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IMA chief praises agitating doctors, says touched by their determination
Kolkata: Representatives of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), led by national president RV Asokan, met the agitating junior doctors who have been on an indefinite hunger strike demanding justice for their murdered…
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RG Kar protest: One of 7 doctors sitting on hunger strike hospitalised
Kolkata: One of the seven junior doctors who are sitting on a fast-unto-death demonstration here at Esplanade against the ghastly rape and murder of a fellow medic of R.G Kar Medical College…
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Kolkata doc rape & murder: Junior docs fast unto death enters 5th day
Kolkata: The junior doctors, agitating over the rape and murder of their colleague at the RG Kar hospital, continued their fast unto death for the fifth day on Thursday amid the Durga…
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RG Kar tragedy: Bengal govt calls meeting with junior doctors tonight
Kolkata: As the protests over the ghastly rape and murder of a junior doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital take a serious shape with over 250 senior doctors of government…
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RG Kar protests: 100 docs from 2 medical colleges tender mass resignations
Kolkata: Over 100 senior doctors including senior faculty members resigned from two prime medical colleges and hospitals in West Bengal on Wednesday. They were expressing solidarity with their junior colleagues protesting and…
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Explosion in West Bengal coal mine kills seven, several injured
Kolkata: At least seven miners were killed and seven others injured in a severe blast at a coal mine, owned by a private entity, at Khayrasole in West Bengal’s Birbhum district on…
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Gangrape charge dropped; Sanjay Roy raped, murdered Kolkata doctor: CBI
New Delhi: The CBI has filed a charge sheet against the prime accused, Sanjay Roy, in the rape and murder case of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital…
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Mamata demands death penalty for Kultuli case culprits under POCSO act
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday directed the police to register the alleged rape-murder case of a 10-year-old girl in South 24 Parganas district under the POCSO Act, and…
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RG Kar tragedy: 4 cops on duty on August 9 under CBI scanner
Kolkata: Four cops of Kolkata Police, who were on duty at RG Kar Medical College & Hospital on the fateful morning of August 9 are under the scanner of CBI as they…
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Girl’s body found in Bengal, locals torch police outpost
Kolkata: The body of a 10-year-old girl was found in a marshy land in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on Saturday, October 5 triggering arson by locals at a police outpost…
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Junior doctors start sit-in on key Kolkata road after ‘lathi-charge’ by police
Kolkata: Agitating junior doctors on Friday, October 4 evening began a sit-in on a road in central Kolkata’s Dharmatala area alleging that the police lathi-charged a few of them during a rally…
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Kolkata doctor rape-murder: Thousands march on streets
Kolkata: In continuing protests over the rape and murder of a medic at Kolkata’s RG Kar hospital, thousands of people on Tuesday walked a 5-km stretch in the metropolis, shouting slogans and…
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West Bengal junior doctors resume ‘total cease work’
Kolkata: Agitating junior doctors in West Bengal resumed their indefinite “total cease work” on Tuesday to press the state government on various demands, including ensuring their safety and security at all medical…
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Doctors rally for security ahead of RG Kar SC hearing
Kolkata: Junior medics from various government hospitals accompanied by the general public participated in torch rallies across the city on Sunday, September 29 demanding justice for the murdered R G Kar hospital…
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WB: Doctors to resume ‘cease work’ after SC hearing of RG Kar case on Monday
Kolkata: Junior doctors of West Bengal on Saturday night said that they would resume total ‘cease work’ in medical colleges across the state after hearing of the RG Kar case in the…
