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,…
RUDRAPUR: Amid the nationwide anger on the rape and murder of a doctor in Kolkata, the brutal rape and murder of a 33-year-old nurse has ignited widespread outrage in Uttarakhand‘s Udham Singh Nagar. The victim was a single mother and worked at a private hospital in Rudrapur. On Friday, members of Women’s Congress staged a…
NEW DELHI: Thousands of women have come on the streets of West Bengal as part of “Reclaim the night” midnight protest in response to the brutal rape and murder of an on-duty doctor inside a Kolkata hospital last week.The “Women, Reclaim the Night” call, initiated on social media by ordinary citizens, students, homemakers, and office…
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…
NEW DELHI: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Saturday issued an ultimatum, demanding immediate action following the shocking incident of rape and murder of a woman, a second-year postgraduate student at RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata.The preliminary autopsy report indicated that the woman doctor had been sexually abused before being killed.Debnath was found dead…
Sketches of suspect released by police NEW DELHI: A man accused of killing nine women in the past 14 months in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly district, has been arrested by Bareilly police on Friday.Notably, Nine women have been found dead in the Shahi-Sheeshgarh area within the past year, and police suspect the same person is behind…
A sessions court in Pithoragarh on Tuesday sentenced a woman to life imprisonment for murdering her husband two years ago. Testimony by the couple’s daughter, a Class IX student, before cops and court against her mother nailed the case. District govt counsel (crime), Pramod Panth, said, “The court also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000,…
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer issued a stern warning to far-right protesters participating in the worst rioting England has seen in 13 years, stating that they would “regret” their actions. In a televised address, Starmer said, “I guarantee you will regret taking part in this disorder. Whether directly or those whipping up this action online,…
CUTTACK: Orissa high court has suspended the life sentence awarded to former Chhatrapur MLA Nagireddy Narayan Reddy and two others for their alleged role in a police inspector‘s murder during an agitation against land acquisition for a steel project in Ganjam district in 1998, reports Lalmohan Patnaik.HC ordered their release on bail on such terms…
PRAYAGRAJ: Allahabad high court on Monday set aside the conviction and four-year sentence awarded to Ghazipur SP MP Afzal Ansari in a Gangsters’ Act case linked to the murder of a BJP MLA, Krishnanand Rai, in 2005. Afzal’s late brother Mukhtar had been sentenced to 10 years in the same case lodged in 2007, reports…
