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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.

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BBC scandal: Britain’s elite establishment is rapidly sinking

The impact of all this upheaval is unmooring. We search for the BBC to confirm that Britain still exists and find it missing.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.