NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned the suo motu case addressing the safety of medical professionals, initiated in the wake of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape and murder incident, to January 29.A bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna, along with Justices Sanjay Kumar and K V…
KOLKATA: Sanjay Roy responded “I can’t say” to 56 out of 104 questions from prosecution, but said “yes” when asked if he was the person seen in CCTV footage at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital’s chest department on Aug 9.This key admission played a critical role in linking him to the rape and murder…
NEW DELHI: The parents of the 31-year-old doctor who was raped and murdered at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata last year on Monday expressed discontent with the Kolkata court sentencing the convict to life imprisonment until death, along with a fine of Rs 50,000.The grieving parents were unsatisfied with the court’s…
KOLKATA: Former colleagues of a 31-year-old resident doctor, raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College on Aug 9 last year, expressed deep disappointment with the verdict delivered by the Sealdah trial court Saturday. The court convicted main accused Sanjay Roy, but many felt the investigation and proceedings had not been thorough.Several junior doctors were…
KOLKATA: A trial court is set to deliver the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder verdict on January 18, more than five months after a 31-year-old junior doctor was violated and brutally killed in the state government-run institute, setting off a wave of protests in Kolkata, ripples of which were felt around the country.CBI,…
NEW DELHI: The parents of the doctor who was raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital expressed disappointment on Friday over the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)’s handling of the case. They said they were heartbroken after a Kolkata court granted bail to two key suspects in the case, describing it as…
Members of Bengal Junior Doctors’ Front and others take part in a mega rally on ‘Mahalaya’ to demand justice for the alleged sexual assault and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, in Kolkata (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: A protest march was organised by the Bengal Junior Doctors’ Front…
Junior doctors take out a torch rally in Kolkata on Sunday. (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: Junior doctors in West Bengal have resumed their indefinite strike demanding better safety and security at medical facilities. The strike, which began on October 1, follows an earlier partial return to work on September 21 after a 42-day protest. The…
NEW DELHI: NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said that the state of Maharashtra should also advocate for an anti-rape bill similar to the one passed by West Bengal assembly, which seeks capital punishment for rape convicts, adding that the party will “highlight this point in the poll manifesto as well.”“Maharashtra should consider replicating…
NEW DELHI: BJP Tuesday said the anti-rape legislation passed in Bengal assembly was brought by CM Mamata Banerjee to save herself from humiliation and divert attention from the heinous crime at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.Questioning why the Mamata govt did not bring the bill earlier, Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan also…
