Kolkata/IBNS: After days of high drama, the long-awaited meeting between protesting junior doctors and Mamata Banerjee finally took place at the latter's Kalighat residence, at the end of which the CM announced that most of the demands of the protesters have been accepted and in accordance with their wish city police commissioner Vineet Goyal will be removed on Tuesday.
Kolkata/IBNS: After a marathon meeting with the protesting junior doctors to end the ongoing impasse and a 38-day-long ceasework following the brutal RG Kar rape and murder, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday late night announced to remove Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal and DC North Abhishek Gupta besides two other health officials bowing to the demands of the protesters. The protesting junior doctors broke into celebrations after their win.
RG Kar case: Talks between Mamata Banerjee, protesting junior doctors conclude after 2 hours
Kolkata/IBNS: The long-awaited meeting between protesting junior doctors of Bengal and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at her Kalighat residence in Kolkata concluded after two hours on Monday evening, that was aimed at ending the ongoing impasse which started with the demand for justice over the gruesome rape and murder of a medic at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
RG Kar: Mamata Banerjee, protesting junior doctors hold talks to end impasse
Kolkata/IBNS: After two failed attempts at holding talks, the protesting junior doctors of Bengal are finally meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at her Kalighat residence in Kolkata on Monday evening to end the ongoing impasse that started with the demand for justice over the gruesome rape and murder of a medic at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
Kolkata/IBNS: A day after much-anticipated talks with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee failed to take place, protesting junior doctors have now written to the President of India and the Prime Minister, requesting them to intervene and end the impasse.
Bengal Governor calls Mamata Banerjee 'Lady Macbeth', says he will 'socially boycott' her
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose Thursday called Mamata Banerjee "Lady Macbeth" in a video message, that was released by his office, stating that there is violence everywhere in the state and that he would "socially boycott" the chief minister.
Junior doctors vow to continue ceasework after talks with Mamata Banerjee fail to take place
Kolkata/IBNS: Agitating junior doctors have vowed to continue their 'ceasework' after a much-anticipated meeting with Mamata Banerjee failed to take place on Thursday following the medics' insistence on live-streaming of the proceedings which the CM refused citing the sub-judice nature of the case.
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal's Indian Medical Association (IMA) Monday pledged unwavering support for the striking junior doctors in the state, despite the Supreme Court’s order directing them to return to work by 5 pm on Tuesday.
Kolkata/IBNS: It seems like a pandora's box has been opened after the gruesome rape and murder of the trainee doctor at Kolkata's state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital with sexual harassment allegations by a Hong Kong male nurse student in 2017 emerging against Sandip Ghosh, ex-principal of the medical facility, arrested by the CBI on corruption charges.
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: As the clamour over Vineet Goyal's resignation grew loud following the Supreme Court's hearing on the RG Kar rape-murder case, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday dismissed the Kolkata Police Commissioner's resignation stating that Durga Puja is coming and he has the experience to maintain the law and order during the festival.
Kolkata/IBNS: In a significant revelation, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing the brutal rape and murder of a junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, has found documents suggesting that ex-principal Sandip Ghosh ordered renovation to state public works department (PWD) in areas adjacent to the crime scene a day after victim's body was recovered, as per the letter accessed by the media.
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.
CBI raids RG Kar Hospital ex-principal Sandip Ghosh's home, other locations in corruption case
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.
Amid outrage over RG Kar case, married woman raped at gunpoint in Bengal's Bolpur; accused arrested
Bolpur/IBNS: Amid the massive outrage and nationwide protest over the brutal rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, it has come to light that a married woman was raped and sexually assaulted at gunpoint in Bengal's Bolpur, Anandabazar Patrika reported.
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.