Earlier in the day, court asked RG Kar's former principal Sandip Ghosh to go on leave. This comes after Ghosh's transfer after his resignation from RG Kar College triggered protests.
Former principal of R.G. Kar Hospital was made head of Calcutta Medical College by the Mamata govt; high court demands leave application by 3 pm Tuesday.
Federation of Resident Doctors Association has launched a nationwide strike, demanding justice for the trainee doctor. A CBI probe tops their list of demands.
CM Mamata Banerjee assures doctor's parents of bringing guilty to book, deploys additional police forces as protests grow. BJP targets CM, urges parents to seek CBI probe.
A globalised India is a project of imagination. It must model itself after 19th century Kolkata, as it seeks to integrate with the economic powerhouses to its East.
The solutions to Kolkata’s problems are civic infrastructure, jobs, education, and housing, not merely hawker-free pavements. Mamata is learning the wrong lessons from TMC’s history.
HC ordered Faizan Ahmed’s body to be exhumed for a forensic examination by court-appointed expert after preliminary report from 2023 showed gaps & injuries on arms inflicted after death.
Widespread destruction is visible across coastal areas of West Bengal with roofs of thatched huts blown away, trees uprooted and electric poles knocked down.
Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.
21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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