CBI rules out gangrape in RG Kar horror, says Sanjay Roy lone accused: Report

Sep 07, 2024, at 04:39 am

Kolkata/IBNS: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has ruled out gangrape in the RG Kar case, where a junior doctor was brutally raped and murdered last month, and said that available evidence indicates only Sanjay Roy, arrested by the Kolkata Police, was involved in the crime, NDTV quoting sources reported on Friday.

'Justice for RG Kar' overshadows the jaunty spirit of Durga Puja countdown as Kolkata remains on boil

Sep 06, 2024, at 05:45 am

Kolkata/IBNS: "Goddess Durga is arriving in 35 days while we lost our daughter 25 days ago," reads a banner at the base of the iconic Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's statue at Kolkata's Shyambazar five-point crossing summing up the angry and defiant mood in the city known for its festive countdown to the annual homecoming of Goddess Durga.

RG Kar case: After arrest by CBI, Bengal health ministry suspends ex-Principal Sandip Ghosh

Sep 04, 2024, at 06:01 am

Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal Health Ministry Tuesday suspended Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, where a female junior doctor was brutally raped and murdered last month, a day after the Central Bureau of Investigation arrested him in connection with alleged irregularities at the hospital during his tenure.

Mamata Banerjee's govt passes Aparajita Bill laying death penalty for rape convicts

Sep 04, 2024, at 03:00 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Facing massive protests and criticisms over the rape and murder of a 31-year-old junior doctor in Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, the West Bengal Assembly Tuesday passed the Aparajita Bill to amend some provisions of the criminal code, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, to be applicable for the state.

Amid massive public anger over RG Kar case, Mamata Banerjee brings anti-rape bill in Bengal assembly

Sep 03, 2024, at 07:47 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Amid massive public anger over the RG Kar rape-murder case, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday tabled an anti-rape bill in the state assembly.

RG Kar protests: Junior doctors, denied march to Kolkata police headquarters, camp on road overnight

Sep 03, 2024, at 06:14 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: A massive number of junior doctors from major state-run hospitals camped at Kolkata's Phears Lane refusing to budge down after being denied to march to police headquarters Lalbazar as protests against the rape-murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital esclated in more worries for the Mamata Banerjee government.

'Will hang distorted photos of women': TMC leader's warning after Mamata Banerjee's call for 'hissing protest'

Sep 02, 2024, at 08:18 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: A Trinamool Congress leader from West Bengal's Ashokenagar has threatened to hang distorted pictures of women as a counter to the alleged attempt to malign Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's images in the backdrop of the RG Kar rape-murder case.

Under fire over RG Kar case, TMC boycotts 3 TV channels citing 'anti-Bengal agenda-driven propaganda'

Sep 02, 2024, at 05:27 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress, which is at the receiving end of a massive public ire over the RG Kar rape-murder case, has boycotted three Bengali television channels for allegedly running "anti-Bengal agenda-driven propaganda".

RG Kar: Cry for justice rattles Kolkata's Sunday afternoon as women march to demand rape-free society

Sep 02, 2024, at 05:38 am

Kolkata/IBNS: "I want justice in this case," says Riyanshi Adhikari, a Class 3 student who almost forced her mother to take her along in another grand rally- dubbed as 'Maha Michil'- to protest the shocking rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital last month.

Patient molests nurse at Birbhum health centre in West Bengal during night shift

Sep 01, 2024, at 07:18 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: At a time when Bengal is witnessing massive protest and outrage over the gruesome rape and murder of a junior doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, a disturbing news of a nurse being molested by a patient in a Birbhum health centre has come to the fore, media reports said.

The world demands justice except Mamata Banerjee: BJP after Shreya Ghoshal reschedules Kolkata concert over RG Kar incident

Aug 31, 2024, at 09:18 pm

Mumbai/IBNS: Popular Bollywood singer Shreya Ghoshal's rescheduling of her concert in Kolkata in the wake of the RG Kar rape-murder case has prompted the Bharatiya Janata Party to slam West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

'Your letter appears to cover up delays': Centre responds to Mamata Banerjee's second letter on rape law

Aug 31, 2024, at 07:22 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The Union Women and Child Development Minister has responded to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's second letter, seeking a stringent law and exemplary punishment for heinous crimes such as rape and murder.

'Who is she to talk about Bihar?' LJP MP Shambhavi Choudhary slams Mamata Banerjee on her other states will 'burn' remark

Aug 30, 2024, at 03:42 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Ram Vilas Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) MP Shambhavi Choudhary slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over her remarks on "Bihar will burn too if West Bengal burns."

I meant protest: Mamata Banerjee clarifies her call for befitting response construed by Opposition as threat

Aug 29, 2024, at 07:20 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday issued a clarification on her remark where she urged her party Trinamool Congress' cadres and leaders to be ready with a befitting response, which has been interpreted by the Opposition as a call for violence.

