NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday accused the BJP of conspiring to obstruct the ongoing investigation into the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.During her address at the TMCP foundation day, Mamata expressed her opposition to BJP’s 12-hour shutdown call in Bengal,…
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday responded to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighting incidents of rape cases across India. The Centra said that West Bengal has been allocated 123 fast-track courts, but most of them are not functional yet.Union minister Annuparna Devi responded to Mamata’s letter and…
NEW DELHI: Actress Payel Mukherjee on Saturday claimed she was attacked by a man on a bike in Kolkata after her car touched his two-wheeler. The actress claimed that while she was in Kolkata’s Southern Avenue, the attackers smashed her car window into pieces after she refused to roll it down.Mukherjee also claimed the cops…
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…
NEW DELHI: The bitter political narrative over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in West Bengal’s R G Kar Medical College and Hospital found an echo in the Supreme Court on Thursday prompting the top court to ask parties not to politicize the issue. “Don’t politicize this … ,” Chief Justice D Y…
NEW DELHI: After the Supreme Court rapped the West Bengal government over the way the Kolkata rape-murder case was handled, the state governor CV Ananda Bose termed the hearing a “great relief”.Taking a dig at Bengal chief minister, Bose said, “Remember, every saint has a past, every sinner has a future. Anyone listening?”“Will Mamata Banerjee…
NEW DELHI: Accusing West Bengal government of being complicit in destroying evidence and shielding culprits in Kolkata’s RG Kar hospital rape-murder, BJP on Monday alleged that it was being done at the behest of state chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who should resign from her post immediately.“Mamata Banerjee has become Mamata, the destroyer. We demand her…
NEW DELHI: The mother of the 31-year-old doctor who was raped and murdered at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata while on duty recounted the events leading up to the devastating news of her daughter’s demise saying “her pants were open, hand was broken, blood was coming out of her eyes and…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday took out a protest march demanding death penalty for the accused of the Kolkata doctor rape and murder case Sanjay Ray. She further blamed the BJP, CPM and Congress for vandalising RG Kar College & Hospital during a midnight protest on Wednesday.Meanwhile, Kolkata CP Vineet…
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…
