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Advocate Vrinda Grover withdraws from RG Kar rape-murder case, stops representing victim's family

Dec 12, 2024, at 02:22 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Senior advocate Vrinda Grover, who was representing the family of the 31-year-old trainee doctor who was raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, has withdrawn herself from the case, media reports said.

CBI names Sandip Ghosh, four others in RG Kar financial irregularity case chargesheet

Nov 30, 2024, at 04:50 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has named ex-RG Kar Medical College and Hospital principal Sandip Ghosh and four others in the chargesheet for the case over financial irregularities in the state-run institution in West Bengal.

RG Kar: Arrested civic volunteer Sanjoy Roy claims ex-Kolkata CP Vineet Goyal framed him in the case

Nov 12, 2024, at 06:42 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Civic volunteer Sanjoy Roy, who was arrested by Kolkata Police in connection with the rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, has claimed he was being framed by former city Commissioner of Police Vineet Goyal, media reports said.

Mamata Banerjee's 'a person is not accused until proven' remark draws fact check from Bengal junior doctor

Oct 22, 2024, at 07:32 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was on Monday countered with facts by a junior doctor after the state head made a bizarre remark that a person can't be called an accused until charges are proven.

Bengal junior doctors call off hunger strike on request of RG Kar victim's parents after meeting with Mamata Banerjee

Oct 22, 2024, at 06:48 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal Junior Doctors' Front on Monday called off their indefinite hunger strike after 17 days on request from the parents of the 31-year-old trainee doctor, who was raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in August.

RG Kar: Junior doctors to meet Mamata Banerjee today with hunger strike on

Oct 21, 2024, at 04:58 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal junior doctors will on Monday meet Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for a dialogue over their demands for a reformed health system in the state in the aftermath of the rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee medic at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

Will you decide which govt officer to be posted or not?: Mamata rejects junior docs' demand to sack health secy

Oct 19, 2024, at 10:25 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday outrightly rejected the junior doctors' demand to sack state health secretary NS Nigam over the RG Kar rape-murder case as well as corruption in the sector.

RG Kar: Mamata Banerjee dials Bengal junior doctors, appeals to call off hunger strike as health sector stares at collapse

Oct 19, 2024, at 08:58 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday dialled junior doctors appealing them to call off hunger strike over the incident where a 31-year-old trainee doctor was raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in August.

Justice for RG Kar: Bengal junior doctors to hold mega rally in Kolkata today

Oct 19, 2024, at 07:47 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal Junior Doctors' Front will on Saturday hold a mega rally demanding justice for the 31-year-old junior doctor, who was raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in August.

RG Kar: 2 doctors close to Sandip Ghosh under CBI scanner amid junior medics' hunger strike, says report

Oct 18, 2024, at 09:43 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Two doctors who were close to arrested former RG Kar Medical College and Hospital principal Sandip Ghosh are under the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) scanner in connection with the financial irregularities at the state-run hospital where a 31-year-old trainee medic was raped and murdered on the intervening night of August 8 and 9, media reports said. 

Setback for Mamata govt as Calcutta HC allows Bengal junior doctors' carnival in Kolkata

Oct 15, 2024, at 08:51 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: In another courtroom setback for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday allowed junior doctors' carnival rejecting Kolkata Police's imposition of Section 163 of BNSS in the central part of the city.

RG Kar impasse: Bengal doctors-govt meeting ends with no result

Oct 14, 2024, at 11:01 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: A fresh round of talks between a delegation representing West Bengal doctors and the state government over the RG Kar deadlock ended with no result on Monday.

RG Kar: Bengal junior doctors to hold protest march to Raj Bhavan on 10th day of hunger strike today

Oct 14, 2024, at 07:13 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal junior doctors will on Monday hold a protest march to Governor's house on the 10th day of their hunger strike, media reports said.

'Generic letters, no legal validity': West Bengal on doctors' mass resignation

Oct 13, 2024, at 02:53 am

Kolkata: The West Bengal government clarified on Saturday that the 'mass resignations' submitted by senior doctors in support of their junior colleagues were symbolic and had no legal validity, media reports said.

Nexus of crime and politics: Mohan Bhagwat on RG Kar rape-murder case

Oct 12, 2024, at 07:42 pm

Nagpur/IBNS: Rashtriya Swayamsevam Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has called out the "nexus of crime and politics" in response to the rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

Hindus should be united and strong, being weak is a crime: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat

Oct 12, 2024, at 06:34 pm

Nagpur/IBNS: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has given a call to the Hindus to be united in his speech at the annual Dussehra event. 

