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Prashant Kishor hospitalised for dehydration amid hunger strike a day after arrest and subsequent bail | India News – Times of India

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Prashant Kishor (File photo) NEW DELHI: Prashant Kishor, founder of the Jan Suraaj Party, was hospitalized Tuesday for dehydration and infection following his release on bail. Medical professionals transported Kishor via ambulance to a private medical facility in Patna after a physician’s home visit determined hospitalisation was necessary.The attending physician was quoted by news agency…

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Unable to speak, stand up: Doctors, SKM leaders offer health update on Jagjit Singh Dallewal | India News – Times of India

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NEW DELHI: Punjab farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who is on the 41st day of a hunger strike demanding a legal guarantee for minimum support prices (MSP) and other farmer-related issues, is facing severe health complications. Doctors and leaders from the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) revealed on Sunday that Dallewal is “not able to speak”…

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‘Take it away, give me Rs 25 lakh per day instead’: Prashant Kishor on row over vanity van at BPSC protest site | India News – Times of India

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NEW DELHI: Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor on Saturday reacted sharply to criticism over a luxury ‘vanity van’ parked near his protest site at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan. Kishor, who is on an indefinite hunger strike demanding justice for students impacted by the alleged Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) exam question paper leak, dismissed the…

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RG Kar case: Doctors call off strike after meeting with CM Mamata Banerjee | India News – Times of India

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NEW DELHI: The agitating doctors decided to call off their ‘fast-unto-death’ strike after 16 days after meeting with the Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday. The meeting which was live streamed, lasted for more than two hours and witnessed discussions on several demands of the protesting doctors in RG Kar rape and murder case,…

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‘Zero results’: Protesting doctors meet Bengal chief secretary as hunger strike enters 10th day; another medic falls sick | India News – Times of India

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NEW DELHI: The protesting doctors demanding transparent probe in the rape and murder case of the RG Kar medic met with the Bengal chief secretary Manoj Pant on Monday. Expressing dissatisfaction with the meeting, the doctors, who are on their 10th day of ‘fast-onto-death’ strike said that it yielded no results.Pant, however, said that the…

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‘Solidly behind them’: IMA chief meets junior doctors observing fast-unto-death for justice in RG Kar case | India News – Times of India

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Dr RV Asokan, president of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), met junior doctors observing fast-unto-death in Kolkata on Friday.After the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata’s RG Kar Hospital on August 9, junior doctors began a “cease work” protest. On September 21, after 42 days, they concluded their strike after being assured…

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RG Kar case: Doctors accuse WB govt of ‘intimidation tactics’ and blocking essential supplies to obstruct hunger strike | India News – Times of India

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The sit-in site of junior doctors protesting against the alleged rape and murder of their colleague at the RG Kar hospital and the alleged police action against a few of them, in Kolkata. (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Junior doctors in West Bengal, currently engaged in an indefinite hunger strike, have accused the authorities of…

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West Bengal govt misses ‘deadline’, junior docs begin fast | India News – Times of India

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KOLKATA: Junior doctors protesting at Esplanade in Kolkata went on an indefinite hunger strike from Saturday evening after expiry of the 24-hour deadline they had set for Bengal govt to meet their 10-point demands, reports Sumati Yengkhom.Six junior doctors, including three women PGTs, from Medical College Hospital, SSKM, NRS Medical College and other institutes began…

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RG Kar case: Protesting doctors begin hunger strike against Mamata govt | India News – Times of India

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NEW DELHI: Protesting junior doctors in Kolkata began fast unto death on Saturday as they said that their demands were not fulfilled by the Mamata Bengree-led West Bengal government.The doctors had called off their “total cease work” on Friday with a 24-hour ultimatum to the state government to fulfill their demands.“Like we said yesterday, we…

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