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Topic: RG Kar rape-murder

Kejriwal making way for Atishi a good start. Now, improve Delhi governance to secure another term

The bail conditions left little reason for Arvind Kejriwal to remain Delhi’s CM. Making way for Atishi was a deft political move. AAP needs...

IAS, IPS reshuffle won’t do. Mamata Banerjee must change advisors, improve MLA connect

The RG Kar incident became the nucleus around which public angst against years of rot coalesced; as a former street fighter, the CM needs to worry about her MLAs’ lack of ground connect.

SC commences hearing on case related to rape-murder of doctor in Kolkata’s RG Kar hospital

A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra is hearing the matter.

Bengal’s protesting doctors reach Delhi to be ‘heard’; in Kolkata, Mamata concedes to some demands

The doctors have asked for transparency in the RG Kar case & higher security for medical professionals. CM Banerjee accepts their demand for removal of top police, health officials.

Sandip Ghosh introduced ‘new theory of suicide’ in RG Kar case, didn’t make complaint promptly, says CBI

In its remand copy, CBI alleged Ghosh & police officer Abhijit Mondal were in touch at 10.03 am on day of the crime while the police outpost was informed about crime at 10.10 am.

Rape isn’t just a Bengal problem. It’s a wake-up call for police, courts and schools

The path forward involves acknowledging the severity of the issue, implementing meaningful reforms, and fostering a culture of respect and justice.

Kolkata rape-murder: CBI arrests RG Kar ex-head Sandip Ghosh, cop for ‘evidence tampering, delay in FIR’

While Ghosh is already in jail facing charges of financial irregularities at RG Kar hospital during his tenure, Tala police station in-charge was arrested after interrogation.

Mamata makes a move, visits protest site & urges doctors to return to work. ‘Came here as your Didi’

This is the first time Mamata met the junior doctors protesting over RG Kar rape-murder for the past 33 days. While she urged them to return to work, they refused to end stir.

Round 1 goes to Mamata in face-off with doctors. And it’s not over yet

Master politician Mamata Banerjee has outmanoeuvred agitating doctors, leaving them stunned, dumbfounded, and looking somewhat foolish. While she emerged practically smelling of roses.

Mamata says ‘ready to quit’ as protesting doctors refuse meeting with her unless it’s live-streamed

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.

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Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

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.