West Bengal
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RG Kar protests: 2K cops deployed to ensure security during ‘Nabanna Abhijan’
Kolkata: A ‘Nabanna Abhijan’ (March to Secretariat) call given by the students of West Bengal on August 27 in protest against the rape and murder of a junior doctor at Kolkata’s R.G.…
- India
Woman paraded naked in West Bengal: BJP booth president, 5 others held
In a shocking incident, a woman in West Bengal’s Nandigram town was allegedly stripped naked and paraded for approximately 300 meters by local Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) workers. The disturbing incident reportedly…
- India
West Bengal govt seeks SC stay on HC verdict striking down OBC status of several castes
New Delhi: The West Bengal government on Tuesday sought an urgent hearing by the Supreme Court of its appeal against the Calcutta High Court verdict striking down the OBC status of several…
- Opinions
Opinion: Don’t politicise rape
We should all bend our heads in shame following the horrible rape and murder of a young doctor in West Bengal. Naturally, there is a nationwide flare up that continues to snowball…
- India
Bengal government advises against night duties for women doctors
Kolkata: The West Bengal government has advised the medical colleges and hospitals in the state to avoid allotting night duties to women doctors. “All attempts will be made to avoid allotting night…
- India
RG Kar hospital vandalism: Mamata blames opposition parties
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused opposition parties of being behind the vandalism at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital here. Banerjee said she does not hold the…
- India
CBI team to investigate doctor murder case reaches Kolkata
Kolkata: A team of senior CBI officers reached Kolkata on Wednesday morning to investigate the alleged rape and murder of a woman doctor at a state-run hospital in West Bengal, sources at…
- 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
Direct Dr Sandip Ghosh to go on leave: Calcutta HC to Bengal govt
Kolkata: A division bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Tuesday, directed the West Bengal health department to instruct the erstwhile principal of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital and the current…
- 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…
- India
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…
- India
Odisha BJYM labels Bengali workers as ‘Bangladeshi’, hands them to cops
As many as 34 migrant workers working at a construction site in Odisha’s Sambalpur district were handed over to the police by the BJP’s youth wing, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, alleging they…
- 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
Doctor’s rape-murder: RG Kar hospital principal resigns, stir continues for 4th day
Kolkata: Facing backlash over the rape and murder of a doctor at state-run RG Kar Medical College & Hospital, principal Sandip Ghosh resigned from his post and government service on Monday morning,…
- India
Former West Bengal CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee passes away at 80
Kolkata: Former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, known for his efforts to bring industry to the state, died on Thursday at his Kolkata home following old age-related ailments. The former chief…