Federation of Medical Association (FEMA) has called a two-day pen-down strike in private and government medical colleges and hospitals in Siliguri over issues including the RG Kar rape-murder case.
The Federation of All India Medical Associations (FAIMA) has announced a nationwide boycott of elective medical services starting October 14, 2024, in solidarity with their West Bengal colleagues as part of the doctors protest against rape and murder of a second year old trainee doctor at RG
Jaishankar, while addressing the Indian diaspora in Geneva, quoted Prime Minister Narendra Modi as saying that we say things to our daughters when they go out late at night to ask them things. Do you do that to your sons?
"Law and order is a state subject and if she (Mamata) cannot handle it, then she should leave it and resign. She should stop blaming other people,"Manjhi said.
Speaking to ANI, Dr. Chandrababu Rajak, one of the protestors said questioned why action that should be taken by the government on the rape was being delayed.
Trinamool Congress (TMC) National General Secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday called for the introduction of an ordinance or bill to ensure completion of rape trials within 7 days.