Calcutta High Court dismissed a plea against the 12-hour āBangla Bandhā. File Ā | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday (August 28, 2024) dismissed a plea against the 12-hour ‘Bangla Bandh’ called by the BJP since the petitioner was debarred perpetually from filing public interest litigations (PIL) before the court in…
Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Deputy Inspector General (DIG) K Pratap Singh with police and security personnel at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital after the Supreme Court ordered for deployment in the view of protests over the alleged sexual assault and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor of the RG Kar Hospital, in…
A delegation of resident doctors met with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials on Friday (August 23, 2024) regarding the alleged sexual assault and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in West Bengal’s Kolkata. A member of the delegation expressed dissatisfaction with the responses provided by the investigative…
Representational image. | Photo Credit: ANI Several warehouses were gutted as a major fire broke out in Kolkata’s Lohapatty area in the early hours of Thursday (August 22, 2024) officials said. Twenty fire engines fought the blaze, which broke out around 1.30 am, for around seven hours to bring it under control, they said. The…
Police personnel at the site after a mob vandalises portions of R.G. Kar Hospital during a protest against the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor, in Kolkata. | Photo Credit: ANI Commissioner of Kolkata Police Vineet Kumar Goyal on Friday strongly condemned social media speculation surrounding the rape and murder of a doctor…
Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari. File | Photo Credit: ANI After unidentified miscreants entered the premises of State-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on August 15, 2024, at midnight, BJP leader and Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari alleged that the vandalism was carried out by āTMC goonsā sent…
West Bengal, BJP took out a rally seeking justice for doctors from College Street to RG Kar Hospital. | Photo Credit: Debasish Bhaduri Out-patient departments and services remained shut in private and government hospitals across West Bengal on Wednesday (August 14). Doctors closed services to show solidarity for the doctor who was raped and murdered…
Junior doctors, trainee doctors and medical students protest against the sexual assault and killing of a post-graduate trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College, in Kolkata on August 12, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI The Indian Medical Association has written to Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda seeking enactment of a special central law to curb…
All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) general secretary G. Devarajan on Monday described the demand to bring back Netaji Subhas Chandra Boseās alleged mortal remains from Japan as ill-intentioned. The AIFB, founded by Netaji, is a prominent Left party and a key constituent of the Left Front in West Bengal. Mr. Devarajanās statement comes a day…
Students march in support of Bangladeshās anti-quota protesters in Kolkata on Friday | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Students carried out demonstrations against police attacks on Bangladeshās anti-quota protesters on July 19. The protests saw the participation of students from across universities and organisations such as the All India Democratic Students Organisation (AIDSO), All India Studentsā…
