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  • No politics please but protests will go on: Maidan Big Three

    Kolkata: The city’s three big clubs have pledged support to the justice-seeking protest following the murder of a junior doctor at a city hospital, saying it should be devoid of “any political colour” and not get in the way ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    Former TMC MP Mimi Chakraborty receives rape threats over post on Kolkata hospital rape-murder

    Mimi Chakraborty NEW DELHI: Former TMC MP and actor Mimi Chakraborty claimed on Tuesday that she has been receiving rape threats following her posts related to the ongoing protests over the rape-murder incident at RG Kar Medical College ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    Former RG Kar hospital official moves HC, seeks ED probe against ex-principal Sandip Ghosh

    NEW DELHI: a former deputy superintendent of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Akhtar Ali, approached the calcutta high court, seeking an Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigation into financial irregularities allegedly committed by ex-principal Sandip Ghosh. Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj granted ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    Protest continues as doctors awaits justice in Kolkata rape and murder case

    NEW DELHI: Doctors in Kolkata are protesting over the rape and murder of a junior doctor at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9. Medical professionals, including those from the National Institute of Homeopathy, are demanding ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    KP identifies 32 Pak, Bangla accounts spreading fake news

    Kolkata: Online account-holders from Pakistan and Bangladesh are among those who have been summoned by Kolkata Police for spreading fake information on the rape-and-murder of the RG Kar PGT doctor. Till Tuesday evening, police sent summons to 310 people, ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: A list of allegations against ex- principal Dr Sandip Ghosh

    NEW DELHI: Dr Sandip Ghosh, the sacked principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, has been described as "highly corrupt" by former colleagues at the institution. Ghosh has come under intense scrutiny following the alleged rape ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata hospital case: TMC MP Sukhendu Roy enters into pact with West Bengal govt, takes down posts on X

    Sukhendu Sekhar Roy KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress (TMC) Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy on Tuesday told Calcutta HC he had deleted the contentious posts on X on the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-and-murder protests that had prompted ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    Potato price may go down as CM steps in

    Kolkata: Potato price, which have spiked by Rs 2-3/kg, is expected to drop and supply normalise after potato traders ended their strike on Tuesday and promised seamless unloading from cold storages across Bengal. The impasse ended after CM Mamata ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    Jr docs to protest till CBI submits interim report

    Kolkata: The Supreme Court on Tuesday appealed to the doctors to go back to work but the junior doctors have decided to continue with their protests as of now. They said they saw a flicker of hope after the ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    CBI warns against social media misinfo

    Kolkata: The CBI on Tuesday issued a clarification on a ‘fake letter’ being circulated on social media in connection with the probe into the rape and murder of the trainee doctor at RG Kar hospital.The agency has noted that ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    HAM operators, hosp official reunite woman with family

    Kolkata: She could have got lost had the assistant superintendent of the Diamond Harbour Medical College and amateur radio operators not intervened. It was beyond her call of duty but assistant super Mahasweta Dey decided to look for the ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata hospital horror: Parents cried murder at 3pm but FIR was lodged only at 11.45pm. Why the delay?

    Women take out a protest march in Balurghat on Tuesday KOLKATA: The parents of the postgraduate resident doctor whose body was discovered in a seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on Aug 9 first raised the ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    Who spread suicide claim? Kolkata doctor’s colleagues say story originated in ex-principal’s office

    Police detain an ABVP activist during a protest in Kolkata on Tuesday KOLKATA: Colleagues of the 31-year-old postgraduate resident doctor whose body was found in the seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on Aug ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    National Award-winning director Utpalendu Chakraborty passes away at 76

    KOLKATA: National Awardwinning director Utpalendu Chakraborty — known for feature films like “Moyna Tadanta” (1982), “Chokh” (1983), “Debshishu” (1985), “Debshishu” (1985), “Chandaneer” (1989), the unreleased “Prasab”, and documentaries on Debabrata Biswas and the music of Satyajit Ray — passed ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    Trakila sprints away

    Kolkata: The Calcutta Juvenile Sprint saw Aashay Doctor-nursed Trakila coming up triumphant in the hands of Yash Narredu at the RCTC on Tuesday. The daughter of Nickel Chome thus remained unbeaten in all her three starts.Calcutta results1. (1-5-8) Tender ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    Lahiri named bowling coach in Duleep

