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
KOLKATA, Sept 4 : The ceasework by junior doctors at state-run hospitals in West Bengal continued on Wednesday to protest against the alleged rape and murder of a trainee medic at RG Kar hospital here last month. Health services remained crippled at most state-run medical facilities due to the cease work, which has been underway […]Continue Reading
KOLKATA, AUG 28: Daily life was somewhat affected in parts of West Bengal on Wednesday due to a 12-hour shutdown called by the BJP in protest against the police action against demonstrators during a march to the state secretariat. In state capital Kolkata, the usual busyness on the roads on a weekday morning was missing […]Continue Reading
Kolkata, AUG 26 : The main accused in the high-profile rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Hospital in Kolkata confessed to the crime during interrogation, according to CBI sources. During questioning, Sanjay Roy detailed his movements on the night of the crime, admitting to visiting two red light areas in the […]Continue Reading
KOLKATA, AUG 25 : The CBI on Sunday launched searches at 15 locations, including the premises of former RG Kar Medical College principal Sandip Ghosh, in connection with a corruption case registered by the agency. The action comes a day after the probe agency filed a case alleging financial irregularities at the Kolkata hospital, where […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, AUG 24 : The CBI on Saturday took over the case of alleged financial irregularities at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata during the tenure of former principal Sandip Ghosh, officials said. The action came on the directions of the Calcutta High Court which transferred the probe to the agency from […]Continue Reading
