KOLKATA: More than 50 senior doctors of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital Tuesday resigned en masse, a symbolic gesture intended as an appeal to Bengal govt to take immediate steps to end the fast-unto-death by seven junior doctors, whose health began deteriorating as the stir entered the fourth day.The senior doctors also wrote to…
Kangana Ranaut, Mahua Moitra and Nishikant Dubey NEW DELHI: Four-time BJP MP from Godda in Jharkhand, Nishikant Dubey and TMC’s Mahua Moitra, who had a running fight in the last Lok Sabha resulting in termination of TMC MP’s membership of the House over cash-for-query charges, have landed on the same parliamentary standing committee on communications…
NEW DELHI: BJP leader Dilip Ghosh criticized the ruling TMC government over the rape and murder of a student at RG Kar Medical College & Hospital. Ghosh accused the government of trying to bribe the victim’s parents to ‘shut their mouths’ on Tuesday.He stated, ‘They want to buy everyone. They (TMC & Mamata Banerjee) want…
West Bengal government invites junior doctors for talks over the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Hospital. The meeting is set for 6pm at ‘Nabanna’, with doctors insisting on live streaming and demanding removal of key officials. NEW DELHI: The West Bengal government on Wednesday extended an invitation to representatives…
NEW DELHI: The mother of the RG Kar Medical College rape and murder victim on late Monday claimed that the family was offered money by a district official, contradicting West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee‘s denial.“The CM (Mamata Banerjee) is lying. We were indeed offered money by DC (North). We told her we will take…
Former Trinamool MP Kunal Ghosh has reached out to the RG Kar rape-murder victim’s father, pledging party corrective actions based on their feedback. The father emphasized speeding up the slow-paced CBI investigation. Bengal assembly will discuss a bill to make rapes punishable by death, likely in tribute to the victim. KOLKATA: Former Trinamool MP Kunal…
BHATPARA: Two men were wounded during BJP‘s 12-hour Bengal bandh on Wednesday as unidentified shooters fired at least six rounds at the car of a member of the party’s youth wing at Bhatpara in 24 North Parganas district, about 33km from Kolkata. The bandh was called in protest against the violence in Howrah and Kolkata…
KOLKATA: The Bengal govt removed former Rajya Sabha MP Shantanu Sen from the post of adviser to Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) on Saturday, two days after he was removed as TMC spokesperson.It is believed that Sen’s stance on the rape-murder at R G Kar hospital has cost him his post in KMC. Just before the…
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…
NEW DELHI: Former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, a Marxist leader, passed away at his Kolkata home on Thursday at the age of 80. Renowned for his pragmatic approach, Bhattacharjee set aside ideological convictions to promote industrialisation in his state but will also be remembered for witnessing the end of the 34-year-old Left Front…