    Kolkata: Former Bengal spinner Sourashis Lahiri was named the bowling coach of Team ‘B’ in the upcoming four-team Duleep Trophy tournament scheduled to be held in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh and M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru next month. Lahiri will ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    TMC MP deletes posts; won’t act against him, state tells HC

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress’s Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy on Tuesday told Calcutta High Court he had deleted the contentious posts on X that had prompted Kolkata Police to summon him for spreading misinformation, adding that he had spoken ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    Apex court’s order ‘timely’ and ‘need of the hour’: TMC

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court’s order and observations in connection with the rape-murder of a PGT intern at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, calling it “timely” and the “need of the hour”.“The order and ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    Work begins on procurement units for MSME sector exports

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt has started work to develop ‘buying houses’ in different districts to facilitate MSME sector exports, state minister for industry, commerce and enterprises Shashi Panja said on Tuesday.‘Buying house’ is a place where local manufacturers or ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    50 named in FIRs for revealing doc identity

    Kolkata: Former R G Kar principal Sandip Ghosh is among the 50 people against whom Kolkata Police has lodged multiple FIRs for revealing the victim’s identity and posting her photographs. Ghosh has been asked to appear before police by ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    Health dept calls former deputy super who reported on graft

    Kolkata: Akhtar Ali, deputy superintendent of Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital, was called to the state health department on Tuesday. Ali, during his tenure as the deputy superintendent at R G Kar a year ago, had written to the ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    Neighbour held for molesting 5-yr-old

    Kolkata: A man was arrested from Entally for allegedly molesting a five-year-old child on Tuesday morning. Police said the accused had convinced the child to follow him to a deserted spot, where he assaulted her.

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    Sector V IT employees take out rally for justice

    Kolkata: Thousands of IT employees raised the ‘We want justice’ slogan at the rally held in Sector V’s IT hub on Tuesday evening to protest against the RG Kar rape and murder incident. Starting from Webel More around 6pm, ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    South Kol spared, north gets waterlogged

    Kolkata: Several areas of north and central Kolkata were waterlogged following a spell of heavy rain on Tuesday afternoon and presence of a high tide in the Hooghly. However, large parts of south Kolkata did not receive such heavy ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    Bengal guv meets Prez, VP; speaks to doc’s parents

    Kolkata: Bengal governor C V Ananda Bose, who was in Delhi, met President Droupadi Murmu and Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday. There is speculation that he may have updated the President on the law and order situation following the ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    KP slaps cheating, corruption charges on RG Kar ex-principal

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police on Monday registered an FIR against Sandip Ghosh, former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, at the Tala police station, charging him with criminal conspiracy and cheating. A case has also been filed under ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    Unbeaten EB crush Rainbow 2-0

    Kolkata: East Bengal juggernaut continued to roll on in the CFL Premier Division, this time brushing Rainbow AC 2-0 on Tuesday to consolidate their position at the top. With their sixth win on the trot and 28 points from ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    Evidence has been tampered with: Victim’s parents

    Kolkata: The RG Kar victim’s parents on Tuesday said they trust the judiciary to deliver justice but suspected that evidence may have been tampered with.“There has been an attempt to destroy evidence. And it’s not just me, the whole ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    Protest but ensure zero violence: Cops to citizens

    Kolkata: Cops have been reaching out to protesters and organisers of demonstrations, asking them to ensure “anti-socials and those prone to create trouble” don’t join them.“The message is simple. Protest but ensure there is no violence. We are asking ...

    20 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata police is criminalised and politicised...: Governor C V Ananda Bose on R G Kar hospital rape-murder case

    Governor C V Ananda Bose described the alleged rape and murder of a woman doctor in a Kolkata hospital as a 'most shameful moment' for society. He criticized the West Bengal government and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for their ...

    20 August 2024 Times of India
    Civic volunteer arrested for stealing ₹40K from retd judge

    Kolkata: A civic volunteer, attached with the Magrahat police station under the Diamond Harbour police district, has been arrested for stealing more than Rs 40,000 from a former sessions judge. Md Hasan Gazi (35) has been sent to police ...

