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Two women were arrested during the protests outside RG Kar Hospital in September. The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a probe by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the alleged torture of two women, who were arrested in September during protests against the rape and murder of a doctor at RG Kar Medical College and…
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Kolkata: Sanjay Roy, the prime suspect in the rape-murder of a Kolkata doctor, has claimed that he is innocent that that he is being framed by the government. His reiteration of innocence came as charges were framed against him in a case that had sent shockwaves across the country and sparked a massive protest by…
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Kolkata: West Bengal minister and senior Trinamool Congress leader Swapan Debnath’s comment about women drinking during the mega protest in the state has sparked a huge controversy. A video is being circulated on social media in which the minister is heard saying that during the “Reclaim the night” protest in his area Purbasthali, a woman…
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The junior doctors of Bengal called off their massive protest over the rape-murder of a colleague at a Kolkata hospital and said they will join work from Saturday. But there was a caveat – they said they will not join OPD services or attend elected operations. These would be resumed once they are assured of…
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Kolkata: The protesting junior doctors of Kolkata, who are continuing their ceasework even after a chunk of their demands have been met, have reached the state secretariat for another round of meeting about their remaining demands. The doctors had refused to stop their ceasework after Monday’s meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, saying although she…
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Kolkata: The protesting junior doctors of Bengal have alleged that they had accepted all the conditions laid down by the state government — to the extent of scaling down their demands from live transmission of the meeting to accepting the minutes — but were turned down by the government at the last minute. “We kept…
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New Delhi: Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, stood up by junior doctors who were invited at the state secretariat for a meeting today, in an emotive speech said she was not enamoured of the top post in the state and was ready to step down “in the interest of the people”. Assuring the doctors that…
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Kolkata: The junior doctors of Kolkata have declared that they would continue their protest against the horrific rape-murder of a young doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar hospital till justice is done. The announcement came late on Monday evening – hours after the Supreme Court gave them a 5-pm-Tuesday deadline to join work. The doctors said…
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The Bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud questioned where the challan was. New Delhi: Was a First Information Report or FIR filed in the Kolkata doctor’s rape-murder case – long before the one filed 14 hours after the body was discovered? An intervenor who filed a petition in the Supreme Court appears…
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The fresh focus on the role of police following today’s hearing of the Kolkata hospital rape-murder case in Supreme Court has escalated the BJP demand for the dismissal of the city’s police chief Vineet Goyal. Chief Minster Mamata Banerjee has played for time. The police chief, she said, cannot step down immediately in view of…
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