Sandip Ghosh's wife purchased 2 properties without proper approval from Bengal govt: ED
The Enforcement Directorate Tuesday claimed that the wife of Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, purchased two immovable assets without "proper approval" from West Bengal government authorities.
The federal agency alleged in a statement that it has "found" documents related to about half-a-dozen houses, flats and a farmhouse owned by the doctor couple during searches conducted against them and their "close relatives" on September 6 at seven locations in Kolkata.
Bengal Cabinet okays proposal to set up more 5 POCSO courts
The West Bengal Cabinet on Tuesday gave its nod to a proposal to set up five more special POCSO courts in the state, taking the total number of such courts to 67 Minister of State for Finance Chandrima Bhattacharya said.
The decision came when the state is rocked by the protests against the rape and murder of an on-duty doctor in the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
Bhattacharya said the step was taken to quickly dispose of cases linked to child sexual abuse.
RG Kar incident: Agitating junior docs defy SC order to rejoin work, reject Mamata’s offer for talks
Protesting junior doctors in West Bengal defied a Supreme Court order, asking them to resume work by 5 pm on Tuesday, and said they would continue with their protest till their demands were fulfilled and the rape and murder victim of the RG Kar Hospital was given justice.
As the medicos continued to protest for the 32nd day on Tuesday, demanding the removal of the Kolkata police commissioner and several top state health department officials, the state government said Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to the protesters, inviting them for a meeting at the secretariat to resolve the impasse over the incident.
Protesting doctors reject Mamata’s invite for talks to resolve impasse over RG Kar hospital issue
Taking exception to the “language of the email”, agitating junior doctors on Tuesday rejected West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s invitation for talks at the state secretariat to resolve the impasse over the RG Kar hospital issue.
“Your small delegation (maximum 10 persons) may visit ‘Nabanna’ now to meet government representatives,” the email sent by the state’s Health Secretary N S Nigam to the protesting medics on Tuesday evening had stated.
Not satisfied with Mamata Banerjee's role in the case, she did not do any work, says victim's father
Rapes are everywhere..., says Ganguly's wife: Report
Dona Ganguly, wife of legendary cricketer Sourav Ganguly, expressed her opinion about the Supreme Court's order. "So many people are getting sick, many are losing their lives. Human diseases are not decreasing. And rapes are everywhere. But where are so many protests like West Bengal? Although protest is a matter of pride for us. We played the country of cards today too, that too is a protest tune of Rabindranath. I hope justice will be found soon," as per a media report.
It has become evident that their intentions are not genuine demands for #JusticeForRGKar or constructive solutions to the current crisis. Rather, their actions are calculated to create sufficient turmoil, ensuring they remain in the spotlight. This is not a quest for justice, but a bid for publicity, says TMC's Nilanjan Das
Videos of accused Sanjoy Roy having sex with corpses recovered from his phone, report claims
The CBI is trying to find answers to all these questions by investigating the murder and rape of a young doctor-student. According to the sources of the investigators, some videos have been recovered from the mobile phone of the accused, which are inside the morgue of the medical college. Where the photograph of the victim's intercourse was found with the dead body, as per a media report.
RSS has pledged to support all measures taken by the @MamataOfficial Govt: TMC's Nilanjan Das
Doctors in Bengal continue with cease work, sit-in outside 'Swasthya Bhavan'
Defying Supreme Court's directive to join duties by 5 PM on September 10, protesting junior doctors in West Bengal continued with their cease work for the 33rd day on Wednesday to press their demand for justice for a medic who was allegedly raped and murdered at a state-run hospital here last month.
The junior doctors also continued their sit-in outside Swasthya Bhawan, the headquarters of the state health department, for the second day, demanding that the Kolkata Police commissioner and senior health officials be removed from their posts.
Come and speak to the doctors, they are like your children. What are you waiting for: BJP leader Agnimitra Paul
Agitating junior doctors say they have written to Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee seeking appointment for meeting to resolve impasse.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee
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Mamata govt replies to doctors' letter, invites 12-15 representatives for talks at Nabanna at 6 pm today
TMC leader calls agitating doctors 'anti-national' for defying SC directive
TMC leader has criticized the agitating medics for defying the Supreme Court directive to rejoin work by 5 PM on Tuesday and has dubbed the protesting doctors as “anti-nationals”.
In a purported video clip, TMC leader Chandan Mukhopadhyay, a panchayat leader of Baduria in North 24 Parganas, was seen making the remarks at a party programme.
Agitating doctors write back to Bengal govt, seek to send 30 representatives at meeting in presence of CM
West Bengal Medical Council organises rally over R G Kar rape-murder case
Pro-BJP intellectuals rally in Kolkata to protest RG Kar case
Pro-BJP intellectuals, including party leader and actor Mithun Chakraborty, took out a rally in the city on Wednesday demanding justice for the woman doctor who was raped and murdered at RG Kar hospital last month.
Led by Chakraborty and former Union minister Subhas Sarkar, hundreds of BJP activists and saffron-leaning intellectuals participated in the rally, which was organised to commemorate Swami Vivekananda's historic speech at Chicago's Parliament of the World's Religions in 1893 on this day. (PTI)