RG Kar: Junior doctor Aniket Mahato, who was hospitalised falling ill due to hunger strike, critical but stable

Oct 11, 2024, at 09:54 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Junior doctor Aniket Mahato, who was hospitalised after falling ill due to an indefinite hunger strike on Thursday late night, is now critical but stable.

RG Kar: Bengal junior doctor Aniket Mahato, who was hospitalised falling ill due to hunger strike, still critical

Oct 11, 2024, at 06:35 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal junior doctor Aniket Mahato, who was hospitalised after falling ill due to hunger strike over RG Kar rape-murder incident, is still critical, media reports said.

RG Kar: Junior doctors continue hunger strike after medics-govt talks yield no result

Oct 10, 2024, at 04:47 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Seven junior doctors of West Bengal continued with their "fast unto death" protest over the rape and murder of 31-year-old medic from Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital after a fresh round of talks between the agitators and government failed on Wednesday.

'Feeling weak physically but mentally strong': RG Kar junior doctors show resilience on day 5 of 'fast unto death' protest

Oct 09, 2024, at 05:50 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The 'fast unto death' protest by seven junior doctors against the RG Kar rape and murder incident entered the fifth day on Wednesday mounting pressure on the Mamata Banerjee government on the issue that has kept the state on boil for two months.

Kolkata rape-murder case: Mass resignation by 50 RG Kar senior doctors amid junior medics' 'fast unto death' protests

Oct 08, 2024, at 09:16 pm

Kolkata: About 50 senior faculty members at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital stepped down in a mass resignation on Tuesday escalating the protests over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor, media reports said.

RG Kar case: Civic volunteer Sanjoy Roy is the main accused, says CBI chargesheet

Oct 07, 2024, at 09:23 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The Central Bureau of Investigation has named arrested civic volunteer Sanjoy Roy in the first chargesheet which was on Monday filed in the case pertaining to the rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

RG Kar protest: Junior doctors continue hunger strike as Bengal’s TMC govt fails to meet demands

Oct 06, 2024, at 10:34 pm

Kolkata: Junior doctors in Kolkata are continuing their hunger strike until death, demanding justice for the rape and murder of a fellow woman medic from RG Kar Medical College and Hospital and calling for improved workplace safety, media reports said.

Doctor shot dead at Delhi hospital amid protests over RG Kar rape-murder

Oct 03, 2024, at 04:35 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: A 55-year-old doctor at a private nursing home in Delhi's Jaitpur was shot dead last night, a little less than two months after a 31-year-old trainee doctor was raped and murdered at Kolkata's state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

RG Kar rape-murder: West Bengal junior doctors return to complete ceasework

Oct 01, 2024, at 04:37 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal junior doctors have returned to complete ceasework over their demands related to the RG Kar rape-murder incident, more than a week after resuming their services at only emergency units.

Supreme Court to resume hearing on RG Kar rape-murder case today

Sep 30, 2024, at 05:55 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court will on Monday resume hearing the case pertaining to the rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on the intervening night of August 8 and 9.

TMC suspends students' wing leaders Rajanya Haldar and Prantik Chakraborty over film on RG Kar victim

Sep 28, 2024, at 07:34 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The Trinamool Congress has suspended its students' wing leaders- Rajanya Haldar and Prantik Chakraborty- coming under fire after the two made a short film in the backdrop of the RG Kar rape-murder case, media reports said.

CBI quizzes TMC MLA Nirmal Ghosh in RG Kar case

Sep 23, 2024, at 08:53 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress MLA Nirmal Ghosh on Monday appeared before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the case pertaining to the rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

RG Kar: Bengal junior doctors resume work partially, vow to go on ceasework again if demands not met

Sep 22, 2024, at 03:36 am

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal junior doctors, who were on ceasework since August 9 when the rape and murder of a trainee doctor was discovered at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, resumed services partially on Saturday.

'The fight is not over yet': Kolkata witnesses 42-km torch relay in protest against RG Kar rape-murder

Sep 21, 2024, at 04:46 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: A massive crowd of people on Friday claimed the streets of Kolkata covering 42 kilometers across the city in a torch relay demanding justice for the 31-year-old trainee doctor, who was raped and murdered at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital last month.