LIVE BLOG: Relcaim The Night: India's largest anti-rape people's protest churns Kolkata and Bengal
The rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee lady doctor at Kolkata's state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital and its alleged cover-up triggered a tsunami of anger against the authorities, as women and men across West Bengal took to streets on the eve of Independence Day. As people started gathering in protest points across Kolkata from Jadavpur to Behala and Academy of Fine Arts, the outcry for justice grew loud. At home people are blowing conch shells at the same time to register their protest against the authorities.
Netaji birth anniversary: PM Narendra Modi visits Kolkata: LIVE UPDATES
Marking the 124th birth anniversary of Indian freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose several events are taking place in West Bengal. PM Narendra Modi is also visiting Kolkata to attend several events.
PM Modi's two-day Kolkata visit: All Updates
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a two-day visit to Kolkata beginning on Saturday. Modi's visit to Kolkata is taking place amid the widespread protests against the Centre over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, National Register of Citizens (NRC), National Population Register (NPR) and also the assault on Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students.