Voicing their anger over the rape and murder of a junior doctor at Kolkata’s R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, Indian-origin doctors from across the world have written a letter to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee seeking ...
22 August 2024 Indian ExpressAmid doctors holding protests for their security in medical colleges and hospitals after the RG Kar rape and murder case, West Bengal police have begun preparations to recruit retired police officers and retired army, navy and air force officials ...
22 August 2024 Indian ExpressThe Union Home Ministry on Wednesday informed the West Bengal government that the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) was ready to be deployed at Kolkata’s RG Kar Hospital where a junior doctor was raped and killed earlier this month.The ...
22 August 2024 Indian ExpressAn assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of the Kolkata Police, who is believed to be a close associate of the accused arrested in the rape and murder incident at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College, appeared before the Central Bureau of Investigation ...
22 August 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose reached out to the family of the trainee doctor who was allegedly raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9. In a phone call Tuesday afternoon, the ...
22 August 2024 Indian ExpressSetting aside the Calcutta High Court’s October 18, 2023 verdict advising adolescent girls to “control sexual urges”, the Supreme Court said Tuesday, “there are several statements and conclusions in the impugned judgment which, to say the least, are shocking. ...
22 August 2024 Indian ExpressA massive landslide at Dipu Dara near Singtam in East Sikkim on Tuesday morning damaged a dam on the Teesta river and affected the hydroelectric project. Over a dozen houses in the area were also damaged by the landslide, ...
21 August 2024 Indian ExpressOn Independence Day, a pregnant elephant died after a burning iron spear was thrown at her during attempts to drive a herd out of West Bengal’s Jhargram town.Three elephants with two calves took shelter on abandoned government land. Soon, ...
21 August 2024 Indian ExpressA scuffle broke out between police personnel and ABVP activists during a march to Swasthya Bhavan, the headquarters of the West Bengal health department, in Salt Lake area to protest against the alleged rape and murder of an RG ...
21 August 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose reached out to the family of the trainee doctor who was allegedly raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9. In a phone call Tuesday afternoon, the ...
21 August 2024 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal government on Monday announced setting up of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe into alleged financial irregularities at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital from January 2021.The period corresponds to the tenure of Dr ...
21 August 2024 Indian ExpressMeeting a delegation that expressed solidarity with those protesting the rape and murder at R G Kar Medical College, West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Monday said “democracy is declining” in West Bengal.The Governor’s remarks came during ...
20 August 2024 Indian ExpressSixteen external and nine internal injury marks, death due to manual strangulation and smothering, and forceful penetration – these are among findings of the post-mortem report of the junior doctor who was raped and murdered at Kolkata’s R G ...
20 August 2024 Indian ExpressStudents, doctors, YouTubers and leaders from both the BJP and the Trinamool Congress figure in a list of people who have been issued notices by the Kolkata Police — 280 in total — for allegedly spreading “misinformation” or “revealing ...
20 August 2024 Indian ExpressThe parents of the Jadavpur University ragging victim, whose tragic death by alleged suicide last year sent shockwaves across the nation, are reliving their agony with the alleged rape-murder of a woman doctor at R G Kar Medical College ...
20 August 2024 Indian ExpressTaking aim at the doctors’ strike following the rape and murder of a junior doctor at Kolkata’s R G Kar Medical College and Hospital earlier this month, TMC MP Arup Chakraborty said “we will not save you” if public ...
20 August 2024 Indian ExpressA second-year B.Com student has been arrested by Kolkata Police over allegations of sharing a “provocative social media post” against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.As per the police, the student is accused of inciting hatred and encouraging criminal ...
20 August 2024 Indian ExpressAs the country enters its 78th year of Independence, IIT Kharagpur also enters its 74th year of foundation on 18th August 2024 which was adorned by the eminent personalities. Amitabh Kant, India’s G-20 Sherpa and Former CEO of NITI ...
19 August 2024 Indian ExpressTwo Trinamool Congress workers, several men in their teens or 20s, and a couple of women — these are among people identified or arrested in connection with the vandalism at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on the night ...
19 August 2024 Indian ExpressReflecting the unease and an apparent divide within the ruling TMC in West Bengal over the handling of the case of the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, party ...
19 August 2024 Indian ExpressKolkata police have sent notices to two prominent doctors and a senior BJP leader, asking them to appear at the police headquarters at Lalbazar by 3 pm Sunday, as part of efforts to address the unlawful disclosure of the ...
