NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who is under all-round attack over the Kolkata rape-murder case, on Wednesday trained her guns at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and warned of adverse consequences for other states if the BJP tried to instigate trouble in Bengal. “Some people think this is Bangladesh. I love Bangladesh; they…
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday responded to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighting incidents of rape cases across India. The Centra said that West Bengal has been allocated 123 fast-track courts, but most of them are not functional yet.Union minister Annuparna Devi responded to Mamata’s letter and…
KOLKATA: A country dealing with the “horrifying” statistic of almost 90 rapes a day needs special fast-track courts with a mandate to wrap up trials within 15 days, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said Thursday in an official letter to PM Narendra Modi.“This (recurrent cases of sexual violence) shakes the confidence and conscience of society and…
NEW DELHI: The West Bengal government on Tuesday sought a hearing and stay in Supreme Court on Calcutta high court’s ruling which invalidated the reservation granted to these castes from April to September 2010 and 37 additional castes were included under a 2012 law.The apex court will hear the plea on August 27.(This is a…
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: Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal on Thursday wrote to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and expressed her outrage over multiple issues related to the handling of the alleged rape and murder case at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. The former Delhi commission for Women chief said, “Didi, as the…
NEW DELHI: Union minster JP Nadda on Tuesday lashed out at West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee‘s handling of the Kolkata rape-murder case and accused the government of conspiring to “suppress and hush” the matter. The union health minister charged that the state of West Bengal had spiraled into lawlessness and increasing “atrocities” against women,…
NEW DELHI: Medical professionals at a government hospital in West Bengal‘s Purba Bardhaman district protested against a patient who allegedly threatened a female doctor on Saturday with consequences similar to those faced by a trainee medic in a Kolkata hospital if his treatment was delayed. The patient, who was reportedly intoxicated, entered the emergency ward…
KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Sunday that her government will seek the death penalty for those accused in the sexual assault and murder of a woman postgraduate trainee doctor, whose body was discovered at a government hospital in north Kolkata last Friday. The case will be pursued in a fast track…
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…