    20 August 2024 Times of India
    Israfil’s treble helps MSC trounce Aryan

    Kolkata: Israfil Dewan struck a second-half hat-trick as three-time defending champions Mohammedan Sporting scripted a 4-1 comeback victory over Aryan Club in their CFL Premier Division match in Naihati on Monday. The win — which came after a couple ...

    20 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata rape-murder protests: Fake info from Pakistan, Bangladesh IP addresses keep police on their toes

    KOLKATA: Amid growing outrage over the brutal rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, city police have issued notices to around 280 people from West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar ...

    20 August 2024 Times of India
    Health secy meets govt med col heads

    Kolkata: Bengal health secretary Narayan Swarup Nigam on Monday convened a meeting with all principals of state-run medical colleges and hospitals, and discussed workplace security in the wake of the RG Kar Medical College rape-murder. The meeting took stock ...

    20 August 2024 Times of India
    Kunal gives CBI docus, speaks of Left-era ‘murder’

    Kolkata: Former TMC Rajya Sabha MP Kunal Ghosh went to the CBI office on Monday to submit some documents. After coming out of the central Kolkata office, Ghosh directed most of his comments at the Left era and its ...

    20 August 2024 Times of India
    Trakila on hat-trick

    Kolkata: The Calcutta Juvenile Sprint has just three youngsters in fray at the RCTC on Tuesday. The one who appeals most to win this sprint event is Aashay Doctor-nursed Trakila. The daughter of Nickel Chrome, a winner of two ...

    20 August 2024 Times of India
    If public rebels against docs, we won’t be able to help: TMC MP

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress’s Bankura MP Arup Chakraborty on Sunday said if people rebelled against doctors, party workers would not be able to help them.The party’s district brass had organised a protest march from Hindu High School grounds to Machantala ...

    20 August 2024 Times of India
    OPD footfall dips from 6,000 to 364 at RG Kar, drops by half at other govt hosps

    Kolkata: The busy teaching medical colleges in Kolkata that would have a sea of patients at their OPDs daily are now less crowded. While the slump in OPD footfall is true for all five teaching hospitals in the city, ...

    20 August 2024 Times of India
    Black profile pics on social media to mark Blackout Day

    Kolkata:A multitude of women observed Female Blackout Day from 8am to 9pm on Monday by posting completely dark profile photos to protest against the R G Kar rape and murder. Men and transgenders also joined the protest. This reaction ...

    20 August 2024 Times of India
    Make notes shorter: Calcutta HC to NHAI

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday read out Mark Twain to the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) when he had said “he was writing a long letter since he did not have the time to write a ...

    20 August 2024 Times of India
    Met: Light rain in Kol today, downpour in south Bengal

    Kolkata: The Met office has predicted rain with lower intensity in city from Tuesday onwards, but the downpour will continue in some South Bengal districts, including Murshidabad, Burdwan, Nadia and Bankura.Between Sunday and Monday evening, the city’s rain count ...

    20 August 2024 Times of India
    Night stay at police stn blurs EB-MB divide

    Kolkata: Several Mohun Bagan and East Bengal fans had to spend the night at police stations and face night-long interrogations over their alleged involvement in organising mass protests outside the Salt Lake Stadium on Sunday. The cops claimed their ...

    20 August 2024 Times of India
    Filtered water supply: BMC looks for firms

    Kolkata: The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has initiated the process to select agencies for implementing various works under the phase -1 programme of AMRUT 2.0 scheme, aimed at setting up the distribution network for supply of filtered water to ...

    20 August 2024 Times of India
    Security guard in cop net for sexual assault on 8-year-old

    Kolkata: A Class II girl, allegedly lured into a room from a playground by a stranger and threatened to be thrown off a building if she dared to tell anyone, identified her tormentor and got him arrested with her ...

    20 August 2024 Times of India
    Rakhi protest unites Kol, from edu campuses to hosp premises

    Kolkata: The city witnessed a different Raksha Bandhan on Monday as protests took over campuses and streets, with citizens tying rakhi on each other and pledging to stay united in the fight for justice. Medical students and junior doctors ...

    20 August 2024 Times of India
    TMC questions move as guv heads to Delhi

    Kolkata: Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose went to Delhi on Monday evening, amid protests against the RG Kar rape-murder. Before his departure, Bose met some female doctors at Raj Bhavan, and assured them the culprits would be brought to ...

