Sep 20, 2024, at 04:42 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: "The government should not take our decision lightly," said West Bengal junior doctors announcing the end of their over 40-day long ceasework, which was called demanding justice for a 31-year-old trainee doctor, who was raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital last month.
RG Kar rape-murder: Bengal Medical Council cancels ex-principal Sandip Ghosh's registration
Sep 20, 2024, at 12:04 am
Kolkata: The West Bengal Medical Council (WBMC) on Thursday revoked the registration of Dr. Sandip Ghosh, former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, following his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with a rape-murder case and alleged financial irregularities.
Sep 19, 2024, at 08:07 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: CPI-M leader Minakshi Mukherjee on Thursday appeared before the Central Bureau of Investigation after she was summoned by the probe agency in connection with the RG Kar rape-murder case.
RG Kar: Junior doctors to continue ceasework until Mamata govt fulfills all demands
Sep 18, 2024, at 05:28 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In no end to the healthcare crisis in West Bengal, state junior doctors, who are on ceasework demanding justice for the RG Kar rape-murder victim, refused to rejoin work until all their demands are fulfilled by the Mamata Banerjee government.
Sep 17, 2024, at 09:58 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Hours after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced to remove Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal bowing to the demands of protesting junior doctors over the RG Kar rape-murder case in a marathon meeting to end the deadlock, the state government on Tuesday appointed Manoj Kumar Verma as the new Kolkata police chief.
RG Kar: Supreme Court questions Bengal govt's hiring of contractual employees for women's security
Sep 17, 2024, at 09:45 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the West Bengal government's 'Rattirer Sathi' app, which is aimed at providing security to women at night hours, lashing out at the intent to hire contractual employees for the job.
RG Kar case: What CBI has revealed in its report is really disturbing, says Supreme Court
Sep 17, 2024, at 08:13 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said the status report of the RG Kar rape-murder case provided by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is "worse" and "really disturbing" stating the probe agency will be given time "to unearth the truth", media reports said.
Sep 17, 2024, at 07:30 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Tuesday rapped the Mamata Banerjee government over its decision to not allot night shifts to women doctors for safety issues in the wake of the RG Kar incident where a trainee doctor was raped and murdered in the state-run hospital last month.
Sep 17, 2024, at 07:13 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Advocate Indira Jaising, who is representing the protesting junior doctors in the RG Kar case in the Supreme Court, told the judiciary the agitators are keen to quit ceasework but they are worried about the safety and security at hospitals.
Bengal govt opposes live-streaming of RG Kar case hearing in Supreme Court; plea rejected
Sep 17, 2024, at 04:59 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The West Bengal government has opposed the live-streaming of the RG Kar rape-murder case in the Supreme Court.
Sep 16, 2024, at 11:54 pm
The bus carrying a delegation of junior doctors, who are protesting the rape and murder of a female medic in Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Kolkata, has reached Kalighat area in south Kolkata where West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has invited them for a meeting. According to reports at 630 pm, they are inside the premises of the Chief Minister after all the formalities but the meeting had not started till 7 pm.
RG Kar deadlock: Junior doctors agree to meet CM Mamata Banerjee at her residence in south Kolkata
Sep 16, 2024, at 11:05 pm
A delegation of junior doctors, who are protesting against the rape and murder of a female medic in Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, have accepted West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's invitation for a meeting at her residence in south Kolkata's Kalighat area on Monday.
Sep 16, 2024, at 09:00 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid the standoff between junior doctors and West Bengal over the RG Kar rape-murder incident, senior doctors have demanded the removal of Kolkata's Commissioner of Police Vineet Goyal claiming the state government is misleading the Supreme Court.
Sep 16, 2024, at 07:13 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has warned West Bengal junior doctors, who are on ceasework demanding justice for the RG Kar rape-murder victim, after a fresh invitation for talks sans live-streaming or videography has been sent to them by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Sep 16, 2024, at 06:36 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The polygraph responses of Sandip Ghosh, the arrested former principal of Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital where a 31-year-old trainee doctor was raped and murdered last week, are "deceptive", said the Central Bureau of Investigation, media reports said.
