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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicKolkata doctors protest

Topic: Kolkata doctors protest

RG Kar case: Kolkata court finds Sanjay Roy guilty of rape, murder of 31-yr-old trainee doctor

Court finds Sanjay Roy, sole accused in RG Kar case, guilty of rape and murder based on forensic evidence and DNA match. Quantum of punishment to be announced Monday.

R.G. Kar rape, murder: Junior doctors’ hunger strike enters 10th day, another medic hospitalised

3 junior medics, fasting in Kolkata and Siliguri, were admitted earlier in view of their failing health.

Is support reducing for Kolkata doctors? Mamata not the only one who has to course correct

West Bengal is ready to welcome its daughter home for Durga Puja, but the family is unable to keep the deep-rooted discord within from spilling out. At its head is Mamata Banerjee.

Junior doctors continue ‘cease work’ stir and sit-in, seek another meeting with Mamata Banerjee

Removal of Health Secretary is one of the key points in five-point demand. Doctors sought a thorough rundown on how govt wants to spend Rs 100cr allocated for their safety.

Bengal’s protesting doctors reach Delhi to be ‘heard’; in Kolkata, Mamata concedes to some demands

The doctors have asked for transparency in the RG Kar case & higher security for medical professionals. CM Banerjee accepts their demand for removal of top police, health officials.

India’s rise in global cricket administration & old Bollywood hits playing again in theatres near you

Global media also reported on the protests being held in Kolkata over rape-murder of a trainee doctor, as well as the floods in Bangladesh and how the country is blaming India for it.

Old rivalry to the fore as Rahul attacks INDIA ally Mamata over Kolkata doctor’s rape-murder

Bitter rivals in Bengal, the Congress and Trinamool have often targeted each other, even while in an alliance at the national level.

Protests continue in Delhi over Kolkata rape-murder. ‘Hospital should be safest place for doctors’

Protesters demand implementation of law to protect doctors; probe into rape-murder of junior doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital has been transferred to CBI.

After stabbing of Kerala doctor, renewed calls for central law to protect medical professionals 

In 2019, Modi govt had drafted a legislation seeking to penalise violence against medical professionals. The proposed law had to be shelved due to objections from MHA.

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Savitribai Phule made space for radical women misfits. She pioneered Satyashodhak modernity

The distinctiveness of her writing is evident in her compositions—women, shudras, and atishudras are at the center. Her poetry challenges the aesthetics of 'modern' Marathi literature.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.