    20 August 2024 Times of India
    UG phase II: Colleges get 27k applicants

    Kolkata: Over 27,000 fresh applicants applied for undergraduate courses through the centralized admission portal (CAP). In the first phase of admission, the department had identified 60,000 dropout students who did not participate in the first round of admission. In ...

    20 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata medico rape-murder case: CBI moves court for polygraph on accused

    The CBI team comes out of the victim’s Sodepur house on Monday KOLKATA: Hours after a CBI team recorded the statements of the R G Kar rape-and-murder victim's family on Monday, the agency moved court, requesting a polygraph test ...

    20 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata horror: Doc, cop on same side, thanks to SSKM mob fury after 15-year-old patient's death

    Subrata Sur, the injured PGT doctor at SSKM. KOLKATA: Amidst the continuing agitation by junior doctors, demanding justice for the RG Kar Medical College rape-murder victim and also for better security cover, a junior doctor was assaulted at IPGMER ...

    20 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata doctor horror: Ex-RG Kar head Sandip Ghosh falters during CBI quizzing

    Sandip Ghosh was questioned by CBI for the fourth consecutive day KOLKATA: Former RG Kar Medical College principal Sandip Ghosh was questioned by the CBI on Monday, the fourth consecutive day. After he came out of CBI's office at ...

    20 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: 1,000 escort senior doctors, who got cop notice, to Lalbazar

    Doctors march to Lalbazar on Monday KOLKATA: More than 1,000 doctors marched with their seniors Kunal Sarkar and Subarna Goswami to Kolkata Police headquarters on Monday. The duo was on their way to Lalbazar to respond to the police ...

    20 August 2024 Times of India
    'Indira... Mamata': Insta user in police net for post against Mamata Banerjee

    West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee KOLKATA: A 23-year-old college student from Lake Town was arrested for allegedly divulging the identity of the PGT doctor who was raped and murdered at RG Kar hospital on Aug 9. The woman, ...

    20 August 2024 Times of India
    Hosps, docs seek safer workplace but not curbs

    Kolkata: While some of the Bengal government’s steps for ensuring safety for working women are being appreciated, doctors and nurses said they did not support the pointer on avoiding night shifts as much as possible, terming such curbs regressive. ...

    19 August 2024 Times of India
    CBI quizzes former RG Kar medical college principal Sandip Ghosh in Kolkata doctor rape-murder case for 4th consecutive day

    Former RG Kar medical college principal Sandip Ghosh NEW DELHI: For the fourth consecutive day on Monday, CBI officers questioned Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of RG Kar Medical College, regarding the rape and murder of a woman ...

    19 August 2024 Times of India
    KP’s 15-member SIT to probe 4 vandalism FIRs

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Police has formed a 15-member Special investigation Team (SIT) to probe the vandalism on the R G Kar Hospital premises on the midnight of Aug 14. This team — with officers from detective department and the ...

    19 August 2024 Times of India
    RG Kar hospital horror: CM Mamata Banerjee has fixed rate card for rape victims, says parents' lawyer

    KOLKATA: The counsel representing the family of the 31-year-old doctor who was brutally raped and murdered at R G Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata has criticised West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's handling of the case. Read ...

    19 August 2024 Times of India
    RG Kar Hospital rape-murder: Situation in West Bengal will worsen in days to come, says Mithun Chakraborty

    KOLKATA: Actor-turned-politician Mithun Chakraborty has slammed the West Bengal government over the rape and murder of a doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. Read more: Kolkata Doctor Rape-Murder Case Live Updates: Doctors' march to begin ...

    19 August 2024 Times of India
    ‘SMEs raised ₹11k cr in last decade’

    Kolkata: Small and medium enterprises have raised Rs 11,000 crore in the last decade, said Shekhar Chaudhary, director of financial markets division, department of economic affairs of the Union govt. He was speaking at the 10th edition of the ...

    19 August 2024 Times of India
    Hidco plans underpass, subway to unclog roads

    Kolkata: Following the plan to set up vehicular underpasses in four different locations on the main arterial road in New Town, the Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation (Hidco) has further come up with plans to have a vehicular underpass and ...

