NEW DELHI: Junior doctors in West Bengal have announced plans to resume a complete ‘cease work‘ in hospitals across the state following a scheduled Supreme Court hearing related to the case of the alleged rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.This comes after junior doctors and nurses…
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…
Congress’ former West Bengal unit chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday broke his silence over the appointment of Subhankar Sarkar as his replacement, stating “it doesn’t matter” who the party chose for the top position.The Congress appointed Sarkar as the new president of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress committee on Saturday, replacing Chowdhury, who stepped…
CBI casting aspersions that entire judiciary is hostile: SC NEW DELHI: CBI‘s complaint that it is having to contend with hostlity in the courts in West Bengal drew sharp reaction from Supreme Court which pulled it up for casting aspersions on the judiciary by branding all courts in the state as hostile, reports Amit Anand…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday pulled up the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) seeking transfer of West Bengal post-poll violence cases on the ground that there is a “hostile environment” in the state courts.The top court rapped the central investigation agency’s remark, saying not liking a particular state “does not allow them to…
Online food delivery platform Zomato has been hit with a significant GST demand order from the West Bengal government. The company was issued a notice by the Assistant Commissioner of Revenue demanding Rs 17.7 crore in GST, interest, and penalties. The period for which Zomato is facing these GST charges and penalty is — from…
NEW DELHI: Meeting between West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and protesting junior doctors failed to take place at the last moment as deadlock between the live telecast and video recording continued.The impasse, which almost seemed nearing its end on Saturday evening, now remains as protestors, not willing to relent on their demands initially, had to…
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…
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…
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…
