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.
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 04:01 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 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: 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 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.
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.
Supreme Court to hear RG Kar rape and murder case today amid massive protests in Kolkata
Sep 09, 2024, at 04:06 pm
The Supreme Court will hear the case related to the brutal rape and murder of the female doctor in Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on Monday.
Sep 07, 2024, at 06:22 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The administration of Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, where junior doctors are on ceasework demanding justice for the rape-murder of a trainee doctor last month, has outrightly rejected Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee's claim that a boy died due to no treatment.
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.
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.