Mamata govt offers aid to kin of those who died ‘due to long-drawn cease work by junior doctors’; BJP calls it ‘ploy’ | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Amid the impasse with the protesting junior doctors, who refused to have talks with the state government without the meeting being telecast live, the West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Friday announced compensation for families of those who died due to the unavailability of protesting doctors.Mamata Banerjee said her government would pay Rs…

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‘Cops stood as mute spectators’: Protesting doctors write to President Draupadi Murmu over RG Kar impasse | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Protesting junior doctors on Friday wrote a letter to President Draupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking her intervention to resolve the impasse surrounding the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.The letter, written by the West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Front, detailed the attack…

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Sandip Ghosh was under corruption cloud even before appointment as RG Kar principal | Kolkata News – Times of India

Former RG Kar Medical College and Hospital’s principal Sandip Ghosh (ANI) KOLKATA: Corruption complaints by whistleblowers against RG Kar former principal Sandip Ghosh were probed by West Bengal’s health department back in 2020 but the inquiry reports remained “inconclusive”.Complaints were also made to state vigilance department against Ghosh. But, after an inquiry, the probes were…

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Kolkata rape-murder case: SC asks protesting doctors to resume work by Sept 10, CBI told to file fresh status report | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: During the hearing of the suo motu case related to the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, the Supreme Court on Monday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to file a fresh status report on the probe by by September 17. The apex court…

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A month after RG Kar horror, thousands hit Kolkata streets ahead of SC hearing – Times of India

KOLKATA: Thousands flooded the streets as Kolkata saw a surge in citizen protests Sunday night, praying that next day’s sun would bring with it the much-awaited verdict when the Supreme Court hears the RG Kar Medical College rape-murder case.The “Reclaim the Night” movement, marking a month since a 31-year-old postgraduate resident doctor was found raped…

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‘Arrest of Mamata Banerjee is crucial’: BJP MP Jyotirmay Mahato urges ED to investigate Bengal CM over Kolkata rape-murder case | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: BJP MP Jyotirmay Singh Mahato on Sunday wrote a letter to the Director of the Enforcement Directorate, urging a thorough investigation into the RG Kar Medical College rape-murder case and calling for the arrest of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee.The letter came after the recent Kolkata rape incident and allegations of financial…

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ED raids homes of ex-RG Kar principal, his kin and associates – Times of India

KOLKATA: Enforcement Directorate on Friday conducted searches at 11 places, including the residence and farmhouse of former RG Kar Medical College principal Sandip Ghosh and homes of his relatives and associates, in connection with alleged financial irregularities in the hospital during his tenure. The Central agency also detained Prasun Chatterjee, a data entry operator at…

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‘My daughter used to say …’: Kolkata rape-murder victim’s mother pens emotional letter | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Mother of trainee doctor who was brutally raped and murdered in Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital penned an emotional letter on teachers’ day and requested the faculty members of the college to bring forward information related to the case.“I am Tilottama’s mother speaking. Today, on Teacher’s say, I offer my respects…

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Reconsider role of Ketan Desai as IMA chief patron to ‘preserve’ integrity: FAIMA urges doctors’ body | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA) on Sunday wrote to Indian Medical Association requesting the medical body to “reconsider” Ketan Desai‘s role as the chief patron at IMA. It raised concerns about electoral integrity and alleged corruption within the association.“As the Chief Election Commissioner, we urge you to investigate these matters…

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Congress’s Adhir accuses Kolkata police of placing medic’s family on ‘house arrest’, offering money for quick cremation | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Saturday said that the victim’s family has effectively been placed under “house arrest” by preventing them from leaving their home under various pretexts and erecting barricades around the premises.Adhir visited the residence of the deceased doctor and spent a considerable amount of time conversing with…

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