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.
The 10 August memo appears to be undersigned by ex-principal Dr Sandip Ghosh. A video that went viral same day purportedly showed construction & demolition work next to crime scene.
Fauja Singh, 114, died after being hit by a speeding car. His death renews questions about India’s deadly roads, rising accidents, and poor traffic discipline.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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