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TopicRG Kar rape-murder

Topic: RG Kar rape-murder

Father of RG Kar rape & murder victim accuses police of ‘assaulting’ wife during rally

The victim’s father alleged his wife was hit by 3-4 women police during ‘Nabanna Abhiyan’ rally & later denied admission in a hospital. He says he will seek legal recourse.

Calm on the surface, unease below: 10 months after rape-murder case, RG Kar campus still seeks answers

Presence of CISF personnel has brought semblance of security to the hospital. But, medical students & interns voice their frustration over lack of progress in investigation.

BJP leader calls Mamata ‘disgrace to Bengal’ after the CM faces protests during her speech at Oxford

BJP's Amit Malviya shared a video where he claimed people from Bengali Hindu community confronted the CM about RG Kar case, crimes against women in Sandeshkhali & widespread corruption.

RG Kar and Sharon Raj verdicts are saying something about who we are. And it’s not good

The parallel narratives—one of institutional violence, another of intimate violence—force us to confront uncomfortable questions.

RG Kar case falls in ‘rarest of rare’ doctrine. Sanjay Roy deserves death penalty

Post Nirbhaya case, the existing laws were altered and policy was made stringent. The facts of the case squarely fall under the prevailing norms and thus capital punishment is what the accused deserves.

RG Kar rape, murder: CBI moves Calcutta High Court seeking death penalty for convict Sanjay Roy

Earlier this week, a Kolkata sessions court sentenced the sole accused to life imprisonment until death.

Death penalty in Sharon Raj murder case, life term to RG Kar rape-murder convict? Here’s why

Both courts acknowledged that death penalty can only be granted in 'rarest of rare' cases.

CBI to seek death penalty for accused in R.G. Kar rape case after court announces life imprisonment

Earlier today, the Bengal government also appealed to the high court, seeking death for sole convict Sanjay Roy.

West Bengal govt seeks death penalty in RG Kar rape case, Calcutta HC to hear case on 27 January

The Sealdah Civil and Criminal Court has handed life imprisonment for sole accused Sanjay Roy in the horrific rape-and-murder case.

How Kolkata court relied on forensic evidence to convict Sanjay Roy in RG Kar rape-murder case

Sentencing Roy to life in prison, a Kolkata court said Monday that the case didn’t meet the criteria to be classified as ‘rarest of rare’, and therefore, did not merit death penalty.

On Camera

How Gen-Z is changing the violent extremist landscape online

The evolving extremist threat now hinges on young people online, demanding new strategies beyond traditional counter-terror models.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.