RG Kar protests: Will withdraw agitation only after Bengal CM's promises are fulfilled, claim junior doctors' group

WB Doctors insist on Govt fulfilling all promises before withdrawing agitation

West Bengal Junior Doctors' Forum (WBJDF) has said that they will not withdraw their 'cease-work' protest in support of their demands over the horrific rape and murder of a junior doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata unless Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee removes key government officials as demanded by the junior doctors are being implemented in written agreement. Sep 17, 2024
RG Kar protests: Will replace Kolkata Police Commissioner today, says West Bengal CM

RG Kar protests: Kolkata Police Commissioner to be replaced, says Mamata

Following a five-hour meeting with the delegation of West Bengal Junior Doctors' Forum, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said that the Trinamool Congress government has decided to replace the Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Kumar Goyal after 4 p.m. on Tuesday after the Supreme Court hearing over the horrific rape and murder of a junior doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata ends. Sep 17, 2024
Nipah virus death: Masks compulsory in Kerala's Malappuram

Nipah Virus Claims Life in Kerala: Authorities mandated the use of masks

In the wake of a recent Nipah virus fatality in Kerala's Malappuram district, local authorities have mandated the use of masks in the district. This decision comes after a 23-year-old student from Bengaluru, a native of Chembaram near Naduvath in Wandoor, succumbed to the virus. Sep 16, 2024
Tension in K'taka district, two arrested for provocative statements

Tension in K'taka district, two arrested for provocative statements

Two persons were arrested on Monday for allegedly provoking Hindus in Karnataka's Dakshina Kannada district ahead of the Eid Milad festival, said officials here adding that a case has also been filed against a VHP leader in the Cybercrime, Economic Offences and Narcotic (CEN) Mangaluru police station. Sep 16, 2024
High-dose vitamin D3 not useful for metastatic colorectal cancer: Researchers

High-Dose Vitamin D3: No Benefit for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

A team of US-based researchers has concluded that high-dose vitamin D3 does not provide any additional benefit for patients suffering from metastatic colorectal cancer. This conclusion was reached following a randomized phase 3 clinical trial led by researchers from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in the US. Sep 16, 2024
RG Kar case: CBI to interrogate Sandeep Ghosh, Abhijit Mondal on crucial points

RG Kar case: CBI to interrogate Sandeep Ghosh, Abhijit Mondal on crucial points

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has now decided to interrogate Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital and ex-station house officer (SHO) of Tala Police Station Abhijit Mondal together to clarify some suspicious actions on part of both on the morning of August 9 when the body a junior doctor and victim of ghastly rape and murder was recovered from within the hospital premises. Sep 16, 2024