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: Supreme Court questions Bengal govt's hiring of contractual employees for women's security
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
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.