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China-bound flight diverts to kolkata after Iraqi girl falls ill, later dies
Kolkata: An Iraqi Airways flight from Baghdad to Guangzhou in China made a medical emergency landing at the Kolkata airport after a passenger on board suddenly fell ill, officials said on Thursday.…
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CBI grills RG Kar hospital doctor in rape-murder case
Kolkata: The CBI on Tuesday again questioned a doctor of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital’s forensic department in connection with their ongoing probe into the alleged rape and murder of a…
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Mamata likely to meet officials of medical colleges to review security
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to hold a meeting with the medical superintendent and vice principals (MSVPs) of all state-run medical colleges primarily to review security measures at…
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Rallies held in Bengal to press demand for justice for RG Kar victim
Kolkata; Several rallies were taken out by people and political parties across West Bengal on Sunday to press their demand for justice for a doctor who was allegedly raped and murdered at…
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RG Kar financial scam: CBI unearths major flaws in medicine procurement system
Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials probing the financial irregularities in R. G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata have detected severe flaws in the medicine procurement system of…
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RG Kar incident: Junior docs resume duties partially after 42 days
Kolkata: Junior doctors on Saturday morning rejoined their duties partially at various government-run hospitals in West Bengal after a hiatus of 42 days. They were on ‘cease work’ agitation in protest against…
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WB officials kept informed at every stage about water release: Centre to Mamata on flood
New Delhi: Union Jal Shakti Minister C R Paatil wrote to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday, saying the state’s officials were informed at every stage about the release of…
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RG Kar: Junior doctors withdraw 42-day ‘cease work’; thousands rally for justice
Kolkata: Junior doctors protesting the rape-murder of a colleague at RG Kar hospital ended their 42-day ‘cease work’ on Friday, announcing partial resumption of duties in essential services after a march to…
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West Bengal: 40 students ‘expelled’ by state-run medical college
Kolkata: Forty students were “expelled” by the state-run College of Medicine and JNM Hospital in Kalyani for six months for allegedly threatening other pupils, according to an official document. The decision was…
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Cops delayed seizing belongings of RG Kar accused by 2 days: CBI
New Delhi: Police delayed seizing the clothes of Sanjay Roy, an accused in the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College, for two days though his…
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RG Kar Case: Doctors to continue strike, seek another meet with CM
Kolkata: Junior doctors agitating over RG Kar murder early Wednesday said they will continue their sit-in and not join duty, despite the state appointing Manoj Kumar Verma as the new Kolkata Police…
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RG Kar Case: Medics undecided on resuming work; new Kolkata Police chief appointed
Kolkata: The agitating junior doctors are yet to decide on whether to call off their ‘cease work’ and rejoin work, despite the West Bengal government appointing senior IPS officer Manoj Kumar Verma…
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SC says CBI status report on Kolkata rape-murder case ‘disturbing’
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it was disturbed by the findings given in a status report filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the rape and murder…
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Kolkata: ED raids 6 locations over RG Kar ‘financial irregularities’
Kolkata: Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers on Tuesday morning started simultaneous raids at six locations in Kolkata, including the residence of a TMC MLA, in connection with their investigation into the alleged financial…
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Accepted 99% of medic’s demands, commissioner to be removed: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday night announced that Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal, director of health services and director of medical education would be removed, giving in to…
