‘Malicious disinformation campaign’: Cornered Mamata hits back as BJP mounts pressure over Kolkata rape-murder case | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Mamata Banerjee, who has weathered several storms in her long political career, finds herself cornered and isolated over the brutal rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata’s R G Kar Hospital. While the BJP has been mounting relentless pressure on the West Bengal chief minister, her allies from the opposition INDIA…

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West Bengal CM Mamata writes to PM, tries to put focus on rapes elsewhere too | India News – Times of India

KOLKATA: A country dealing with the “horrifying” statistic of almost 90 rapes a day needs special fast-track courts with a mandate to wrap up trials within 15 days, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said Thursday in an official letter to PM Narendra Modi.“This (recurrent cases of sexual violence) shakes the confidence and conscience of society and…

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