A 12-hour hunger strike is being held to demand better security in hospitals and to protest the August 9 incident when a woman trainee doctor was found dead in the seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.
West Bengal BJP secretary Priyanka Tibrewal has written to the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) seeking justice for a minor girl who was allegedly raped and murdered in South 24 Parganas.
Junior doctors protesting against the recent rape and murder incident at RG Kar Medical College & Hospital on Friday have given the state government a 24-hour ultimatum to meet their demands, failing which they will go on an indefinite hunger strike.
The West Bengal government has announced financial relief for the families of those who died, allegedly due to the disruption in health services caused by the junior doctors' strike over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor.
A suspicious bag was found near the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital here on Thursday.
Dog squads and bomb disposal teams reached the spot after they received the information.
Congress leader Pramod Tiwari has alleged that the BJP was trying to destabilize the Jharkhand government and alleged that the move concerning former state Chief Minister Champai Soren is a step in that direction
The Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognisance of the rape and murder of a doctor in state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, West Bengal.
Protests erupted in Jalpaiguri's Bala Para in West Bengal on Sunday after a minor girl died on new year's eve, allegedly after being gang-raped, police said on Monday.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 15 (ANI): Slamming West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the law and order situation, state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Sukanta Majumdar on Friday said the regular incidents of murders and rapes "have become a trademark" of the Trinamool