19 August 2024 Indian ExpressAfter the Durand Cup match between Kolkata-based football clubs Mohun Bagan and East Bengal was cancelled after police said they could not provide security, supporters of the arch-rivals have decided to hold a joint protest against the R G ...
19 August 2024 Indian ExpressKolkata police on Saturday summoned several Left leaders, including Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI)’s West Bengal secretary Minakshi Mukherjee, and six other state level youth and student leaders of the CPIM, in connection with the case of vandalism ...
19 August 2024 Indian ExpressThe CBI will conduct a psychological assessment of Sanjay Roy, the accused in a rape-and-murder case of a doctor in Kolkata that has triggered nationwide protests, officials said on Saturday.A team of psychological and behavioural analysts from the Central ...
18 August 2024 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal Health and Family Welfare department Saturday withdrew the transfer order of 42 doctors, which they earlier claimed were “routine transfers”, after it triggered outrage accusing the government of being vindictive.It was alleged that doctors were targeted ...
18 August 2024 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal government on Saturday announced that they will introduce “Rattirer Sathi” (night companion) initiative to address the safety and security concerns of women in their workplaces along with hospitals.Chief Adviser to Chief Minister Alapan Bandyopadhyay announced a ...
18 August 2024 Indian ExpressCriticising the Union budget, Amit Mitra, the Principal Chief Adviser to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, termed it as a false promise of the government to generate employment.Taking a dig at the Centre, the former West Bengal finance minister claimed, ...
18 August 2024 Indian ExpressA two-member National Commission for Women (NCW) committee looking into the rape and murder of a woman doctor at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata has flagged the inadequate security and poor facilities at the hospital ...
18 August 2024 Indian ExpressThe Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Saturday continued its interrogation of the former Principal of Kolkara’s R G Kar Medical College and Hospital Dr Sandip Ghosh, in connection with the alleged rape and murder of a junior doctor at ...
18 August 2024 Indian ExpressCriticising the police over the mob violence and miscreants vandalising parts of R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, the Calcutta High Court on Friday said that it was an absolute failure of state machinery. The division bench said ...
18 August 2024 Indian ExpressSandeep Ghosh, the former principal of R G Kar medical college and hospital, where a junior doctor was raped and murdered on August 9, was on Friday questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation for over one and a ...
17 August 2024 Indian ExpressShe made an arresting image, hunched over in her white-and-beige saree with candle light shining on her face as she determinedly marched on, keeping pace with people half her age.On Wednesday, 90-year-old Maya Rani Chakraborty from Kolkata’s Joka marched ...
17 August 2024 Indian ExpressWhile the BJP was staging a protest Friday in West Bengal’s Shyambazar in Kolkata, alleging that the TMC is “destroying evidence” in the RG Kar Medical College rape and murder case, more than a hundred party supporters got into ...
17 August 2024 Indian ExpressAmid ongoing protests and public outrage over the rape and murder of a 31-year-old doctor at the state-run R G Kar Government Medical College and Hospital, TMC MP and national spokesperson Mahua Moitra took to social media Friday to ...
17 August 2024 Indian ExpressKolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal on Friday said the vandalism at R G Kar Medical College & Hospital on Wednesday night happened mainly due to “spontaneous huge gathering” although arrangements had been made to maintain law and order. “If ...
17 August 2024 Indian Express“If I accept money for my daughter’s death, it will hurt her. We need justice,” said the father of the R G Kar hospital rape and murder victim’s father to the media. “We have rejected the compensation and ...
17 August 2024 Indian ExpressAfter the late-night vandalism at Kolkata’s R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, police on Thursday arrested 12 people and are looking for dozens of others who were part of the mob.Late Wednesday night, as doctors gathered to protest ...
17 August 2024 Indian ExpressAn 80-year-old female doctor from Kolkata on Wednesday slammed Mamata Banerjee over the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.In a video posted online on the social media site ...
16 August 2024 Indian ExpressWith the outrage over the brutal rape and murder of a young doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital spilling to the streets, TMC MP and national spokesperson Mahua Moitra took to social media on Thursday evening to ...
16 August 2024 Indian ExpressBlaming Opposition parties the CPI(M) and the BJP for the midnight mob attack at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said fake videos are being made using artificial intelligence (AI) and ...
16 August 2024 Indian ExpressFive officials of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital were questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday in connection with the rape-murder of a junior doctor.Those questioned by the central agency belong to different departments of ...
16 August 2024 Indian ExpressHours after a violent mob stormed into R G Kar Medical College and Hospital and vandalised the area where people were protesting against the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the institute, Kolkata police Commissioner Vineet Goyal ...
