of their colleague at the RG Kar hospital, continued their fast unto death for the fifth day on Thursday amid the Durga Puja festivities across West Bengal. At 9.30 am, the fast by the nine junior doctors of various medical colleges entered its […]Continue Reading

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Minor girl’s body found in Bengal; villagers allege rape, police outpost set ablaze   

By Odisha News Online Oct 5, 2024 207

KOLKATA, OCT 5 : The body of a 10-year-old girl was found in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on Saturday, triggering arson at a police outpost by locals who alleged that the minor was raped and murdered, a senior officer said. Villagers said the minor had been missing since Friday evening and the police […]Continue Reading

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Jharkhand-Bengal border reopened after 24-hour closure

By Odisha News Online Sep 21, 2024 226

KOLKATA, SEPT 21 : After remaining closed for around 24 hours, the West Bengal-Jharkhand border has been reopened for the movement of trucks for inter-state trade, officials said on Saturday. The West Bengal government had closed the border on Thursday evening after the release of water by Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) from its dams located […]Continue Reading

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RG Kar issue: Tents, fans at protest site removed; doctors allege police pressure on decorators

By Odisha News Online Sep 19, 2024 198

KOLKATA, SEPT 19 : Agitating junior doctors on Thursday alleged that decorators were removing tents, bamboo shafts and pedestal fans from the protest site in front of Swasthya Bhawan after they were allegedly pressurised by the police to do so. The police, however, denied these allegations as baseless. The agitating doctors said that around midnight, […]Continue Reading

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Bengal government replaces Kolkata top cop, health service director on demand of protesting doctors

By Odisha News Online Sep 17, 2024 205

West Bengal, Sept 17 :  The West Bengal government on Tuesday replaced Commissioner of Kolkata Police Vineet Goyal with senior IPS officer Manoj Kumar Verma, a major development in the attempt to end the RG Kar impasse that has seen doctors refusing to return to work. The decision to remove Goyal, under fire over the […]Continue Reading

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RG Kar issue: Junior doctors continue to cease work

By Odisha News Online Sep 16, 2024 243

KOLKATA, SEPT 16 : Junior doctors in West Bengal continued their strike on Monday, remaining steadfast in their demand for justice for the medic who was raped and murdered at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. The doctors maintained their sit-in outside Swasthya Bhawan, the headquarters of the Health Department, marking the eighth day […]Continue Reading

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Mamata springs a surprise, visits protest site of junior doctors in a ‘last’ bid to end impasse

By Odisha News Online Sep 14, 2024 250

KOLKATA, SEPT 14 : Over a month after the doctors’ protest began, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday made a surprise visit to the venue where the junior doctors were protesting and assured them that she would look lend a sympathetic ear to their demands. The CM’s move comes when her government finds […]Continue Reading

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Kolkata medic rape-murder case: Junior docs appeal to President Murmu, PM Modi for intervention

By Odisha News Online Sep 13, 2024 225

KOLKATA, SEPT 13: Agitating junior doctors in West Bengal have written to President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting their intervention in the RG Kar hospital impasse. Copies of the four-page letter written by the West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Front were also sent to Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar and Union Health Minister JP […]Continue Reading