Sep 11, 2024, at 05:18 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's call to return to festivals quitting the month-long protests against the brutal rape and murder of a junior doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital has reignited public fury with the protesters pledging to keep the embers of the outrage burning.
Sep 10, 2024, at 08:23 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal junior doctors, who are on ceasework demanding justice for the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, are marching to the administrative building of state's Health and Family Welfare, Swasthya Bhavan in Salt Lake area.
Sep 09, 2024, at 08:02 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Soon after the Supreme Court asked the junior doctors, who are on ceasework protesting against the RG Kar rape-murder, to resume work, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday gave a call to focus on festivity leaving behind one-month long massive agitation which was driven by masses.
RG Kar case hearing: Supreme Court directs junior doctors to resume work by 5 pm tomorrow
Sep 09, 2024, at 06:54 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court has directed junior doctors, who are on ceasework protesting against the rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, to resume their services.
Supreme Court asks CBI to file fresh status report on RG Kar rape-murder case
Sep 09, 2024, at 06:19 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation to file a fresh status report on the rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital happened last month.
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 07, 2024, at 05:11 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A city court on Friday slammed the Central Bureau of Investigation lawyer for his late arrival at the hearing on civic volunteer Sanjoy Roy's bail plea in the case pertaining to the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
Sep 06, 2024, at 09:04 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Enforcement Directorate on Friday detained former RG Kar Medical College and Hospital principal Dr. Sandip Ghosh's aide Prasoon Chatterjee in connection with a money laundering case, media reports said.
Sep 06, 2024, at 05:58 pm
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed former RG Kar Medical College and Hospital principal Sandip Ghosh's plea challenging the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)'s probe into the financial irregularities, media reports said.
ED raids ex-RG Kar principal Sandip Ghosh and others' residences in money laundering case
Sep 06, 2024, at 04:57 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Enforcement Directorate on Friday raided the residence of Sandip Ghosh, the arrested former principal of Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital where a trainee doctor was raped and murdered last month, in connection with a money laundering case, media reports said.
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 rape-murder: 'We wanted to preserve body, were forced to cremate,' say victim's parents
Sep 05, 2024, at 05:41 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In a shocking revelation, the parents of the 31-year-old trainee doctor, who was raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital last month, claimed they wanted to preserve the mortal remains but were forced by police to cremate it.
Sep 05, 2024, at 08:06 am
Kolkata/IBNS: From the Shyambazar five-point crossing in old quarters of Kolkata in the north to the Jadavpur 8B bus depot across the Jadavpur University campus of young Turks in the south, people sang, danced, performed and shouted one slogan- 'We want justice'. This time directed as much to the political classes and the investigating agencies as the judiciary.
Sep 05, 2024, at 06:47 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Tollywood actress Rituparna Sengupta, who was earlier trolled for her way of blowing conch shell demanding justice for RG Kar rape-murder victim, received 'Go Back' slogans at a night vigil on Wednesday.
Sep 04, 2024, at 07:19 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Central Bureau of Investigation has tracked the calls the officials and doctors at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, where a 31-year-old trainee doctor was raped and murdered last month, received from an overseas number on August 9 morning, media reports said.
Sep 04, 2024, at 06:05 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: After the historic 'Reclaim the Night' protest on August 14, Kolkata and its neighbouring districts are on Wednesday set to witness a similar event demanding justice for the 31-year-old trainee doctor, who was raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital last month.
Sep 04, 2024, at 05:06 am
People from diverse backgrounds on Tuesday joined healthcare professionals in forming a human chain along a 14 km long stretch of Kolkata demanding justice for the 31-year-old medical student, who was raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital last month.
Amid massive public anger over RG Kar case, Mamata Banerjee brings anti-rape bill in Bengal assembly
Sep 03, 2024, at 07:47 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Amid massive public anger over the RG Kar rape-murder case, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday tabled an anti-rape bill in the state assembly.
RG Kar protests: Junior doctors, denied march to Kolkata police headquarters, camp on road overnight
Sep 03, 2024, at 06:14 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A massive number of junior doctors from major state-run hospitals camped at Kolkata's Phears Lane refusing to budge down after being denied to march to police headquarters Lalbazar as protests against the rape-murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital esclated in more worries for the Mamata Banerjee government.
Sep 03, 2024, at 04:27 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Civic volunteer Sanjoy Roy, who was arrested by the Kolkata Police swiftly after the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital was discovered, claimed he was being framed in the case and will plead innocence in the court, media reports said.
Supreme Court quashes Bengal govt's plea challenging Chhatra Samaj leader Sayan Lahiri's relief
Sep 02, 2024, at 08:48 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In further embarrassment for the West Bengal government, the Supreme Court on Monday quashed the State's plea challenging Paschim Banga Chhatra Samaj leader Sayan Lahiri's relief in connection with the violence during march to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's office, Nabanna, last week.
Sep 02, 2024, at 06:55 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Actor-turned Trinamool Congress MLA Kanchan Mullick has stirred a controversy by questioning whether junior doctors, who are on a ceasework protesting against the RG Kar rape-murder case, would refuse to accept their salaries and bonuses triggering sharp responses from people from his own film fraternity.
Sep 02, 2024, at 05:27 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress, which is at the receiving end of a massive public ire over the RG Kar rape-murder case, has boycotted three Bengali television channels for allegedly running "anti-Bengal agenda-driven propaganda".
Sep 02, 2024, at 05:38 am
Kolkata/IBNS: "I want justice in this case," says Riyanshi Adhikari, a Class 3 student who almost forced her mother to take her along in another grand rally- dubbed as 'Maha Michil'- to protest the shocking rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital last month.
Aug 31, 2024, at 09:18 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Popular Bollywood singer Shreya Ghoshal's rescheduling of her concert in Kolkata in the wake of the RG Kar rape-murder case has prompted the Bharatiya Janata Party to slam West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Aug 30, 2024, at 09:34 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Days after the Bengali filmdom took to streets demanding justice for the RG Kar rape-murder victim, the Trinamool Congress has lashed out at the celebrities for not reacting against the release of a film like The Diary of West Bengal, which it feels was made to damage the reputation of the ruling party.
Arijit Singh's consciousness arises only for Bengal: TMC after singer releases song for RG Kar
Aug 30, 2024, at 07:19 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh on Friday slammed leading Bollywood singer Arijit Singh for his alleged selective criticism after he released a song demanding justice for the 31-year-old trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
Aug 30, 2024, at 02:20 am
Kolkata: Amid raging agitation against Mamata Banerjee's government over alleged cover-up of the RG Kar trainee doctor’s gruesome rape and murder, a bearded man in saffron robes, identified as Balaram Bose, has emerged as the face of defiance after standing firm against water cannons during a protest in Kolkata.
Aug 29, 2024, at 07:20 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday issued a clarification on her remark where she urged her party Trinamool Congress' cadres and leaders to be ready with a befitting response, which has been interpreted by the Opposition as a call for violence.
Mamata Banerjee denies threatening junior doctors who are on ceasework over RG Kar rape-murder
Aug 29, 2024, at 06:37 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday clarified her appeal to the junior doctors, who are on ceasework demanding justice for the RG Kar rape-murder victim, was not a "threat".