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Most of Kolkata went dark this evening as a mark of protest against the rape-murder of a young doctor at the RG Kar Medical College. It was also a unique display of the city’s solidarity with the young doctors who have been on a protest since the horrific incident of August 9. This is expected…
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Kolkata: Trinamool’s second-in-command Abhishek Banerjee has issued a warning to party leaders: Do not to speak ill of anyone from the medical fraternity or civil society. The message on X comes amid multiple ugly comments by party leaders since his aunt and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had apparently urged them to “hiss”. The Chief Minister…
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Mayawati calls the Centre and state governments to rise above party politics and take strict steps (File) Lucknow: BSP supremo Mayawati on Thursday said incidents of crime against women were “extremely worrying”, and asked political parties to rise above party politics and take “strict steps” to prevent them. Her remarks come against the backdrop of…
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Kolkata: After a 13-hour search later at the home of Kolkata’s RG Kar Hospital’s former Principal Sandip Ghosh, officials of the Central Bureau of Investigation left late this evening with multiple documents. The agency, which is already investigating the August 9 rape-murder of a young doctor at the hospital, has also been tasked with the…
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Kolkata: The newly appointed principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Suhrita Paul, has been removed from her post. The government’s move came after a delegation of students met officials at the Swasthya Bhavan. The medical students had held a march from the CGO Complex (CBI office) to Swasthya Bhavan. The protesting doctors had…
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court’s appeal that the doctors return to work notwithstanding, the protesting doctors of the country are not ready to relent. The court, which initiated a hearing on the massive row today, had tried to balance security of doctors with patient care, calling for a national protocol for safety at workplaces. But…
New Delhi: The shocking rape-murder of a young doctor in Kolkata that has hit the country hard, has been taken up by the Supreme Court. A three-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud will hear the matter today. Here are the top 10 points in this story: The case – being investigated…
New Delhi: The responsibility of the investigation into the Kolkata doctor’s rape-murder case, has been handed over to two of the CBI’s top women officers, who have handled a few such notorious cases earlier, with considerable success. The overall charge belongs Sampat Meena, a 1994 batch IPS officer from Jharkhand, who handled the Hathras rape-murder…
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New Delhi: Over 70 Padma Awardee doctors have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi about violence against doctors and other healthcare workers. They have also demanded swift and decisive action against the perpetrators of the heinous crime in Kolkata and called for a separate law to deal with violence, physical and verbal, against doctors, medical…
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