Mamata Banerjee denies threatening junior doctors who are on ceasework over RG Kar rape-murder

Aug 29, 2024, at 06:37 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday clarified her appeal to the junior doctors, who are on ceasework demanding justice for the RG Kar rape-murder victim, was not a "threat".

RG Kar rape-murder: Junior doctors continue ceasework snubbing Mamata Banerjee's appeal

Aug 29, 2024, at 04:34 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The junior doctors of West Bengal have continued with their ceasework against the rape and murder of a 31-year-old post-graduate medical student at Kolkata's state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, snubbing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's appeal to resume work.

Bengal junior doctors reject Mamata Banerjee's appeal to resume work, says CM's words seemed like 'passive threat'

Aug 29, 2024, at 03:58 am

Kolkata/IBNS: The agitating junior doctors in West Bengal, who have been on ceasework for 20 days to protest against the brutal rape and murder of a fellow medic at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Wednesday rejected Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's appeal to join duty.

'How dare you threaten Assam?' Himanta Biswa Sarma slams Mamata Banerjee on her 'burn' remark

Aug 29, 2024, at 03:11 am

Guwahati/Kolkata/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Wednesday lambasted his Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee after she mentioned the neighbouring state as she compared the protests in Kolkata to the Bangladesh crisis.

Counter people who defame Bengal in a manner it is required: Mamata's message for TMC leaders draws BJP ire

Aug 28, 2024, at 10:41 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday instructed her party cadres and leaders to respond befittingly though she urged them to be non-violent, slamming the Nabanna march which was carried out by students under the banner of 'Chhatra Samaj' demanding justice for the RG Kar victim and her resignation.

You are bound to do it: Mamata Banerjee's social media diktat for TMC leaders 'to counter fake videos'

Aug 28, 2024, at 09:47 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday directed Trinamool Congress functionaries to join or be active on social media "to counter fake videos" amid the massive public ire her administration is facing over the handling of the RG Kar rape-murder case.

RG Kar: 'I don't want to take action,' says Mamata Banerjee urging protesting junior doctors to resume work

Aug 28, 2024, at 09:03 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday requested junior doctors, who are on ceasework demanding justice for the RG Kar rape-murder victim, to rejoin their duties.

Mamata Banerjee demands justice in RG Kar case, slams CBI for no progress in probe

Aug 28, 2024, at 07:50 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday lashed out at the Central Bureau of Investigation for no tangible action in the rape and murder of 31-year-old trainee doctor at Kolkata's major state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

BJP wants to dilute justice for RG Kar demand: Mamata Banerjee on Bengal bandh

Aug 28, 2024, at 07:37 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday claimed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) called a 12-hour state-wide bandh to divert people's attention from the demand for justice in the RG Kar rape-murder case.

Amid public fury, Mamata Banerjee dedicates mega TMC event to RG Kar rape-murder victim

Aug 28, 2024, at 05:35 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has dedicated a mega event of her party Trinamool Congress to the 31-year-old trainee doctor who was raped and murdered at Kolkata's state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital amid the public outrage over the incident and massive anger against the state administration over its handling of the case.

RG Kar protest: Mamata Banerjee's office Nabanna turns fortress with heightened security as students plan massive march

Aug 27, 2024, at 05:26 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Security has been tightened across West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's office Nabanna where students under the banner 'Chhatra Samaj' have planned to reach in a rally on Tuesday afternoon protesting against the rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

'Fast track courts, exemplary punishments': Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Modi on rising rape cases in India

Aug 23, 2024, at 05:37 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Amid massive protests over the RG Kar rape and murder case, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi stating that it's "horrifying to see 90 rapes occurring daily across the country".

RG Kar rape-murder: West Bengal BJP leads massive protest march to Swasthya Bhawan

Aug 22, 2024, at 11:54 pm

Kolkata: The West Bengal BJP unit led a protest march on Thursday in the eastern outskirts of the city, demanding justice for the lady doctor, who was brutally raped and murdered at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital earlier this month.

Why was the delay in filing FIR? Supreme Court raps Mamata govt over RG Kar rape-murder

Aug 20, 2024, at 06:51 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Tuesday came down heavily upon the West Bengal government, which is at the receiving end of the public anger, over the 31-year-old lady trainee doctor's rape and murder at Kolkata's major state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital questioning the delay in filing of the First Information Report and inaction against the controversial ex-principal of the college.

Harbhajan Singh writes to Bengal Guv Bose, CM Mamata Banerjee over RG Kar rape-murder probe

Aug 19, 2024, at 07:20 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Former Indian cricketer and Aam Aadmi Party MP Harbhajan Singh has written an open letter to West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressing "deep anguish" over the delay in the delivery of justice for the victim in the RG Kar rape-murder case.

RG Kar rape-murder: 1 arrested for sharing victim's photo on social media, issuing life threat to Mamata Banerjee

Aug 19, 2024, at 06:51 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: One person has been arrested for sharing the picture of the 31-year-old post-graduate medical student who was raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital and for issuing threat to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, media reports said.