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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.

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.

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.

Kolkata doctors protest spreads to Delhi & Mumbai

The Indian Medical Association has declared Friday All India Protest Day, so that the government takes the lack of security doctors face, seriously.

On Camera

Maharashtra, Odisha women cash schemes drive financial autonomy, alter household spending—EAC-PM paper

Paper finds male relatives of women getting cash transfers in Maharashtra spend 49% less, save 23% more monthly, while women’s own spending is up 46%. Odisha also shows dip in men's spends.

DIA effect: Canada steams ahead with TKMS for new submarines, India’s P 75I still in works

Ottawa has handed over execution functions of critical defence projects to a CEO-led organisation for reducing procurement timelines and making it solely accountable for outcomes.

Congress is ceding ground to BJP on nationalism. It’s pushing India towards one-party system

The Congress party’s abandonment of nationalism is the most intriguing aspect of its post-2014 politics. The real Congress was never a party of bleeding heart pacifists.