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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
KOLKATA,SEPT 6 : The Central Burau of Investigation (CBI) has ruled out gangrape in the death of a 31-year-old Kolkata doctor. The available evidence indicates only Sanjay Roy – arrested by the police – was involved in the horrific rape and murder at the city’s RG Kar Hospital, NDTV reported quoting sources. Sources said the […]Continue Reading
KOLKATA,SEPT 5 : Less than a month after a medico’s brutal rape and murder at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, protests by junior doctors demanding action in the case have only spiraled. n Wednesday, Kolkata appeared wrapped in a blanket of darkness as thousands of people spontaneously switched off their lights from 9 to […]Continue Reading