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,…
West Bengal Chief minister Mamata Banerjee KOLKATA: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee made a surprise phone call to fasting junior doctors on Saturday afternoon and set up a meeting with them for Monday in yet another stab at restoring normalcy in the state health sector.The nearly one hour interaction – on state chief secretary Manoj…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
NEW DELHI: Protesting junior doctors in Kolkata called off their “total cease work” on Friday and resumed their service while also issuing a 24-hour ultimatum to the Mamata Banerjee government to meet their demands or else they would launch an indefinite hunger strike.The doctors had called for “total cease work” demanding better safety and security…
NEW DELHI: Ladakh-based climate activist and education reformer Sonam Wangchuk is being let off on Wednesday after being detained for nearly 24 hours. Wangchuk and the other Ladakhis had been initially detained on Monday night but were released the next night. However, a senior official told news agency PTI that, they remained resolute in their…
NEW DELHI: Following the tragic death of three UPSC aspirants in Old Rajendra Nagar, Delhi minister Atishi and the Mayor are set to make a big announcement regarding coaching centres shortly. Civil services aspirants have initiated an indefinite hunger strike, demanding action and compensation of Rs 5 crore for the victims’ families. The protest, now…
