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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RG Kar hospital stir: West Bengal govt invites agitating doctors for talks at 6pm today | Kolkata News – Times of India

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…

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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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‘Will highlight this in poll manifesto’: Pawar calls for West Bengal-like anti-rape bill in Maharashtra | India News – Times of India

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…

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Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: West Bengal’s anti-rape bill proposes capital punishment for heinous crimes | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The proposed anti-rape Bill, set to be introduced by the Mamata Banerjee government in the West Bengal Assembly on Tuesday, suggests the capital punishment for individuals found guilty of rape if their actions lead to the victim’s death or cause her to become vegetative. The draft also mentioned that those convicted of rape…

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‘Inspite of pendency of 48,600 rape … ‘: Centre hits back at Mamata Banerjee’s second letter to PM Modi | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: In a sharp response to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee‘s second letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union minister of women and child development, Annapurna Devi, outlined the Centre’s stance on the handling of heinous crimes like rape and murder. In her letter, she said that stringent laws already exist under the…

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BJP says Mamata Banerjee and Kim Jong Un have one thing in common— ‘Can’t tolerate opposition’ | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: BJP leader and Union minister Giriraj Singh on Thursday drew parallels between West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, saying both of them have one aspect in common —- “Can’t tolerate opposition”. This as the West Bengal chief minister has come under a barrage of attacks from the…

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