16 August 2024 Indian ExpressIt’s almost 1 am. In the sleepy lanes of Jadavpur in south Kolkata, Rituparna Dutta, a doctor who has been practising in Kolkata for decades, is unaccompanied — but not alone. She drove here from her north Kolkata home, ...
16 August 2024 Indian ExpressShattered glass, damaged medical equipment, broken beds, and destroyed medicines could be seen scattered across rooms on Thursday morning following a night of violence and vandalism at the ground floor of the Emergency building at Kolkata’s R G Kar ...
16 August 2024 Indian ExpressOn the eve of India’s Independence Day, a young doctor found herself on the streets of Kolkata at midnight, not celebrating but demanding a fundamental right — safety. Unprecedented scenes were seen in Kolkata, in West Bengal, and beyond ...
16 August 2024 Indian ExpressAs midnight struck and India stepped into its 78th Independence Day, men, women, political leaders, and celebrities poured onto the streets, crossings and thoroughfares across West Bengal seeking justice and speedy investigation into the alleged rape and murder of ...
15 August 2024 Indian ExpressUNDER ATTACK from Opposition parties, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday alleged a “coordinated” effort by the BJP and CPI(M) to politicise the rape-murder of the junior doctor.Drawing parallels with the students’ unrest in Dhaka, she alleged ...
15 August 2024 Indian ExpressIn a late-night development, miscreants entered Kolkata’s R G Kar Medical College and Hospital and vandalised the area where people had gathered to protest against the rape and murder of a junior doctor who worked there.The miscreants allegedly attacked ...
15 August 2024 Indian ExpressAs doctors across the country remain up in arms, demanding justice for a 31-year-old doctor in Kolkata who was allegedly raped and murdered, the victim’s neighbours are reeling from shock.Fondly remembering the victim, the neighbours told The Indian Express ...
15 August 2024 Indian ExpressThe Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday took in its custody Sanjay Roy, the main accused in the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, a day after ...
15 August 2024 Indian ExpressWritten by Raajnandini MukherjeeA complaint has been filed against the former principal of Kolkata’s R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, Dr Sandip Ghosh, accusing him of disclosing the identity of the 31-year-old postgraduate trainee doctor who was allegedly ...
15 August 2024 Indian ExpressAhead of the 78th Independence Day, men, women, political leaders, and celebrities would seize the streets, crossings, and thoroughfares in West Bengal on Wednesday in a massive protest against the rape and murder of a woman doctor at the ...
15 August 2024 Indian ExpressIt was on May 13, 2023 that a complaint was lodged at Kalighat police station against Sanjay Roy, the man accused of raping and killing a junior doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College. It was from his wife, ...
15 August 2024 Indian ExpressLeft groups and the BJP on Tuesday accused authorities of Kolkata’s R G Kar Medical College and Hospital of attempting to tamper with evidence in connection with the rape and murder of a junior doctor on the campus.Pointing to ...
15 August 2024 Indian ExpressA special team of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from Delhi along with forensic and medical experts landed in Kolkata on Wednesday to initiate a probe in the case of the alleged rape and murder of a junior ...
15 August 2024 Indian ExpressAl Amin Mollah and his wife Ayesha travelled for nearly three hours from Basirhat in North 24 Parganas district to Kolkata for scheduled follow-up of their four-month-old son who was operated at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital ...
14 August 2024 Indian ExpressEminent Bengali filmmaker and social activist Aparna Sen on Tuesday expressed solidarity with those staging a protest over the rape and murder of a junior woman doctors at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital by joining the demonstrators ...
14 August 2024 Indian ExpressExpressing displeasure over the handling of the case of the alleged rape and murder of a junior doctor at R G Kar Medical College and observing that “there appears to be no significant progress in the investigation”, the Calcutta ...
14 August 2024 Indian ExpressSenior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday demanded the resignation of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her alleged failure to ensure the safety and security of women doctors at state-run hospitals.Asking people to hit the streets demanding ...
14 August 2024 Indian ExpressWith resident doctors of all medical college hospitals in West Bengal ramping up their protests and staying away from work following the rape and murder of a junior woman doctor at R G Kar Medical College Hospital in Kolkata, ...
14 August 2024 Indian ExpressTaking suo motu cognisance of the alleged rape and murder of a woman at R G Kar Medical College Hospital in Kolkata, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday sent notices to the director general of police (DGP) ...
14 August 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that if the police are unable to solve the case of the Kolkata medical college doctor’s rape and murder by the coming Sunday, the case would be handed over to ...
