Sep 09, 2024, at 03:55 am
Thousands of people from different walks of life, including doctors, students, rickshaw pullers and artisans, shouted slogans demanding justice for the RG Kar rape and murder victim with Kolkata witnessing multiple rallies across various points in the city on Sunday.
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 protest: Suspected TMC supporters attack protesters in Bengal's Cooch Behar
Sep 05, 2024, at 06:07 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Amid a massive peaceful night vigil across West Bengal seeking justice for the junior doctor, who was brutally raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, a suspected group of Trinamool Congress supporters attacked protesters at Mathabhanga in Cooch Behar.
Sep 02, 2024, at 07:26 am
Indian President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday said the common man feels that the judicial process lacks sensitivity after court decisions in a heinous crime like rape come after a generation has passed.
Sep 02, 2024, at 04:00 am
Indian Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar on Sunday termed the violence committed against a health warrior on August 9th as barbarity expressed in extremity, shaming entire humanity.
Aug 31, 2024, at 08:43 pm
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said atrocities against women and the safety of children were a serious concern in the society today.
Aug 27, 2024, at 10:50 pm
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday called for a 12-hour general strike in West Bengal on Wednesday to protest against the alleged action of the police against students and other participants during their march to the state secretariat Nabanna.
Geetesh Sharma Memorial Committee organises voluntary blood donation camp
Aug 26, 2024, at 01:27 am
Kolkata: A voluntary blood donation camp was organized by Geetesh Sharma Memorial Committee on Sunday in Kolkata.
CBI raids RG Kar Hospital ex-principal Sandip Ghosh's home, other locations in corruption case
Aug 25, 2024, at 05:50 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted searches at 15 locations across Kolkata on Sunday morning in connection with allegations of financial irregularities against RG Kar Medical College's ex-principal Sandeep Ghosh, following the brutal rape and murder of a junior doctor at the hospital premises.
Aug 24, 2024, at 11:44 pm
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Saturday took up the probe into the corruption charges against former RG Kar Medical College and Hospital Principal Sandip Ghosh, who has been making the headlines ever since the body of the PG trainee doctor was recovered from the state-run medical facility.
Amid RG Kar protests, actress Payel Mukherjee 'attacked' by biker in Kolkata
Aug 24, 2024, at 06:07 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Amid the sea of city-wide ongoing protests against the RG Kar incident, Bengali actress Payel Mukherjee on Friday said she was allegedly attacked by a bike-borne miscreant in Kolkata's posh area Southern Avenue while she was driving.
Kathy Giles-Diaz assumes charge as U.S. Consul General in Kolkata
Aug 23, 2024, at 10:49 pm
Kathy Giles-Diaz officially assumed the role of U.S. Consul General in Kolkata, effective August 21, 2024.
RG Kar case: Diary found near trainee doctor's body which documented gold medal, top hospital dreams
Aug 22, 2024, at 04:08 am
Kolkata/IBNS: A torn diary was recovered near the body of the Post-Graduate trainee doctor, who was brutally raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, which documented her big dreams of winning a gold medal and other honours in medicine, media reports said.
RG Kar doctor rape and murder: Indian Supreme Court to hear suo motu plea today
Aug 20, 2024, at 02:46 pm
The Indian Supreme Court will hear the suo motu plea connected to the rape and murder of a PG trainee doctor in Kolkata's state-run hospital on Tuesday.
Rotary International condemns RG Kar doctor rape and murder incident amid nationwide outrage
Aug 19, 2024, at 02:44 pm
The Rotary International District 3291 has condemned the rape and murder of a PG trainee doctor in Kolkata's state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital and called for zero tolerance against any form of abuse or violence against medical practitioners.
Kolkata rape-murder: 'We want justice' resonates as multiple protests sweep West Bengal
Aug 19, 2024, at 04:53 am
Tens and thousands of people ignored heavy rains and inclement weather to walk on the streets of Kolkata and in several corners of West Bengal on Sunday night demanding justice for the female doctor who was raped and murdered in state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, an incident which has triggered nationwide demonstrations from all sections of the society.
