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Attempt to save Kolkata doctor rape-murder accused, says Rahul; TMC hits back
New Delhi: Amid the uproar over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the attempt to save…
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Doctors decide to call off strike over Kolkata medic rape-murder: FORDA
New Delhi: The Federation of Resident Doctors’ Association (FORDA) on Tuesday said it was calling off its strike over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata as the Union…
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Kolkata doctor rape, murder: Junior doctors’ strike continues, demand judicial probe
Kolkata: Junior doctors across West Bengal continued ceasework on Tuesday protesting the rape and murder of a woman doctor at a state-run medical college and hospital in Kolkata and demanding justice for…
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Hyderabad: Junior docs hold protest against Kolkata doctor’s rape-murder
Hyderabad: A candle light rally was organised here on Monday by junior doctors at the state-run Osmania Medical College in protest against the recent rape-murder of a postgraduate trainee in Kolkata. The…
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Bengal govt must initiate strict action against accused in doctor murder case: Priyanka
Kolkata: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday asked the West Bengal government to take immediate and strict action against the accused in the female doctor murder case. “I appeal to…
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Mamata pays tribute to Rabindranath Tagore on his 83rd death anniversary
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday paid tribute to Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore on his 83rd death anniversary. Banerjee said that Tagore’s ideology has been the guiding force for…
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Controversial Bengal Minister seen threatening on-duty woman forest officer
Kolkata: A purported video went viral on social media on Saturday showing West Bengal Minister Akhil Giri abusing a woman forest department officer who went with her team to remove illegal encroachment…
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Mamata supports demand to withdraw GST on life, medical insurance premiums
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee supported the demand for withdrawing GST on life and medical insurance premiums, stating that it adversely affects people’s ability to take care of their vital…
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TMC all set to sweep Bengal bypolls, continues its LS victory streak
Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress on Saturday, July 13, wrested Raiganj, Bagda and Ranaghat Dakshin assembly seats from the BJP and secured an unassailable lead in the Maniktala segment in West Bengal bypolls,…
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Proceedings hampered at Calcutta HC as lawyers close to TMC protest against criminal laws
Kolkata: The proceedings in the Calcutta High Court were hampered after a large section of lawyers close to the ruling Trinamool Congress boycotted hearings in protest against the three new criminal laws…
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NHRC notice to West Bengal govt, DGP over ‘public flogging’ of couple
New Delhi: The NHRC said on Monday that it has issued notices to the West Bengal government and the state’s police chief over reports that a couple was allegedly mercilessly beaten up…
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Video: Man assaulting couple in ‘illicit relationship’ in public in WB
Raiganj: The West Bengal Police on Sunday registered a case after a video clip of a brutal assault on a couple allegedly engaged in an illicit relationship went viral, sparking widespread outrage.…
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West Bengal Guv asks TMC to issue white paper on state’s financial situation
Kolkata: Claiming that West Bengal was facing a financial breakdown, Governor CV Ananda Bose called upon the Mamata Banerjee government to table a white paper on the state’s financial situation. Bose’s statement…
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Bengal Guv files defamation suit against Mamata for unsavoury remarks
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Friday filed a defamation case against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the Calcutta High Court, a day after she claimed that women complained to…
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Man held in Kolkata for taking money on promise of place on NEET merit list
Kolkata: A person associated with a Kolkata-based educational institute was arrested for allegedly taking money from a student’s parent and promising a place on the NEET merit list, police said on Wednesday.…