    19 August 2024 Times of India
    BMC starts drive to remove defunct trident light poles

    Kolkata: The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started a drive to remove defunct trident light poles across Salt Lake. Civic officials said the decision to remove trident light poles was taken last year. “Work order was recently issued for ...

    19 August 2024 Times of India
    Pvt hospitals worry over backlog of non-emergency ops, diagnostic tests

    Kolkata: The OPD shutdown across private hospitals on Saturday has made scheduled appointments go haywire and forced hospital authorities to defer those which could lead to a delay of three to five days on an average or a week ...

    19 August 2024 Times of India
    Autopsy confirms 14 injuries, forceful penetration in Kolkata doctor rape-murder: Reports

    Doctors protest during a rally against the alleged rape and murder of a PG trainee doctor in Kolkata. KOLKATA: The autopsy report of the 31-year-old postgraduate trainee doctor from Kolkata's R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, who was ...

    19 August 2024 Times of India
    'There were three bodies, but our daughter was cremated first': Kolkata victim's father hints at intent to destroy evidence

    Doctors with others take part in a protest march against the sexual assault and murder of a PGT doctor, in Kolkata. (PTI photo) KOLKATA : The father of the junior doctor who was raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG ...

    19 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata horror: Healthcare services remain affected in West Bengal as junior doctors protest

    File photo NEW DELHI: Healthcare services at state-run hospitals in West Bengal were disrupted on Monday as junior doctors continued their cease-work protest over the rape and murder of a colleague from RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. The ...

    19 August 2024 Times of India
    RG Kar protests spill over to football pitch, unite MB, EB fans

    Kolkata: Thousands of Mohun Bagan and East Bengal fans were joined by some Mohammedan Sporting supporters as protests against the R G Kar rape-murder spilled over to the football field on Sunday evening.Protesters gathered outside the Salt Lake Stadium, ...

    19 August 2024 Times of India
    Will you ask K’taka CM to quit: TMC to Rahul after RG Kar barb

    Kolkata: Trinamool attacked Congress on the Karnataka CM issue on Sunday, three days after Rahul Gandhi’s “Kathua to Kolkata” remark over the rape and murder of a PGT doctor at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital.Most INDIA bloc ...

    19 August 2024 Times of India
    TMC heat on CBI over probe pace, BJP to up ante on govt

    Kolkata: Trinamool questioned CBI’s pace of probe in the RG Kar rape-murder case after the party’s two-day protests demanding speedy trial and capital punishment ended on Sunday.Trinamool Rajya Sabha member Sushmita Dev posted on X: “On August 16, Chief ...

    19 August 2024 Times of India
    State to distribute 6.6L rakhis today

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt is going to host Rakhi Bandhan on Monday in a grand way and it will be celebrated as Sanskriti Divas. The main programme will be held at Netaji Indoor Stadium to showcase inter-religious bonding and ...

    19 August 2024 Times of India
    Cops cite audio clips for 163 order

    Kolkata: Bidhannagar City Police on Sunday imposed prohibitory orders, under BNSS 163, in and around Salt Lake stadium from 4 pm till midnight, banning meetings and assembly of more than five persons. Senior cops held an emergency press conference ...

    19 August 2024 Times of India
    Protesters defy BNSS 163, waterlogged N Kol streets

    Kolkata: Braving the rain, hundreds congregated at Shyambazar 5-point crossing defying prohibitory orders on Sunday to reclaim the protest zone. On Saturday the Kolkata Police imposed Section 163 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — earlier Section 144 ...

    19 August 2024 Times of India
    Shami could play in a Ranji game for Bengal

    Kolkata: Mohammed Shami’s comeback path could well start at his home state, Bengal. The India pacer, currently undergoing rehabilitation following an ankle injury, is likely to test his recovery in a Ranji Trophy game. Although Bengal will start their ...

    19 August 2024 Times of India
    Protest by football fans hits Bypass traffic

    Kolkata: Traffic across Bypass was severely affected — longer detours rather than traffic jams — due to the agitation staged by fans of arch-rivals, East Bengal and Mohun Bagan, at Salt Lake all through Sunday evening to protest against ...

    19 August 2024 Times of India
    Security issues remain as Bagan, EB set for potential Durand final

    Kolkata: The Durand Cup organisers on Sunday announced the quarterfinals line-up with East Bengal FC and Mohun Bagan SG set for a potential final. In the quarterfinals, East Bengal will now face Lajong FC in Shillong on Wednesday and ...