Sep 16, 2024, at 06:02 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: After two failed attempts, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday invited junior doctors, who are on ceasework demanding justice for the RG Kar rape-murder victim, to hold talks yet again amid the deadlock on the issue.
Sep 16, 2024, at 05:45 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Senior advocate and former Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaising, who had opposed the execution of the convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape case, will represent the West Bengal junior doctors, who are on ceasework demanding justice for the RG Kar rape-murder victim.
Sep 15, 2024, at 04:27 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Sandeep Ghosh, the former principal of RG Kar College and Hospital who was in custody already over financial scams, and a station house officer (SHO) of Tala PS in Kolkata were arrested on Saturday by the CBI on charges of tampering of evidence in the rape and murder of a trainee doctor on Aug 9. The crime sparked an unprecedented people's protest in Kolkata and the rest of the country.
Sep 15, 2024, at 04:01 am
Kolkata/IBNS: In a dramatic turn of events, the talks between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the protesting junior doctors failed to take place at the residence of the CM after the delegation was told that the proposed meeting had been timed out owing to their delay in arriving at a decision on live-streaming. This followed after the CM came out of her Kalighat residence first to reason with the protesters to hold a meeting without any videography or live-streaming from their side.
Sep 14, 2024, at 11:37 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal junior doctors, who are on ceasework demanding justice for RG Kar rape-murder, will meet Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at her residence on Saturday evening.
Sep 14, 2024, at 10:47 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal junior doctors, who are on ceasework demanding justice for RG Kar rape-murder victim, have said they are open for talks with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee remaining firm on five demands as the key agenda of the meeting.
Sep 14, 2024, at 07:38 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In a dramatic crisis-management move, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday made a surprise visit to the protest site of junior doctors, who are on ceasework demanding justice for the RG Kar rape-murder victim, and assured to act against anyone found guilty.
RG Kar: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee reaches junior doctors' dharna site
Sep 14, 2024, at 06:52 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee turned up at the sit-in protest site of junior doctors who are on ceasework demanding justice for RG Kar rape-murder victim.
RG Kar: Junior doctors' dharna outside Swasthya Bhavan enters fourth day as stalemate continues
Sep 13, 2024, at 07:53 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal junior doctors' sit-in protests outside state Health and Family Welfare headquarters- Swasthya Bhavan- entered the fourth day on Friday after the efforts to hold a discussion between the protesters and the government on the RG Kar rape-murder incident failed last evening.
Sep 12, 2024, at 09:31 pm
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Secretary Manoj Pant on Thursday made a renewed appeal to junior doctors protesting the brutal rape and murder of a female colleague, asking them to attend a meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at 5 p.m.
Sep 12, 2024, at 07:41 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A team of three Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officers on Thursday reached the residence and noursinghome of Trinamool Congress MLA Sudipto Roy for quizzing in connection with the rape-murder of a 31-year-old junior doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
RG Kar: Senior doctors threaten to go on ceasework if govt takes action against protesters
Sep 12, 2024, at 06:50 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The senior doctors from various organisations in West Bengal have threatened to go on a ceasework if the state government takes any measure like suspension against their juniors who are not joining duty since August 9 demanding justice for the RG Kar rape-murder victim.
Sep 12, 2024, at 04:55 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal junior doctors, who are on ceasework demanding justice for RG Kar rape-murder victim, spent the consecutive two nights outside the state Health and Family Welfare department's office Swasthya Bhavan after the government refused to accept the conditions given by the protesters for a discussion.
Sep 11, 2024, at 09:05 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal junior doctors, who are on ceasework demanding justice for RG Kar rape-murder victim, on Wednesday said they are open for a discussion with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee but warned of continuing with their protests until their five demands are fulfilled.
RG Kar: Junior doctors' overnight sit-in protests outside Swasthya Bhavan in Kolkata continues
Sep 11, 2024, at 04:46 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal junior doctors, who have been on ceasework for more than a month demanding justice for RG Kar rape-murder victim, continued their protests overnight outside state Health and Family Welfare office Swasthya Bhavan in Kolkata's Salt Lake area.