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Atrocities against women, safety of children are serious concerns in the society today, says Narendra Modi amid RG rape-murder horror

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.

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.

RG Kar case: Victim's parents gave CBI names of interns, doctors suspected to be involved in crime, says report

Aug 17, 2024, at 06:12 am

Kolkata/IBNS: The parents of the trainee doctor who was brutally raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital informed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) that several interns and physicians from the organisation may be involved in the crime, an officer was quoted as saying in media reports on Friday.

Opposition trying Bangladesh-like protests to capture power in Bengal: Mamata on RG Kar rape-murder agitation

Aug 15, 2024, at 03:40 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Amid massive criticism and nationwide protest over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday said the state police will assist the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in all manners to ensure the highest punishment for the perpetrators but was quick to slam the opposition parties for 'indulging in vulture politics.'

Kolkata rape & murder: Doctor's body calls off strike after demands on safety met by JP Nadda

Aug 14, 2024, at 06:24 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The Federation of Resident Doctors' Association (FORDA) Tuesday called off the protest over the rape and murder of a trainee female doctor in Kolkata after meeting Union Health Minister JP Nadda.

RG Kar evidence tampering row: Hospital starts demolishing a portion near seminar hall where the doctor was raped and killed

Aug 14, 2024, at 02:35 am

Kolkata/IBNS: The R G Kar Medical College and Hospital has started demolishing a portion of the building adjacent to the seminar hall where a junior doctor was raped and murdered last week raising outcry that evidence of the grisly crime is being wiped out before a court-monitored CBI probe.

RG Kar horror: Calcutta High Court orders CBI probe into Kolkata doctor's rape and murder case

Aug 13, 2024, at 10:06 pm

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the rape and murder of the PG trainee doctor in Kolkata's state-run RG Kar Medical College Hospital, an incident which has sparked massive protest across the nation.

Aged couple found dead at residence in Kolkata

Nov 21, 2023, at 10:48 pm

A septuagenarian man was found dead after falling off his multi-storey rooftop, and his sixty-three-year old wife was found dead with her throat slit in her room at a residential complex in south Kolkata on Tuesday, police said.

Kolkata: Corporate executive, his driver found dead in his Gariahat house, police suspect murder

Oct 19, 2021, at 12:20 am

Kolkata/IBNS: A Kolkata-based senior corporate executive and his driver were found dead, suspected to have been murdered, in an unoccupied residential building owned by him in Gariahat area in south part of the city on Sunday late night, officials said.

Kolkata: Civic Volunteer murdered in Maidan while trying to stop a drunken brawl

Aug 03, 2020, at 03:55 am

Kolkata/UNI:  A young Civic Volunteer was brutally murdered while trying to stop a fight among two groups of drunkards in Maidan area under Hastings police station in the city early Sunday.

Kolkata man allegedly flings neighbour's child to death from 4th floor during argument

Jun 14, 2020, at 10:57 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: A 18-month-old child died and another six-year-old boy was seriously injured after they were allegedly being thrown out from the fourth floor of a residential building in Kolkata's Burrabazar area by a middle aged neighbour during an argument on Sunday evening, reports said.

Kolkata: Four held for allegedly gang-raping minor girl

Feb 08, 2020, at 03:26 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Police on Friday night arrested four persons for allegedly gang-raping a seventh standard student in west Kolkata's Mominpore area, reports said on Saturday.

Kolkata: Decomposed body of man found next to his home after missing for 7 days 

Feb 02, 2020, at 07:47 pm

Kashipur(West Bengal)/UNI: The body of a man, who had left his house a week ago, was was found on Sunday, amid a cluster of bamboo trees at Nagalbaki village under Kashipur police station in South 24 Parganas district.

Kolkata: Contraband drugs over Rs 1 cr seized, three peddlers arrested

Dec 08, 2019, at 07:20 pm

Kolkata/UNI: Police arrested three drug peddlers and seized contraband narcotics worth over Rs 1 crore from them during a raid at a posh residential complex in a south Kolkata neigbourhood, official sources said on Sunday.

DRI seizes over 12.5 kgs gold valued at Rs 4.4 Cr in Kolkata and Siliguri, 7 people arrested

Jul 27, 2019, at 04:42 pm

Siliguri/Kolkata, Jul 27 (UNI) In a drive against gold smuggling syndicates, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has booked two cases on consecutive days in Kolkata and Siliguri and seized around 12.5 kgs of foreign origin gold valued at Rs 4.44 crores, the central agency said today.

Kolkata: Eight including cops injured in local group clash over football match

Sep 17, 2018, at 03:35 pm

Kolkata, Sep 17 (IBNS): At least eight persons, including five policemen, were injured during a clash between two local groups over a football match at Sahid Smriti Colony under Panchasayar Police Station limits in southeast Kolkata on Sunday late night, reports said.

GD Birla sexual assault: Arrested teachers sent to police custody till Monday

Dec 03, 2017, at 01:09 am

Kolkata, Dec 2 (IBNS): Two teachers of Kolkata's GD Birla school, who are accused of sexualy assaulting a four-year-old girl student of the same school, were produced in a local court at Alipore on Saturday and they were sent to two-day police remand, reports said.

Kolkata jeweler found dead inside his store, police suspect murder

Oct 25, 2017, at 02:12 am

Kolkata, Oct 24 (IBNS): A middle-aged jeweler was suspected to have been murdered in his shop at Zakaria Street area under Jorasanko Police Station limits in central Kolkata on Monday night.

Woman found hanging in Kolkata multi-storey

Apr 28, 2017, at 11:48 pm

Kolkata, Apr 28 (IBNS): Hanging body of a middle-aged woman was recovered in a posh apartment at Prince Anwar Shah Road area under Lake Police Station limits in south Kolkata on Friday, reports said.