    19 August 2024 Times of India
    Lalbazar seeks details of civic volunteers

    Kolkata: Lalbazar has requested detailed information about all civic volunteers working under the Kolkata Police. All units have been asked to collect and send the details at the earliest. This is based on the orders from the state home ...

    19 August 2024 Times of India
    On rainiest day this month, city gets more than 65 mm showers

    Kolkata: The city was drenched by a heavy downpour that continued for several hours between Sunday morning and afternoon and resumed in the evening after a brief lull, leaving several roads waterlogged and traffic crawling across thoroughfares. By 12 ...

    19 August 2024 Times of India
    IIT-Kgp honours Isro chair with Special Life Fellow Award

    Kolkata: Describing himself as a 100% ‘Made in India’ product, Isro chairman S Somanath on Sunday said the skills he acquired were derived from his experience at the Indian space agency.Somanath, who was awarded the Special Life Fellow Award ...

    19 August 2024 Times of India
    N 24 Parganas crematorium awaits unclaimed body to start functioning

    Kolkata: Gobardanga’s newly-constructed electric crematorium awaits inauguration due to a curious reason. As per convention, the first body to be cremated has to be an unclaimed one. But for the past several weeks, no such corpse has reached the ...

    19 August 2024 Times of India
    Lashka will be hard to toss

    Kolkata: LVR Deshmukh- nursed Lashka will be hard to beat in the second division of Salar Jung Cup at Malakpet on Monday. The daughter of Lucky will be guided by Akshay Kumar. Adbhut should strike in the first division ...

    19 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata medico rape-murder case: Ex-principal Sandip Ghosh's chats under CBI scanner

    Sandip Ghosh, Ex-principal of R G Kar Medical College KOLKATA: The CBI, probing the rape and murder of the R G Kar Medical College & Hospital doctor, questioned Sandip Ghosh - former principal of the institution - for ...

    19 August 2024 Times of India
    Why send people demanding justice to jail?: Doctor's family in Kolkata rape-murder case

    Doctors protest during a rally against the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, at Shyambazar, in Kolkata. (PTI Photo) KOLKATA: The father of the 31-year-old second-year post-graduate trainee doctor ...

    19 August 2024 Times of India
    Fewer dengue cases in BMC areas this year

    Kolkata: There has been a sharp decline in the number of dengue cases this year compared to last year’s tally in Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) areas of Salt Lake and Rajarhat-Gopalpur. According to a BMC data, only 36 dengue ...

    18 August 2024 Times of India
    Flying Scotsman treats rivals with contempt

    Kolkata: Against lucrative odds, Flying Scotsman from the stable of Shyam Habbu pulled off a resolutive win in the Awesome Cup here at the RCTC on Tuesday. It was the Destroyer who was installed as the firm favourite to ...

    18 August 2024 Times of India
    Kol rallies for speedy investigation, justice

    Kolkata: Protests continued in the city as several citizens raised their voices not only to demand speedy investigation by the CBI and justice for the R G Kar rape and murder victim but also to end the culture of ...

    18 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata doctor murder-rape: Doctors continue protest at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital

    NEW DELHI: Students and junior doctors at RG Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata continue their protest over the alleged rape and murder of a female colleague on August 9. This incident, which has shocked the nation, has ...

    18 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata Police issue summonses to former BJP MP and doctors for revealing identity of rape victim

    File photo NEW DELHI: Kolkata Police have issued summonses to former BJP MP Locket Chatterjee and two doctors, Dr. Kunal Sarkar and Dr. Subarna Goswami, along with 57 others. They are accused of allegedly spreading rumors and disclosing the ...

    18 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata doctor horror: TMC vs TMC over probe into police commissioner and former RG Kar principal Sandip Ghosh

    TMC leader Sukhendu Sekhar Roy (left) and Kunal Ghosh (right) NEW DELHI: Veteran Trinamool Congress MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy has called for the CBI to conduct a custodial interrogation of Kolkata police commissioner Vineet Goyal and the former principal ...

    18 August 2024 Times of India
    'She is a woman herself ...': Akhilesh Yadav defends Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata doctor's rape-murder case

    West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and Akhilesh Yadav NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav accused the BJP of politicising the rape and murder case of a doctor in Kolkata while defending West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee. He ...

