Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar on Tuesday criticised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the Kolkata doctor rape, and murder case, saying that the CM is delaying the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry in the matter.
Notable personalities including musician Shankar Mahadevan, actress Shabana Azmi and former Indian tennis player Leander Paes on Monday received honorary doctorate from Techno India University (TIU), a prominent university in Kolkata.
A team of 25 Indonesian doctors have collaborated with the UAE medical professionals to provide healthcare services aboard the Emirati Floating Hospital in Al Arish, Egypt.
Expressing shock beyond words at the brutal murder of a 2nd year PG student of RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata, Indian Mediacal Association (IMA) has demanded an impartial thorough investigation of the case and punishment of the culprits from the West Bengal government.
In a letter addressed to the Union Health Minister JP Nadda, FORDA expressed its deep condemnation of the horrific circumstances surrounding the death, describing it as "perhaps the greatest travesty to have occurred in the history of the resident doctor community."
The Kolkata Police summoned the Head of the Chest Department of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, for questioning in connection with the rape and murder of a PG trainee woman doctor in Kolkata, sources said on Monday.
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President and MLA Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao expressed his solidarity with the protesting doctors demanding justice for the trainee-doctor who was raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that police, if unable to solve the rape-murder case of a junior doctor by Monday, will hand over the case to Central Buerau of Investigation (CBI).
Kolkata police on Monday urged to not share misinformation on social media in relation to the rape and murder case of the postgraduate trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata.
Sandip Gosh resigned from his post as the principal of Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on Monday amid nationwide strike by Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA) in connection with the rape and murder of a trainee-doctor.