NEW DELHI: West Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose has directed chief minister Mamata Banerjee to hold an emergency Cabinet meeting to discuss Kolkata’s RG Kar rape-murder case, which has ignited a national outrage over women’s safety.The governor has also told the state government to address people’s demand for replacing Kolkata’s police commissioner over the matter,…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday formed a 10-member National Task Force to make a blueprint for the safety and facility of healthcare workers at their workplace.While hearing the suo motu case on the rape and murder case of a young trainee doctor in Kolkata, the apex court directed the task force to submit…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday heard a suo motu case related to the rape and murder of a postgraduate medic at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata that has led to a massive uproar across the nation over women safety at the workplace.The top court pulled up the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal…
What’s common between Kolkata and Stockholm? Absolutely nothing you’d think, and you’d be wrong. For one, an unusually chilly spring in the Swedish capital made me yearn for a monkey cap. The much-ridiculed Bengali headgear may not win any fashionista points, but it keeps the ‘shordi-kashi’ at bay. Merits of the ‘tupi’ aside, Swedes have…
