NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Tuesday tore into Kolkata police for letting a 7,000-strong mob vandalise R G Kar hospital early on August 15, storm the resident doctors‘ hostel and threaten female doctors with dire consequences if they opened their mouths about the rape-murder of their colleague.A bench of CJI D Y Chandrachud and Justices J…
KOLKATA: Separated by team loyalty but united by a cause. Scores of Mohun Bagan and East Bengal fans were detained Sunday evening as they protested outside Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata, demanding justice for the postgraduate resident doctor who was found raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9.Despite their…
NEW DELHI: The Kolkata police on Sunday arrested several people after fans of the fiercest rivals in Kolkata football joined hands to protest the rape-murder of a trainee doctor at a state-run hospital in Kolkata. The Durand Cup derby between Mohun Bagan and East Bengal, scheduled for Sunday, was called off after cops received “intelligence…
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…
NEW DELHI: Resident doctors at major govt hospitals across Delhi are set to indefinitely halt all elective services starting Monday to protest the brutal rape and murder of a resident doctor in Kolkata. They are demanding immediate action in the case and measures to ensure protection for all healthcare workers.President of the Federation of Resident…
DHAKA: The head of Bangladesh’s interim govt, “chief adviser” Prof Muhammad Yunus, condemned on Saturday the attacks on minority communities, calling them “heinous”. “Are they not people of this country? You have been able to save the country, can’t you save some families,” he asked as the Hindu community held its biggest street demonstration yet,…
Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman criticised the opposition for saying that the budget didn’t help the salaried and middle classes but only benefited the wealthy. She pointed out that the government has worked to make taxes simpler and lighter, especially during the Covid pandemic when no new taxes were added.She also criticised the opposition’s demand…
NEW DELHI: India on Thursday summoned the Sri Lankan acting high commissioner and registered a strong protest over the collision earlier in the day between a Lankan navy vessel and an Indian fishing boat that left an Indian fisherman dead. Another Indian fisherman was reported missing after the collision.Indian government expressed shock and anguish at…
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…
