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ED raids six locations in Kolkata over RG Kar 'financial irregularities'

ED raids six Kolkata locations in RG Kar probe

September 17, 2024, 09:30 AM - 1 min read

Search operations were underway at the Sithi residence of TMC's Serampore MLA Sudipto Roy and the house of a medicine dealer, besides four other places.

Junior doctors to keep up protests until Mamata’s promises are met

Junior doctors to stay on strike until promises are kept

September 17, 2024, 08:50 AM - 2 min read

Agitating junior doctors will continue their strike and demonstrations until all promises made by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee are fulfilled, despite her announcement to remove key officials, including the Kolkata Police Commissioner.

India's tragic dichotomy of rape justice and porn consumed

September 4, 2024, 03:11 PM - 6 min read

Despite such massive protests demanding justice in the Kolkata rape case, the online market for rape videos continues to surge. These videos, sometimes sold for as little as 12 paise per clip, are being sold on encrypted apps like Telegram. The alarming demand for such content is feeding a growing online market, raising concerns among law enforcement officials and experts.

West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose (left), RG Kar hospital Ex-Principal Dr. Sandip Ghosh (right).

‘Beginning of the end’: WB Guv on Sandip Ghosh’s arrest

September 3, 2024, 02:39 AM - 1 min read

Incidentally, the arrest of Ghosh happened days after Bose met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi with the petition of the parents of the deceased woman medic at the RG Kar Hospital.

RSS demands swift justice for women amid rising atrocities

September 2, 2024, 03:50 PM - 1 min read

Sunil Ambekar, RSS Akhil Bharatiya Prachar Pramukh, condemned the recent violence against a female doctor in West Bengal as 'very unfortunate' and called for revisiting laws and penal actions to ensure swift justice, following a three-day national coordination conclave.

Mamata Banerjee with TMC MPs Sayoni Ghosh and June Malia walk at a protest march to demand fast-track investigation by the CBI.

'She isn't a mother': Victim's mother rues Mamata's empathy

August 31, 2024, 12:13 PM - 3 min read

The bereaved mother asserted that CM Banerjee, who is not a mother herself, cannot comprehend her profound loss.

Vice President Dhankhar during a public address.

VP Dhankhar condemns Kolkata rape-murder incident

August 30, 2024, 06:56 PM - 2 min read

"It is unfortunate to see the kind of fear girls and women have in their minds because of such incidents. President Murmu is a tribal woman herself. She has seen the ground reality. She rightly expressed in a media note that enough is enough for crime against women," Dhankhar said.

MP BJP accuses Cong of politicising Katni, ignoring Kolkata

August 30, 2024, 04:12 PM - 2 min read

The Madhya Pradesh BJP on Friday accused the Congress of playing politics over the Katni incident in which a woman and her grandson were beaten up by the Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel, and questioned the opposition party's "silence" over the rape-murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata.

SC's task force on doctors' safety to hold 1st meeting today

August 27, 2024, 08:28 AM - 2 min read

NTF was constituted the previous week after SC took suo moto cognisance of the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital which sparked widespread protests including by healthcare staff, impacting medical services.

12 years after Nirbhaya, Indian women are still unsafe

August 26, 2024, 05:14 PM - 5 min read

From the low conviction rate in rape cases to as many as 151 sitting lawmakers facing cases of crimes against women, India’s measures to counter rape need to address the system and go way beyond just strict laws, their timely execution must be ensured.