Kolkata

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.

Aug 28, 2024

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.

Aug 28, 2024

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 in Kolkata for provocative post against Mamata Banerjee

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 rape-murder case: CBI sleuths grill Sandip Ghosh for 4th consecutive day

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: Trinamool MP

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 doctor safety after Kolkata tragedy

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

Appear on July 9 or face arrest: Bengal court's ultimatum to BJP Lok Sabha MP

An MP-MLA Court at Bidhannagar in Kolkata on Tuesday gave an ultimatum to BJP Lok Sabha MP Saumitra Khan to appear before it in an old case, failing which, he would face arrest.

Jun 25, 2024

Kolkata Police busts child trafficking racket involving around 100 surrogate mothers

The Kolkata Police have reportedly busted an illegal child selling racket in the city involving around 100 surrogate mothers and a network of hundreds of agents and sub-agents.

Aug 5, 2023

Bengal Ram Navami clashes: NGO fact-finding team prevented from reaching Howrah

The members of a fact-finding team of an NGO from Delhi, who have come to review the situation at Shibpur and Kazipara areas in Kolkata-adjacent Howrah district where clashes broke out over a Ram Navami procession on March 30, were on Sunday stopped by the police from reaching the troubled pockets.

Apr 9, 2023

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Kolkata

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

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

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

College student held for provocative post against Bengal CM

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

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

Bengal doctor's association bars Sandip Ghosh for indefinite period

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

Pawan Khera questions lack of safety of doctors after Kolkata tragedy

Bengal bypolls: 34 in fray for four Assembly seats

Appear on July 9 or face arrest: Bengal court's ultimatum to BJP Lok Sabha MP

Kolkata Police busts child trafficking racket involving around 100 surrogate mothers

Bengal Ram Navami clashes: NGO fact-finding team prevented from reaching Howrah

Digi Yatra to be extended to Kolkata, Pune, Vijayawada and Hyderabad airports

Arijit Singh sang 'Rang De Tu Mohe Gerua' at KIFF; BJP cancels his Kolkata Concert [Details]

Fighter jet "buzzes" around Kolkata suburbs; citizens alarmed and concerned [details]

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