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Topic: Kolkata

Doctors on strike over Kolkata rape-murder to provide OPD services outside Delhi’s Nirman Bhawan

Resident doctors will be available to provide elective OPD services in around 36 specialties, according to statement by AIIMS RDA. Doctors’ strike in capital now entering its 2nd week.

Kolkata doctor’s rape-murder reflects ‘systemic failure of justice & governance’ — Urdu press

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

Filthy toilets, no place to sleep, no CCTV–why night shifts are longer for women doctors

A doctor from Kolkata shared that doctor duty rooms often have either glass or wooden doors that don't even have a latch, making it difficult for them to catch some sleep.

Kolkata rape-murder: 19 arrested for ‘involvement’ in mob violence, vandalism at RG Kar hospital

A mob of around 7,000 people had invaded RG Kar Hospital, attacking protesting doctors and medical students. Police say 5 of those arrested were 'identified by social media feedback'.

IMA condemns Kolkata rape-murder case, to halt non-emergency services on 17 August for 24 hours

According to the medical association, OPDs and elective surgeries across the country will be halted starting 6 am. They also sought the safety of doctors.

‘She saved lives, who saved hers?’ Women hit the streets in midnight protest over doctor’s rape-murder

In Delhi, protest marches were held outside AIIMS & in CR Park; in Bengaluru, hundreds gathered in front of Town Hall; and in Kolkata, outside RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

Crime scene fine, says Kolkata Police after vandalism in R.G. Kar where medic was raped, murdered

On Wednesday night, a mob entered the hospital and wrecked the site of the protest, attacking vehicles and public property.

Punish without delay perpetrators of crimes against women, says Modi as protests rock Kolkata

In his I-Day speech, the PM said society and governments will have to take atrocities against women seriously. Last week, a junior doctor was raped and murdered in Kolkata’s R.G. Kar hospital.

RG Kar hospital vandalised amid Kolkata rape-murder protests. ‘Mob came with swords, pulled out wires’

Miscreants broke through barricades, damaged gates & overturned a Kolkata Police post and several vehicles, say Kolkata Police, who have blamed incident on a 'malicious media campaign.'

‘Attempt to save accused,’ Rahul Gandhi hits out at INDIA ally Mamata over junior doc’s rape & murder

Gandhi has called for serious punishment and said the horrific crime had enraged the whole country.

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Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.