    18 August 2024 Times of India
    ‘Abhishek should take a proactive role’

    Kolkata: Trinamool former Rajya Sabha MP Kunal Ghosh on Saturday said party general secretary Abhishek Banerjee should take a more “proactive” role under CM Mamata Banerjee’s leadership to blunt the BJP-Left narrative based on falsehoods and canards. Ghosh also ...

    18 August 2024 Times of India
    More rain in Kol over next 2-3 days: Met

    Kolkata: The city received intermittent spells of moderate rain on Saturday. Most parts of south Bengal, including Kolkata, are likely to experience light to moderate rain from Sunday to Tuesday due to a low-pressure area over northwest Bay of ...

    18 August 2024 Times of India
    City school presents unique annual concert

    Kolkata: DPS Megacity celebrated its educational journey of 20 years with the annual day concert on July 19 and 20 at the Science City Auditorium. The students and teachers showcased their vibrant and multifaceted talents through a resplendent pageant ...

    18 August 2024 Times of India
    'We are still stuck in 2012, politics to shift focus': Nirbhaya's mother on Kolkata's RG Kar rape-murder incident

    NEW DELHI: Asha Devi, the mother of Nirbhaya, expressed her outrage over the rape and murder of a female resident doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. She described the incident as "the most unfortunate thing ...

    18 August 2024 Times of India
    No meetings, no rallies: Kolkata Police imposes Section 163 amid protests over doctor's rape-murder at RG Kar Medical College

    KOLKATA: Amid ongoing protests against the rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, the police have imposed Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. This measure, effective ...

    18 August 2024 Times of India
    'Not the work of one person ...': Former NCW chief Rekha Sharma on Kolkata woman doctor rape-murder

    Former NCW chief Rekha Sharma (PTI/File photo) NEW DELHI: Former National Commission for Women (NCW) chief Rekha Sharma commented on the rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, suggesting ...

    18 August 2024 Times of India
    Did doctor pay price for knowing too much, ask parents & colleagues

    KOLKATA: Did the 31-year-old PGT doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital know something she was not supposed to? Did she have to pay the price for knowing those "secrets"? Was the rape and murder planned to silence ...

    18 August 2024 Times of India
    RPF constable groped me to ‘check gender’: Transwoman files FIR

    Kolkata: A group of transwomen who were heading to RG Kar Medical College on Friday to join the protest have filed an FIR alleging that one of them was groped by an RPF constable to check her ‘gender' at ...

    18 August 2024 Times of India
    Govt, private hosps keep OPDs shut as docs join IMA’s nationwide 24-hr strike

    Kolkata: OPD services and elective surgeries remained suspended largely in both govt and private hospitals across the state on Saturday. Sources said that OPD counters see less footfall on Saturdays. And since many knew about the OPD closure call, ...

    18 August 2024 Times of India
    Shantanu removed as KMC health adviser

    Kolkata: After being axed from the post of Trinamool spokesperson, Shantanu Sen was on Saturday removed from the post of adviser to Kolkata Municipal Corporation health department. Sen was appointed as an adviser to KMC health department on Jan ...

    18 August 2024 Times of India
    KP’s outreach plan on Rakhi

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police has decided to celebrate Rakhi Bandhan in a grand scale to develop greater acceptance and credibility after the R G Kar incident.“On the day of Rakhi, all divisions and traffic department of KP will observe Rakshi ...

    18 August 2024 Times of India
    Ratri Sathi app, breathalyzers at gates to make hosps safer

    Kolkata: The state govt on Saturday announced a slew of safety measures for female doctors working in hospitals. Among the steps announced on Saturday are creating safe zones for women and separate rest areas with toilets, regulating duty hours, ...

    18 August 2024 Times of India
    After 3 phases, survey finds 55k hawkers in Kol

    Kolkata: The hawker survey conducted by Kolkata Municipal Corporation has identified 55,000 hawkers in various hawking zones like the Gariahat-Ballygunge belt, New Market-Chowringhee belt, Hatibagan, Chandni Chowk, Sealdah, Bowbazar, College Street, S N Banerjee Road, BBD Bag, Burrabazar, Behala, ...

    18 August 2024 Times of India
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