Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Thursday said that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is not in favour of the investigation of Kolkata rape and murder case as it may reveal many secrets.
Amid the outrage over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, former cricketer Harbhajan Singh has said that the issue should be taken seriously and tough law should be enacted so that such crimes are not repeated.
Doctors at North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMCH) in Siliguri held a protest on Thursday regarding the rape and murder of a woman doctor in Kolkata, demanding justice for the victim.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday reached the Police Morgue of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata for further investigation of the case.
BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi alleged on Wednesday that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee "straight away threatened doctors" with her statement of not regsitering FIRs against protesting doctors following the Kolkata rape and murder incident.
Doctors under the banner of West Bengal Junior Doctors' Front on Wednesday took out a protest march from Shyambazar to Dharamtala demanding justice for a woman doctor who was raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
Following the violence at 'Nabanna Abhijan' rally, Bhartiya Janata Party national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla extended support for the 12-hour 'Bengal Bandh' protest and described West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as "dictator didi" on Wednesday.
Noting that the gruesome incident of rape and murder of a doctor in Kolkata has left the nation shocked, President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday expressed her sense of outrage at the incidents of atrocities against women and called for self-introspection to uncover the roots of the malaise.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma on Wednesday hit back at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her 'If Bengal burns, so will Assam' remark, saying, "Didi, how dare you threaten Assam?"
Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan and Union Health Secretary Apurva Chandra co-chaired a virtual meeting with Chief Secretaries and DGPs of States on Wednesday to discuss immediate steps needed to be taken for the safety and security of doctors and healthcare professionals in the backdrop of
On August 27, chaos broke out in the streets of Kolkata. Security personnel lobbed tear gas shells, used water cannons and resorted to lathi-charge to disperse protestors on the Howrah Bridge marching towards the West Bengal State Secretariat Nabanna, amidst the growing protests over the