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RG Kar issue: Junior doctors’ fast-unto-death enters 14th day
Kolkata: The fast-unto-death by agitating junior doctors in West Bengal entered its 14th day on Friday over demands for justice for the deceased post-graduate trainee of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital…
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Mamata holds meeting with top officials on healthcare infra upgradation
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee held a review meeting with Chief Secretary Manoj Pant and Health Secretary NS Nigam at her Kalighat residence on the upgradation of healthcare infrastructure, a…
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RG Kar issue: Junior doctors fast-unto-death enters 13th day
Kolkata: A fast-unto-death by agitating junior doctors in West Bengal entered the 13th day on Thursday over demands for justice for the deceased post-graduate trainee of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital…
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RG Kar issue: Junior doctors fast-unto-death enters 12th day
Kolkata: Agitating junior doctors continued their fast-unto-death for the 12th consecutive day on Wednesday demanding justice for the deceased woman colleague of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital and workplace security. Sourav…
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RG Kar crime only symptom, nothing short of renaissance could fix the mess: IMA
New Delhi: With the young medics’ indefinite hunger strike in West Bengal entering the ninth day on Tuesday, Indian Medical Association chief Dr R V Asokan said doctors have always been “soft…
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R.G. Kar case: MeitY nominated nodal officer to pull down the identity of victim, Centre tells SC
New Delhi: The Centre on Tuesday, October 15 told the Supreme Court that the union ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has nominated a nodal officer to pull down the offending…
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As doctors’ hunger strike enters 11th day, SC to hear RG Kar case today
Kolkata: The fast-unto death demonstration by junior doctors against the ghastly rape and murder of a junior doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata has entered the 11th day…
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RG Kar protest: Another Doctor on hunger strike falls unconscious, hospitalised
Kolkata: Calcutta Medical College and Hospital’s woman junior doctor Tanaya Panja, who was on a fast-unto-death agitation, along with other protesting junior doctors, since October 5 against the ghastly rape and murder…
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LF asks Bengal CM to hold immediate meeting with agitating junior doctors
Kolkata: The Left Front on Monday demanded that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee “call the agitating junior doctors for a meeting immediately to resolve their demands.” In an open letter to…
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Bengal Chief Secy, Doctors’ meeting on RG Kar case concludes without resolution
Kolkata: The meeting between representatives of 12 doctors’ associations and West Bengal Chief Secretary Manoj Pant on Monday regarding the impasse over demands raised in the aftermath of the ghastly rape and…
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RG Kar horror: IMA announces 24-hr nationwide hunger strike on Oct 15
New Delhi: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has announced a 24-hour nationwide hunger strike on October 15 to support doctors in West Bengal, seeking justice for the young doctor who was raped…
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RG Kar: Third medic on fast rushed to hospital after his condition worsened
Kolkata: Another junior doctor, who was observing a fast-unto-death in protest over the rape and murder of a woman medic at R G Kar Medical College was rushed to a hospital on…
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Mass resignations not legally acceptable: West Bengal government
Kolkata: Mass resignations by senior doctors, including members of the medico-academic fraternity, from different state-run medical colleges & hospitals of West Bengal to express solidarity to junior doctors protesting against the ghastly…
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RG Kar doctor’s death: Protestors march to CBI office demanding speedy justice
Kolkata: Hundreds of protestors, comprising doctors, lawyers and members of civil society on Saturday led a march to the CBI office in the CGO complex in Salt Lake demanding fair and speedy…
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RG Kar protest: Junior doctors’ hunger strike enters day 8
Kolkata: The fast-unto-death agitation by junior doctors in the wake of the rape and murder of a junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital here entered the eighth day on…
