Kolkata

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.

3 days ago

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.

3 days ago

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.

4 days ago

RG Kar tragedy: Talks fail as junior doctors delegation seeks recording, refuses CM's invitation for a cup of tea

In a new twist, the scheduled meeting between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and a delegation of the West Bengal Junior Doctor's Forum (WBJDF), which has been protesting against the ghastly rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, could not take place on Saturday evening as they did not even enter her residence after she turned down their demand to allow either a live telecast or recording of the proceedings by their side also.

5 days ago

RG Kar tragedy: Junior doctors reach CM's residence, talks stalled over recording demand

A 30-strong delegation of junior doctors protesting against the ghastly rape and murder of a junior doctor of Kolkata's R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital reached Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's residence on Saturday evening for talks but the process was stalled by their demand for either a live telecast of the proceedings or recording by both sides.

5 days ago

30-member doctors' delegation head to Nabanna for talks with Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

A delegation of 30 representatives of the West Bengal Junior Doctors Forum (WBJDF) left for state Secretariat Nabanna on Thursday for a meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on their demands over the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the state-run R.G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata last month.

8 days ago

RG Kar scam: CBI reaches residence of Trinamool MLA

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probing the financial irregularities case at state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata, on Thursday, arrived at the residence of four-time Trinamool Congress MLA from Serampore Assembly constituency in Hooghly district, Dr Sudipto Roy.

8 days ago

RG Kar case: CBI finds Sanjay Roy's polygraph test statements contradictory

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials probing the ghastly rape and murder of a woman doctor at the R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital have found discrepancies in the statements of Sanjay Roy, the arrested civil volunteer, during the polygraph test.

15 days ago

RG Kar case: Calls from overseas mobile number on Aug 9 under CBI scanner

Calls from an overseas mobile number to select officials and doctors of R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on the morning of August 9 are currently under the scanner of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing the rape and murder of a woman doctor.

16 days ago

RG Kar financial scam: Sandip Ghosh sent to 8 days CBI custody

A special court in Kolkata on Tuesday sent R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital's former principal Sandip Ghosh, arrested over alleged financial irregularities at the state-run college, to eight days Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody.

17 days ago

Will pass Bill to ensure capital punishment for rapists: Mamata Banerjee

Under fire after the ghastly rape and murder of a junior doctor at the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday that her government will pass a Bill in the Assembly to ensure capital punishment for convicts in rape and murder cases.

23 days ago

RG Kar case: CBI tracks Sandip Ghosh's phone calls after recovery of doctor's body

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probing the rape and murder of a woman doctor at state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital is now tracking the mobile phone calls made by former principal Dr Sandip Ghosh immediately after the body was detected in the seminar room on August 9 morning.

23 days ago

SC bench to hear suo moto Kolkata doctor rape-murder case today

The Supreme Court, which has taken suo moto cognisance of the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata earlier this month, will hear the matter on Tuesday.

Aug 20, 2024

College student held for provocative post against Bengal CM

Kolkata Police arrested an undergraduate female student of a city college on charges of making a provocative social media post against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital.

Aug 19, 2024

Kolkata doctor case: CBI grills Principal Sandip Ghosh for 4th consecutive day

Former principal of state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital Dr Sandip Ghosh, on Monday, appeared at the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)'s Salt Lake office on the outskirts of Kolkata in the ghastly rape and murder of a woman doctor on the hospital premises earlier this month.

Aug 19, 2024

Interrogate ex-principal and police commissioner in Kolkata rape & murder case: Trinamool MP

An internal rebellion has started brewing within Trinamool Congress over the ghastly rape and murder of a woman junior doctor at state-run R.G Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata.

Aug 18, 2024

Bengal doctor's association bars Sandip Ghosh for indefinite period

A prominent doctors' body in West Bengal, where the former principal of state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital Dr Sandip Ghosh is an active member, has kept the latter aside from all sorts of "academic activities under the banner" of the association.

Aug 18, 2024

RG Kar rape-murder: Tension in North Kolkata over BJP's protest

There was tension in the busy Shyambazar five-point crossing in North Kolkata on Friday following a scuffle between the police and BJP supporters over a protest regarding the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata last week.

Aug 16, 2024

Pawan Khera questions lack of safety of doctors after Kolkata tragedy

Expressing concern over the rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor in Kolkata, Congress leader Pawan Khera on Tuesday questioned whether the country was providing a safe environment for people in the medical profession.

Aug 13, 2024

Bengal bypolls: 34 in fray for four Assembly seats

The fate of 34 candidates will be sealed on Wednesday in the bypolls to four Assembly constituencies in West Bengal.

Jul 9, 2024