13 August 2024 Indian ExpressWith doctors from other hospitals and people from different walks of life joining in the ongoing demonstration, the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on Monday turned into a centre of protests over the brutal rape and ...
13 August 2024 Indian ExpressAl Amin Mollah and his wife Ayesha frantically looked for a doctor to attend to their four-month-old baby before leaving R G Kar Medical College Hospital, where a postgraduate trainee doctor was raped and murdered last week.“Our baby was ...
13 August 2024 Indian ExpressStudents of Calcutta National Medical College (CNMC) protested on Tuesday against the transfer to their college of Dr Sandip Ghosh, who resigned as principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital after a postgraduate trainee doctor was raped and ...
13 August 2024 Indian ExpressAmid reports of attacks on Bengali migrant workers in Odisha, West Bengal Chief Mamata Banerjee dialled her Odisha counterpart Mohan Charan Majhi’s number to seek his intervention, The Indian Express has learnt. The attacks come at a time of ...
13 August 2024 Indian ExpressHours after Dr Sandip Ghosh stepped down as the principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on Monday following widespread protests over the rape and murder of a woman trainee doctor, the West Bengal Government appointed him as ...
13 August 2024 Indian ExpressThe principal of Kolkata’s R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, Professor Sandip Ghosh, resigned on Monday in the wake of massive protests by resident doctors over the alleged rape and murder of a 31-year-old woman doctor. Ghosh’s resignation ...
13 August 2024 Indian ExpressProtesting resident doctors in West Bengal on Sunday night demanded a fast-track judicial inquiry into the alleged rape and murder of a woman doctor at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, the resignation of the principal, ...
13 August 2024 Indian ExpressTwo days after the horrific rape and murder of a young woman doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital came to light, the West Bengal government on Sunday removed hospital superintendent Sanjay Vashisth. Prof Bulbul Mukhopadhyay, Dean ...
12 August 2024 Indian ExpressKolkata Police investigating the alleged rape and murder of a young junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital said the preliminary findings suggest that the crime was committed “in a spontaneous manner” and the arrested accused, Sanjay ...
12 August 2024 Indian ExpressFrom making tickets in the Out-Patient Departments (OPDs) to providing elusive beds, to operation and tests — all possible but with a commission at Kolkata’s premier government hospital, R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, where a young woman ...
12 August 2024 Indian ExpressA day after the rape and murder of 31-year-old woman junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College, Opposition political parties including CPI(M), Congress and supporters took to the streets to protest against the incident.While CPIM state secretary Mohammed Salim ...
12 August 2024 Indian ExpressAmid protests against the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, another civic volunteer who allegedly threatened a lady doctor at Bhatar state general hospital on Friday night ...
12 August 2024 Indian ExpressNo CCTV coverage in sensitive areas, tout rackets, no proper rest rooms for on-call doctors, and no screening for outsiders entering at night — the doctors protesting the rape and murder of their colleague have alleged that these factors ...
12 August 2024 Indian ExpressSix months ago, her father bought her a car. Given her erratic work hours, he hoped it would keep her safe when she was driven home in the night.On Friday, the junior doctor’s body was found at at Kolkata’s ...
12 August 2024 Indian ExpressThe Border Security Force (BSF) sent back over a thousand Bangladeshi individuals assembled along the India-Bangla border in the Cooch Behar district of West Bengal on Friday. The crowd was trying to enter India from Nkhoaeesh.Sources in the BSF ...
11 August 2024 Indian ExpressThe recent agitation by doctors in West Bengal bears similarity with the week-long protests that rocked medical colleges in the state in 2019.The ongoing protest started after the semi-naked body of a woman postgraduate trainee (PGT) doctor was discovered ...
11 August 2024 Indian ExpressThe Kolkata Police Commissioner Saturday confirmed that a junior doctor who was found dead at the state-run R G Kar Medical College and Hospital was raped and murdered.“This is an unfortunate incident. Yesterday, at 10:30 am, the Tala police ...
11 August 2024 Indian ExpressChief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday called the death of a 31-year-old junior doctor whose body was found in a Kolkata Hospital “despicable”, saying that the loss “felt personal”. She also said the doctors protesting over the incident were “free ...
11 August 2024 Indian ExpressThe protest against the alleged rape and murder of a junior woman doctor in Kolkata’s R G Kar Medical College and Hospital spread to most state-run medical colleges and hospitals in West Bengal on Saturday.Demanding justice for the victim ...
