KOLKATA: Parents of the RG Kar Hospital junior doctor raped and killed last month joined protesters at the hospital late Wednesday. They walked into the RG Kar Medical College & Hospital at 9.25 pm on Wednesday, lent their voice to Tagore’s ‘Aguner poroshmoni’ and lit candles along with their daughter’s colleagues and friends to demand…
KOLKATA: CBI has started probing alleged money laundering through academic funds diversion and disposal of bio-medical waste in RG Kar Hospital during arrested ex-principal Sandip Ghosh‘s tenure.CBI has come across allegations of the hospital’s funds being drained in counselling sessions for UG and PG students. In a 20-day counselling session, the hospital allegedly spent Rs…
KOLKATA: Campus revolts rocked some Bengal medical colleges on Wednesday, forcing the removal of one principal and transfer of a senior doctor over allegations of their links to arrested RG Kar Hospital‘s ex-principal Sandip Ghosh.North Bengal Medical College and Hospital in Siliguri and College of Medicine and JNM Hospital (CMJNMH) in Kalyani bore the brunt…
RAIPUR: A Maoist commander, carrying a bounty of Rs 25 lakh, was among the nine insurgents killed in Tuesday’s encounter on the Dantewada-Bijapur border.Police identified him as Randhir, a senior member of ‘Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee’ (DKSZC) and a native of Andhra Pradesh. He is the second DKSZC member to be eliminated this year. The…
MUMBAI: Maharashtra forest minister Sudhir Mungantiwar has unilaterally approved the diversion of 1.7 acres (0.69 hectares) of Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary to the Balayogi Shree Sadanand Maharaj Ashram despite opposition from members of the State Wildlife Board, including the principal chief conservator of forests Shomita Biswas, reports Clara Lewis.A State Wildlife Board meeting called with only…
NEW DELHI: Two international organisations that work for disability inclusion in medical education and for transgender health, respectively, have threatened to complain to the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME) seeking temporary suspension of the National Medical Commission’s (NMC) recognition by the world body for violation of existing laws to protect the rights of persons…
GUWAHATI: Manipur’s tribal affairs and hills minister Letpao Haokip denied Wednesday allegations levelled by Delhi-based Bharat Hindu Maha Sena (BHMS) that he masterminded the recent drone bombings by suspected militants at Koutruk in Imphal West district. BHMS had announced a Rs 1 lakh bounty on his head, prompting Haokip to respond.Haokip expressed his bewilderment at…
NEW DELHI: The Indian defence establishment is now working out a stringent mechanism to ensure that military drones being acquired from domestic private sector companies do not have Chinese components in them, even as the Army has called drone manufacturers to showcase their products in a high-altitude area in Ladakh later this month.An “appropriate methodology”,…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Wednesday reserved its verdict on whether an accused is entitled to get at the pre-trial stage documents which are in possession of Enforcement Directorate but not relied upon by the agency in money laundering cases and questioned the agency on the justification for taking a “rigid approach” by denying such documents…
At least four people were killed in a shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, on Wednesday, according to CNN. The incident, which unfolded in the morning, also left dozens injured. Many of the injuries resulted from gunshots, but some occurred as students and staff fled the scene. The situation was chaotic as emergency…
