NEW DELHI: Asha Devi, the mother of Nirbhaya, expressed her outrage over the rape and murder of a female resident doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. She described the incident as “the most unfortunate thing that has happened” and criticized the political blame game surrounding the case, urging the focus to…
KOLKATA: The Calcutta high court has expressed grave concern over the recent act of vandalism at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. The court questioned the state’s ability to provide a secure working environment for doctors, emphasizing that such incidents create an atmosphere of fear and uncertainty among healthcare professionals. In its observations,…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has accused the Left and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of collaborating to create unrest in the state. This accusation came after vandalism at RG Kar Hospital in Kolkata on Wednesday night, where a mob caused damage to the protest site, vehicles, and public property. Banerjee claimed…
NEW DELHI: Amidst ongoing protests over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Hospital in Kolkata, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra has denied allegations of a cover-up. She responded to accusations from the opposition BJP, which criticized chief minister Mamata Banerjee and elected female representatives, calling them “Gungi gudiya” (mute…
Resident doctors at government hospitals nationwide have been protesting over the incident since Saturday. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Amid the growing nationwide outrage, the Calcutta high court on Tuesday ordered a CBI probe into the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at city’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, news agency ANI reported. The…
KOLKATA: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee Monday told Kolkata Police to wind up investigations into rape and murder of a PG trainee doctor at state-run RG Kar Hospital by Sunday, failing which the probe will be handed over to CBI.Mamata gave the ultimatum after meeting the 31-year-old doctor’s parents at their home amid widespread protests in…
Sanjay Roy (In middle) was taken into custody on Saturday NEW DELHI: A Kolkata Police civic volunteer, Sanjay Roy, was taken into custody on Saturday in connection with the brutal rape and murder of a second-year postgraduate trainee doctor at RG Kar Hospital. The arrest came just six hours after a seven-member Special Investigation Team…
KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Sunday that her government will seek the death penalty for those accused in the sexual assault and murder of a woman postgraduate trainee doctor, whose body was discovered at a government hospital in north Kolkata last Friday. The case will be pursued in a fast track…
NEW DELHI: Police have arrested one person in connection with the murder of a woman postgraduate trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, a senior officer said on Saturday. The man was an outsider who had free access to the different departments of the hospital, he said.“We have arrested one person,…
Doctors, interns and students protest outside the emergency building; (R) The seminar room where the body was found KOLKATA: The brutalised body of a second-year post graduate trainee (PGT) doctor of respiratory medicine at RG Kar Medical College was found inside a seminar hall on the third floor of the hospital’s emergency building around 7.30am…