11 August 2024 Indian ExpressPolice on Saturday arrested a man identified as Sanjoy Roy in connection with the death of a junior doctor at Kolkata’s state-run R G Kar Medical College and Hospital.A murder case was registered and rape charges have been added. ...
11 August 2024 Indian ExpressTHOUSANDS OF people gathered at the CPI(M) state headquarters in Kolkata’s Alimuddin street on Friday morning to pay their final tribute to senior party leader and former chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee.The Marxist patriarch, who will be remembered both for ...
10 August 2024 Indian ExpressThe Border Security Force (BSF) on Friday, thwarted over a thousand men, who had assembled at the Indo-Bangla border in the Cooch Behar district, and wanted to enter India from Nkhoaeesh.According to sources in the BSF, since Friday morning ...
10 August 2024 Indian ExpressChief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday congratulated Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus for heading the interim government of Bangladesh and said that she was looking forward to an improved relationship between the two nations.“My sincere congratulations and best wishes ...
10 August 2024 Indian ExpressBuddhadeb Bhattacharya: One of the noblest persons, a principled man with no difference in words and deeds. Rarely can we find a parallel in the present day’s political arena. Since my student days, we have been greatly influenced by ...
10 August 2024 Indian ExpressA 31-year-old woman junior doctor was found dead at Kolkata’s state-run R G Kar Medical College & Hospital on Friday morning, triggering a political firestorm in West Bengal, with her family and the Opposition BJP alleging that she was ...
10 August 2024 Indian ExpressThe family of Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader and former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and his party have turned down the state government’s offer of a gun salute to the leader claiming he was “against such ...
10 August 2024 Indian ExpressFormer Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee is fondly remembered as a man of empathy, a visionary leader, and a dedicated ideologue by those who knew him or were inspired by him. People recalled him as one of the compassionate political ...
10 August 2024 Indian ExpressBy Dipshita Dhar — Joint Secretary, SFIComrade Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee is no more. His party — the CPI(M) — had taught him to be a fighter and to continue fighting until the last breath. This is exactly what he did: ...
10 August 2024 Indian ExpressMild earthquake tremors were felt in Sikkim on Friday morning, as well as in northern Jalpaiguri in West Bengal, and across Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh. The earthquake was of 4.4 magnitude, per the National Centre for Seismology.The tremors were ...
10 August 2024 Indian ExpressIn a testament to his humanitarian spirit, former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee had donated his eyes and body for medical research. His mortal remains will be handed over to state government-run NRS Medical College and Hospital here ...
10 August 2024 Indian ExpressCapitalising on the land acquisition protests in Nandigram and Singur, it was Mamata Banerjee who ended the Left Front’s three-decade rule in West Bengal and succeeded Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee. And on Thursday morning, she was one of the first people ...
9 August 2024 Indian ExpressBengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday went to the Palm Avenue residence of her predecessor Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee in Kolkata after learning about his demise.Banerjee later announced that she told the family members of the former CM that if they ...
9 August 2024 Indian ExpressLeaders across party lines Thursday expressed their condolences as former West Bengal Chief Minister and CPIM veteran Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee passed away.He was 80 and breathed his last at his residence in Kolkata’s Palm Avenue.President Droupadi Murmu wrote on X,”Saddened ...
9 August 2024 Indian ExpressIn a first incident of infiltration attempt after the unrest in Bangladesh, about 500 people from the neighbouring country tried to enter India through Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal. The attempt was thwarted by the Border Security Force (BSF), ...
9 August 2024 Indian ExpressSitting behind the glass counter, at his 10-foot by 15-foot shop, located on the way to Petrapole land port, 30-year-old Achintya Mondol rued that business has been “zero” since Monday. He also feared that Bangladeshi Taka, the currency with ...
9 August 2024 Indian ExpressFormer chief minister of West Bengal and veteran CPIM leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee passed away at 8.20 am Thursday at his residence in Kolkata’s Palm Avenue. Buddhadeb, who had been suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease for some years, was ...
9 August 2024 Indian ExpressAsking the West Bengal government to maintain communal harmony in the state, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Wednesday said those “involved in committing atrocities” in Bangladesh following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government should not be allowed ...
8 August 2024 Indian ExpressThe TMC on Wednesday demanded Bharat Ratna or a President-nominated Rajya Sabha seat for ace wrestler Vinesh Phogat, who was disqualified from the Olympics, acknowledging the extraordinary mettle she has demonstrated.In a shocking reversal of fortunes, Phogat was disqualified ...
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