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  West Bengal: Six dead after SUV crashes into truck in Malda

  August 18, 2024 14:11 IST

  A few locals came forward to victims after the fatal road accident. They called the police seeing several people trapped in the damaged vehicle. They took them to a nearby hospital.

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  Kolkata rape-murder case: TMC MP summoned after his demand of Commissioner's interrogation

  August 18, 2024 14:11 IST

  TMC Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Ray had raised questions over the conduct of the Kolkata Police Commissioner and demanded his custodial investigation along with the ex-Principal of former Principal of RG Kar Medical College.

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  Kolkata rape-murder case: CBI conducts psychological test on main accused Sanjay Roy

  August 18, 2024 12:24 IST

  The test is being conducted with the help of a team of five experts from CBI's CFSL wing.

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  Public gatherings banned outside RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata for 7 days: Check restrictions

  August 18, 2024 11:16 IST

  Issuing the ban under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (earlier Section 144 of CrPC), Kolkata Executive Magistrate and Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal restricted protests and large gatherings around the hospital where the 31-year-old trainee doctor was raped and murdered.

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  Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: Bengal govt to launch 'Rattirer Shaathi' programme for women safety

  August 17, 2024 19:38 IST

  Doctors across the country are protesting against the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. The West Bengal government is planning to launch a programme for the safety of women at workplace at night.

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  West Bengal government cancels transfer of 43 doctors amid Kolkata rape-murder protest

  August 17, 2024 20:02 IST

  Kolkata doctor rape-murder: Trinamool Congress leaders including the Minister of State for Health Department Chandrima Bhattacharya refused to give comments on the transfer of the doctors.

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  From RG Kar hospital murder-rape to Park Street rape case: A look at crime against women in Bengal

  August 17, 2024 13:06 IST

  The Opposition has often targeted the Trinamool Congress government over the 'security of women' in the state in the last 13 years of the Mamata Banerjee government.

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  West Bengal police's post on cop's injury faces backlash: 'Why resort to playing the victim?'

  August 17, 2024 10:03 IST

  While one user on social media accused the Bengal Police of playing the victim card, several said it was police's responsibility to ensure safety for all.

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  NCW inquiry highlights major lapses in Kolkata trainee doctor’s rape-murder case

  August 17, 2024 9:42 IST

  The trainee doctor was allegedly raped and murdered while on duty on August 9, sparking widespread protests and unrest across the medical fraternity. The NCW, taking suo moto cognizance, initiated an inquiry and has called for immediate corrective measures to prevent such incidents in the future.

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  Kolkata rape-murder case: Mamata takes out protest march, says 'Left-BJP nexus should be exposed'

  August 16, 2024 17:44 IST

  The CBI took over the investigation of the Kolkata rape-murder case from the local police and started its probe. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee carried out a protest march in Kolkata today against the rape and murder of the woman doctor at a hospital in the city.

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  Kolkata doctor rape-murder: CBI detains former principal of RG Kar Medical Hospital for questioning

  August 16, 2024 17:02 IST

  Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: Thousands of women from all walks of life hit the streets across West Bengal, protesting the horrific rape-murder of a doctor on duty at a Kolkata hospital last week. The protests were also marked by violence in some areas.

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  'Absolute failure of state machinery': Calcutta HC rebukes Bengal govt over hospital mob attack

  August 16, 2024 12:38 IST

  The Calcutta High Court issued a scathing rebuke to the Bengal government following a mob attack at a hospital. The court described the incident as an "absolute failure of state machinery," expressing grave concerns over the government's handling of law and order.

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  West Bengal bandh: Candle light march planned, CBI to grill 4 doctors of RG Kar Medical College

  August 16, 2024 11:25 IST

  News agency ANI reported citing CBI sources that 4 doctors of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital have been summoned by CBI Special Crime Branch in CGO complex, Salt Lake, Kolkata and the probe agency will interrogate these PGT (PG trainees) regarding what happened in the night of the incident.

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  Kolkata doctor rape-murder: Police release photos of miscreants behind vandalism at RG Kar hospital

  August 18, 2024 15:32 IST

  Kolkata rape and murder: Unidentified miscreants vandalised a part of the hospital where a woman doctor was found dead allegedly after being raped last week.