Kolkata rape-murder: 'We want justice' resonates as multiple protests sweep West Bengal
Aug 19, 2024, at 04:53 am
Tens and thousands of people ignored heavy rains and inclement weather to walk on the streets of Kolkata and in several corners of West Bengal on Sunday night demanding justice for the female doctor who was raped and murdered in state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, an incident which has triggered nationwide demonstrations from all sections of the society.
RG Kar protest: Union Health Ministry to form committee to suggest measures for safety of doctors
Aug 17, 2024, at 10:09 pm
The Indian Health Ministry on Saturday assured doctors that a Committee will be constituted to suggest all such possible measures for ensuring the safety of healthcare professionals in the country. amid nationaiwde protests over the rape and murder of a PG trainee doctor at a state-run hospital in Kolkata.
Aug 17, 2024, at 06:00 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Popular travel influencer Tanya Khanijow has defended her controversial statement where she asked people to "avoid India" while travelling in the wake of the rape and murder of 31-year-old post-graduate medical student at Kolkata's major state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
Aug 15, 2024, at 04:35 pm
Tens and thousands of women and men shouting slogans took over the streets of Kolkata and gathered in different corners of West Bengal on Wednesday late night to demand justice for the trainee doctor who was raped and murdered in state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, triggering a nationwide outrage.
Aug 14, 2024, at 11:04 pm
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday broke his silence on the rape and murder of the PG trainee doctor in Kolkata's state-run RG Kar Medical College and said the incident created an atmosphere of insecurity among the doctors' community and women.
Aug 14, 2024, at 04:23 pm
Women in Kolkata and several other Indian cities will walk on the streets at late night (11:55 pm) on Wednesday to protest against the rape and murder of a PG trainee doctor in state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital that has sparked nationwide outrage.
Aug 14, 2024, at 12:57 am
Expressing solidarity with the agitating medical students, noted Indian filmmaker Aparna Sen on Tuesday said she felt ashamed over the rape and murder of a PG trainee doctor in Kolkata's state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
'Why do you protect him? Calcutta HC slams Bengal govt over ex-RG Kar College principal's new post
Aug 13, 2024, at 08:48 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday came down heavily on the state government over the appointment of Dr. Sandip Ghosh to a government college within hours after he resigned as the principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, where a trainee doctor was raped and murdered last week, media reports said.
Aug 13, 2024, at 07:37 pm
Women across West Bengal will protest against the rape and murder of a female PG trainee doctor in state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on Wednesday, just a day before the country celebrates its 78th Independence Day.
Victim's spectacles shattered, glass pierced into eyes: Autopsy report of Kolkata junior doctor
Aug 13, 2024, at 06:25 am
Kolkata/IBNS: In more chilling details in the rape and murder of the trainee female doctor in Kolkata, the post-mortem report indicates that the accused had hit her so hard that the glasses of her spectacles shattered with shards piercing her eyes, media reports said.
Aug 13, 2024, at 03:05 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Sanjoy Roy, the accused of raping and murdering a 31-year-old female junior doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, was not a hospital employee, but had frequent access to all buildings on the campus.
Aug 12, 2024, at 04:52 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: RG Kar Medical College and Hospital principal Sandip Ghosh on Monday resigned from his post after the protests by the medical students against the rape and murder of a trainee doctor intensified.
Aug 11, 2024, at 06:45 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Even as massive outrage continues over the "rape and murder" of a second-year female medical student at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College Hospital, politics, like another incident, crept in this one too with the ruling Trinamool Congress now putting the ball in the Bharatiya Janata Party's court, demanding a law to fast-track trials and ensure exemplary punishment in such cases.
RG Kar medical student rape-murder: Mamata Banerjee says 'inhuman crime, no objection to CBI probe'
Aug 10, 2024, at 09:53 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has called the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata "inhuman and deplorable crime" and said she has no objection to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the incident that led the state government face the heat.