NEW DELHI: Soon after Supreme Court directed the protesting junior doctors to resume work or face action, the Bengal IMA unit said it was “disheartened” by the the proceedings of the court and the CBI. In a statement, the medical body conveyed that the protests “won’t die down” and promised to leave no stone unturned…
KOLKATA: Parents of the RG Kar Hospital junior doctor raped and killed last month joined protesters at the hospital late Wednesday. They walked into the RG Kar Medical College & Hospital at 9.25 pm on Wednesday, lent their voice to Tagore’s ‘Aguner poroshmoni’ and lit candles along with their daughter’s colleagues and friends to demand…
KOLKATA: CBI has started probing alleged money laundering through academic funds diversion and disposal of bio-medical waste in RG Kar Hospital during arrested ex-principal Sandip Ghosh‘s tenure.CBI has come across allegations of the hospital’s funds being drained in counselling sessions for UG and PG students. In a 20-day counselling session, the hospital allegedly spent Rs…
KOLKATA: Campus revolts rocked some Bengal medical colleges on Wednesday, forcing the removal of one principal and transfer of a senior doctor over allegations of their links to arrested RG Kar Hospital‘s ex-principal Sandip Ghosh.North Bengal Medical College and Hospital in Siliguri and College of Medicine and JNM Hospital (CMJNMH) in Kalyani bore the brunt…
NEW DELHI: The West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights on Monday took suo motu cognizance of rape threats issued against the minor daughter of TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee and called upon the police to take strict action under the stringent Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the Juvenile Justice Act, and…
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: 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…
KOLKATA: The vandalisation of RG Kar hospital on the night of August 14-15 was “premeditated“, Kolkata police said Saturday after arresting five more people, taking the number to 30.Police sources said the attackers had travelled in groups – numbering between five and 10 -not only from neighbourhood pockets like Belgachia and Dum Dum but also…
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…