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  Mamata Banerjee on Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: 'A very big crime, accused should be hanged'

  August 15, 2024 20:46 IST

  Thousands of women from all walks of life hit the streets across West Bengal, protesting the horrific rape-murder of a doctor on duty at a Kolkata hospital last week. The protests were also marked by violence in some areas.

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  Kolkata rape and murder: 9 arrested for mob violence during protests at RG Kar Medical College

  August 15, 2024 15:02 IST

  Kolkata rape and murder: Unidentified miscreants vandalised a part of the hospital where a woman doctor was found dead allegedly after being raped last week.

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  Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: 'You are free to abuse me, but...', says Mamata Banerjee on protest

  August 14, 2024 23:49 IST

  Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: A trainee doctor was brutally raped and murdered in Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College on August 9. The Calcutta High Court has ordered a CBI investigation into the incident.

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  Kolkata doctor-rape murder: Family discloses horrific details after autopsy reveals genital torture

  August 14, 2024 8:25 IST

  The family of the trainee doctor brutally raped and murdered in Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College on August 9 revealed their traumatic ordeal, initially being told it was a suicide. Politicians, including Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi, demanded swift justice.

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  Kolkata rape-murder case: 'Why are you protecting principal?,' Calcutta High Court grills state govt

  August 13, 2024 13:19 IST

  The division bench of the chief justice of the Calcutta High Court ordered the state counsel to submit a leave application or the court will issue an order in this regard.

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  Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: Arrested man was 'womaniser', addicted to violent porn, say police

  August 12, 2024 23:09 IST

  Hundreds of students carried out a candle march in West Bengal's Kolkata on Monday as a mark of protest against the rape and murder case of a postgraduate trainee doctor in state-run RG Medical College and Hospital.

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  Kolkata doctor's rape-murder case: Hundreds carry out candle march as demand for justice intensifies

  August 12, 2024 22:59 IST

  The resident doctors raised concerns about the integrity of the ongoing probe and called for transparent investigation into the case. They urged an immediate transfer of the case to the CBI.

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  Kolkata rape-murder case: Will handover the probe to CBI, if police unable to solve it, says Mamata

  August 12, 2024 15:22 IST

  After the gruesome rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, CM Mamata Banerjee met the family of the victim today. She said that if there are more accused and are still not arrested by Sunday, she will hand over the case to CBI.

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  'Will seek death penalty for accused': CM Mamata on woman doctor's murder in RG Kar Medical College

  August 10, 2024 15:29 IST

  Following the recovery of the female doctor's body, the police started the investigation and arrested one suspect. The preliminary autopsy indicates murder after a sexual assault.

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  Kolkata Metro to run 188 train services on Independence Day: Check route, timing

  August 09, 2024 12:00 IST

  On August 15, the Kolkata Metro said the regular metro services will be available from 6: 50 AM to 9:40 PM.

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  Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, former Bengal chief minister, dies at 80

  August 08, 2024 11:25 IST

  Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, former Chief Minister of West Bengal, died at his Kolkata home on Thursday. He was 80 and had been suffering from old age-related ailments.

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  West Bengal Cabinet rejig: Portfolios of four ministers, including Babul Supriyo, reshuffled | List

  August 08, 2024 6:09 IST

  The changes included entrusting some of these ministers with additional responsibilities over and above their current portfolios.

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  Bengal Minister Akhil Giri agrees to resign after Mamata's intervention in forest official row

  August 05, 2024 7:09 IST

  West Bengal Jails Minister Akhil Giri said he will continue to serve as an MLA even after resigning as a minister. Giri said would step down but won't apologise to the forest official.

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  Mamata takes stern stand over Bengal minister Akhil Giri's 'abusive' video: 'Apologise or resign'

  August 04, 2024 19:19 IST

  Akhil Giri on Saturday (August 3) stoked controversy after he was seen in video clip threatening and verbally abusing a woman official of the state forest department and her team for allegedly removing encroachments on its land in Purba Medinipur district.