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ED Conducts Raids Across Kolkata in Connection with Lottery Scam

The officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED), since Thursday morning, are conducting raids and search operations in and around Kolkata in connection with a multi-crore alleged financial fraud and money laundering through lottery tickets.

Nov 14, 2024

RG Kar tragedy: CBI to interrogate videographer recording autopsy of victim

R.G. Kar financial lapses: Illegal medicine purchase under CBI lens

Unauthorised purchase of medicines and equipment from a private agency has come under the scanner of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) which is probing the financial irregularities in R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.

Nov 13, 2024

Actor Manoj Mitra dies at 86; CM Mamata Bannerjee expresses condolences

Acclaimed thespian and actor Manoj Mitra, admired by critics for innovative theatrical productions and his innate acting style, passed away in Kolkata on Tuesday morning.

Nov 12, 2024

Kolkata Police books Mithun Chakraborty for statement at BJP programme

Kolkata Police has filed an FIR against the Dadasaheb Phalke Awardee actor and BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty based on a complaint accusing him of making a highly provocative statement at a party meeting here.

Nov 6, 2024

Vegetable prices sky-high in Bengal's retail markets ahead of Diwali

Vegetable prices in the retail markets of West Bengal, especially those in the state capital of Kolkata, have skyrocketed on the last Sunday before the festivities of Kali Puja and Diwali next week.

Oct 27, 2024

RG Kar protest: Hunger strike by junior doctors enters day 12

RG Kar case: Doctors' hunger strike enters day 12

The fast-unto-death demonstration by a group of junior doctors at Esplanade in central Kolkata in the aftermath of the rape and murder of a junior doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital, entered the 12th day on Wednesday.

Oct 16, 2024

Hunger strike by junior doctors enters 5th day

WB doctors' strike enters 11th day; SC to hear RG Kar case today

The fast-unto death demonstration by junior doctors against the ghastly rape and murder of a junior doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata has entered the 11th day on Tuesday.

Oct 15, 2024

Ratan Tata's legacy was giving back to society: Ex-director of Tata Medical Center

Former director of Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, Mammen Chandy recalled on Thursday that the legacy of acclaimed industrialist and philanthropist Ratan Tata was "wanting to give back to society".

Oct 10, 2024

RG Kar case: Sandip Ghosh's 10 confidant doctors expelled

The authorities of state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata have issued a notification announcing the decision to expel as many as 10 doctors, including interns, house staff and senior residents from the hospital.

Oct 6, 2024

RG Kar protests: Will withdraw agitation only after Bengal CM's promises are fulfilled, claim junior doctors' group

WB Doctors insist on Govt fulfilling all promises before withdrawing agitation

West Bengal Junior Doctors' Forum (WBJDF) has said that they will not withdraw their 'cease-work' protest in support of their demands over the horrific rape and murder of a junior doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata unless Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee removes key government officials as demanded by the junior doctors are being implemented in written agreement.

Sep 17, 2024

RG Kar protests: Will replace Kolkata Police Commissioner today, says West Bengal CM

RG Kar protests: Kolkata Police Commissioner to be replaced, says Mamata

Following a five-hour meeting with the delegation of West Bengal Junior Doctors' Forum, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said that the Trinamool Congress government has decided to replace the Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Kumar Goyal after 4 p.m. on Tuesday after the Supreme Court hearing over the horrific rape and murder of a junior doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata ends.

Sep 17, 2024

RG Kar case: CBI to interrogate Sandeep Ghosh, Abhijit Mondal on crucial points

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has now decided to interrogate Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital and ex-station house officer (SHO) of Tala Police Station Abhijit Mondal together to clarify some suspicious actions on part of both on the morning of August 9 when the body a junior doctor and victim of ghastly rape and murder was recovered from within the hospital premises.

Sep 16, 2024

RG Kar tragedy: Talks fail as junior doctors delegation seeks recording, refuses CM's invitation for a cup of tea

In a new twist, the scheduled meeting between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and a delegation of the West Bengal Junior Doctor's Forum (WBJDF), which has been protesting against the ghastly rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, could not take place on Saturday evening as they did not even enter her residence after she turned down their demand to allow either a live telecast or recording of the proceedings by their side also.

Sep 15, 2024

RG Kar tragedy: Junior doctors reach CM's residence, talks stalled over recording demand

A 30-strong delegation of junior doctors protesting against the ghastly rape and murder of a junior doctor of Kolkata's R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital reached Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's residence on Saturday evening for talks but the process was stalled by their demand for either a live telecast of the proceedings or recording by both sides.

Sep 15, 2024

30-member junior doctors' delegation head to Nabanna for 'talks' with Mamata

30-member doctors' delegation head to Nabanna for talks with Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

A delegation of 30 representatives of the West Bengal Junior Doctors Forum (WBJDF) left for state Secretariat Nabanna on Thursday for a meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on their demands over the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the state-run R.G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata last month.

Sep 12, 2024

RG Kar scam: CBI reaches residence of Trinamool MLA

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probing the financial irregularities case at state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata, on Thursday, arrived at the residence of four-time Trinamool Congress MLA from Serampore Assembly constituency in Hooghly district, Dr Sudipto Roy.

Sep 12, 2024

RG Kar case: CBI finds Sanjay Roy's polygraph test statements contradictory

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials probing the ghastly rape and murder of a woman doctor at the R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital have found discrepancies in the statements of Sanjay Roy, the arrested civil volunteer, during the polygraph test.

Sep 5, 2024

RG Kar case: Calls from overseas mobile number on Aug 9 under CBI scanner

Calls from an overseas mobile number to select officials and doctors of R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on the morning of August 9 are currently under the scanner of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing the rape and murder of a woman doctor.

Sep 4, 2024

RG Kar financial scam: Sandip Ghosh sent to 8 days CBI custody

A special court in Kolkata on Tuesday sent R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital's former principal Sandip Ghosh, arrested over alleged financial irregularities at the state-run college, to eight days Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody.

Sep 3, 2024

Will pass Bill to ensure capital punishment for rapists: Mamata Banerjee

Under fire after the ghastly rape and murder of a junior doctor at the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday that her government will pass a Bill in the Assembly to ensure capital punishment for convicts in rape and murder cases.

Aug 28, 2024

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