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WB govt forms SIT to probe financial irregularities at Kolkata’s RG Kar Hospital

According to govt notice, SIT will have the liberty to access relevant documents from govt depts and private agencies. The team has been directed to submit its report within one month.

Kolkata doctor’s autopsy report says she was ‘strangulated’, finds ‘evidence of forceful penetration’

Postmortem was conducted by team of three doctors at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on 9 August. Their report identifies all injuries as ante-mortem (before death).

No central law in pipeline for protection of healthcare personnel, says health ministry

Health ministry has issued order to increase security by 25% in all central govt medical hospitals. States have laws to protect healthcare workers, says a senior health official.

1 arrested for sharing Kolkata rape-murder victim’s photo, threatening Mamata Banerjee

The trainee medic was raped and murdered while on duty in the city’s prestigious R.G. Kar Hospital, a horrific crime that has triggered nationwide protests, and calls for Mamata’s resignation.

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.

Congress attacks BJP after LoP Rahul Gandhi made to sit in ‘5th row’ at I-Day ceremony

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Mamata govt’s new programme to ensure women’s safety includes SOS app, request to ‘avoid night duty’

Following the rape & murder of a Kolkata trainee doctor, West Bengal govt has introduced 'Rattirer Shathi' programme to enhance safety of women working night shifts. What it says.

Kolkata Police’s reputation hits a new low with RG Kar rape-murder transferred to CBI

Kolkata Police commissioner Vineet Goyal has defended his team amid widespread criticism for the handling of the RG Kar rape-murder case. Most severe has been the Calcutta High Court's observations.

I am a woman doctor and I was taught to keep quiet. Kolkata rape shattered my bubble

We kept quiet because of the fear of upsetting our higher-ups, who could fail us in our training exams. We kept quiet because our female seniors had been one lucky moment away from getting raped.

Kolkata has a Trust Deficit Disorder. RG Kar rape shows it’s reaching tipping point

The disorder following the RG Kar rape-murder is casting a long, dark shadow on Mamata Banerjee’s chief ministership, perhaps longer and darker than any other in her 13 years in power.

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History teaching requires revision more than textbooks

The kinds of revisions we’re seeing remove the very skills that make historical thinking meaningful. The result is a citizen who either dismisses history entirely or defends it without support.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?