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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…
- Hyderabad
Kolkata doctor rape-murder: Telangana junior docs to boycott OP duties
Junior doctors in Telangana state government hospitals and medical colleges have announced to boycott of elective OTs (operative theaters) and outpatient department service duties from Wednesday, August 14 in solidarity with the…
- India
Rape-murder of woman doctor: NHRC notice to West Bengal govt, state police chief
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission has issued notices to the West Bengal government and the state’s police chief in connection with a case of rape and murder of a woman…
- India
Kolkata medic’s rape-murder: Maharashtra resident doctors begin indefinite strike
Mumbai: Resident doctors in Maharashtra started an indefinite strike on Tuesday morning in support of the nationwide protests by their colleagues against the rape-murder of a post-graduate trainee at a medical college…
- India
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…
- Telangana
Telangana: KTR backs protests over Kolkata doctor’s rape-murder
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President and MLA Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao on Monday expressed his solidarity with doctors who are on a protest demanding justice for the trainee-doctor who was…
- India
Kolkata doctor rape-murder: Will hand over case to CBI if police fail, says Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said her government will hand over the RG Kar hospital doctor murder probe to the CBI if police fail to solve the case…
- India
Kolkata: Young doctor raped, murdered in hospital; nationwide protest erupts
A 28-year-old post-graduate trainee doctor was found partially clothed in the seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College, West Bengal, on Friday morning, August 9. The autopsy report indicated the woman was sexually assaulted…
- Photos
In pics: TMC observes Martyrs day in Kolkata
Kolkata: TMC Supremo Mamata Banerjee with West Bengal Assembly Speaker Biman Bandopadhyay during TMC Martyr’s Day rally, in Kolkata, Sunday, July 21, 2024. (PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra) Kolkata: Supporters during TMC Martyr’s Day…
- India
Skeleton found during renovation of old building in south Kolkata
Kolkata: A human skeleton was found during the renovation of an old building in south Kolkata’s Kasba area on Thursday, police said. The identity or the sex of the skeleton is yet…
- India
Kolkata mayor’s call to invite non-Muslims towards Islam draws outrage
The Mayor of Kolkata, Firhad Hakim’s remark at a recent felicitation event for Quran memorisers has sparked a political row, with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders condemning his statement, calling it an…
- India
Kolkata: Man lynched to death upon suspicion of theft
A 47-year-old man was beaten to death by students on suspicion of theft in Bowbazaar of Central Kolkata. The victim identified as Irshad Alam worked in a television repair shop. According to…
- India
India, Bangladesh announce new train service between Rajshahi & Kolkata
New Delhi: India and Bangladesh on Saturday announced a new train service between Rajshahi and Kolkata and a new bus service between Chittagong and Kolkata. The announcement came following a bilateral meeting…
- India
Day after Kanchanjunga accident, Rail officials met unions
New Delhi: A day after the June 17 accident of the Kanchanjunga Express train that left 10 dead, senior Railway Ministry officials held an emergency meeting with trade union office-bearers and discussed…
- India
Noted Kolkata chronicler P Thankappan Nair passes away at 91
Kochi: Acclaimed Malayalam researcher and author P. Thankappan Nair (91), who spent more than six decades in Kolkatta and is known as the most famous ‘Barefoot Historian’ of the City of Joy,…