Women actors wrote to the West Bengal Tele Academy, demanding a safer work environment. The state govt has also reportedly formed an 'unbiased committee' to probe allegations.
Junior doctors on strike have demanded talks with state govt be live-streamed, include representation from all medical colleges & resignations of key officials over handling of RG Kar case.
The top court Monday directed the protesting resident doctors to resume work by 5PM Tuesday and said no adverse action shall be taken against them on resumption of work.
Striking junior doctors demand resignation of state health secretary and DHE with a rally to Swasthya Bhavan in Salt Lake, defying SC orders to resume duties amid ongoing protests.
In the Monday hearing, SG Tushar Mehta shared a report in a sealed cover & informed the 3-judge bench that forensic samples had been sent to AIIMS for further investigation.
At a hearing of West Bengal's most closely watched case, when Sanjoy Roy's lawyer sought bail saying her client was innocent, there was pin-drop silence on the CBI side.
I asked the protestors at a vigil for the RG Kar doctor this question. Many had a one-word answer: resign. But there were more considered replies, too.
Probing alleged financial irregularities, CBI has arrested former RG Kar principal Dr Sandip Ghosh, his ‘close aides’ Biplab Singha and Suman Hazra, along with bodyguard Afsar Ali.
On 23 Aug, the HC ordered transfer of the probe into alleged financial irregularities from a state-constituted Special Investigation Team to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Dr Akhtar Ali, ex-deputy superintendent of the facility, has raised concerns that corruption at RG Kar Hospital might be linked to rape-murder of the trainee doctor.
Operation Sindhoor came as a blessing for Asim Munir. He could claim to have “won a war” and get promoted to a field marshal’s post. But the narrative hasn’t held.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
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.
Paoli Dam and Swastika Mukherjee are most certainly not “powerful” actors. Not even average actors.
Sleaze and sex scenes does not make one a powerful actor.
To place their names alongside the venerable Aparna Sen is an insult to her.
Paoli Dam and Swastika Mukherjee are most certainly not “powerful” actors. Not even average actors.
Sleaze and sex scenes does not make one a powerful actor.
To place their names alongside the venerable Aparna Sen is an insult to her.