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Mamata Banerjee's 'a person is not accused until proven' remark draws fact check from Bengal junior doctor

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was on Monday countered with facts by a junior doctor after the state head made a bizarre remark that a person can't be called an accused until charges are proven.

Bengal junior doctors call off hunger strike on request of RG Kar victim's parents after meeting with Mamata Banerjee

Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal Junior Doctors' Front on Monday called off their indefinite hunger strike after 17 days on request from the parents of the 31-year-old trainee doctor, who was raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in August.

RG Kar: Junior doctors to meet Mamata Banerjee today with hunger strike on

Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal junior doctors will on Monday meet Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for a dialogue over their demands for a reformed health system in the state in the aftermath of the rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee medic at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

Will you decide which govt officer to be posted or not?: Mamata rejects junior docs' demand to sack health secy

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday outrightly rejected the junior doctors' demand to sack state health secretary NS Nigam over the RG Kar rape-murder case as well as corruption in the sector.

RG Kar: Mamata Banerjee dials Bengal junior doctors, appeals to call off hunger strike as health sector stares at collapse

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday dialled junior doctors appealing them to call off hunger strike over the incident where a 31-year-old trainee doctor was raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in August.

Setback for Mamata govt as Calcutta HC allows Bengal junior doctors' carnival in Kolkata

Kolkata/IBNS: In another courtroom setback for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday allowed junior doctors' carnival rejecting Kolkata Police's imposition of Section 163 of BNSS in the central part of the city.

RG Kar: Junior doctors continue hunger strike after medics-govt talks yield no result

Kolkata/IBNS: Seven junior doctors of West Bengal continued with their "fast unto death" protest over the rape and murder of 31-year-old medic from Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital after a fresh round of talks between the agitators and government failed on Wednesday.

'Feeling weak physically but mentally strong': RG Kar junior doctors show resilience on day 5 of 'fast unto death' protest

Kolkata/IBNS: The 'fast unto death' protest by seven junior doctors against the RG Kar rape and murder incident entered the fifth day on Wednesday mounting pressure on the Mamata Banerjee government on the issue that has kept the state on boil for two months.

RG Kar rape-murder: West Bengal junior doctors return to complete ceasework

Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal junior doctors have returned to complete ceasework over their demands related to the RG Kar rape-murder incident, more than a week after resuming their services at only emergency units.

RG Kar: Bengal junior doctors resume work partially, vow to go on ceasework again if demands not met

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal junior doctors, who were on ceasework since August 9 when the rape and murder of a trainee doctor was discovered at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, resumed services partially on Saturday.

'Govt should not take our decision lightly': Bengal junior doctors quitting ceasework called over RG Kar rape-murder

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: Junior doctors to continue ceasework until Mamata govt fulfills all demands

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.

RG Kar: I can't give a date, says advocate Indira Jaising in SC on junior doctors' resumption of work

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.

RG Kar deadlock: Junior doctors agree to meet CM Mamata Banerjee at her residence in south Kolkata

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.

Doctors need to be wary of Mamata Banerjee: BJP's warning after Bengal CM's fresh invitation to RG Kar protesters for talks

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.