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  • '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

    12 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 ...

    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
    Friends, teachers from Sodepur schools take to streets, remember girl with dreams in her eyes

    Kolkata: Hundreds of alumni from various all-girls schools in Sodepur, including the alma mater of the 31-year-old second-year post-graduate trainee doctor from R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, took to the streets in protest on Saturday afternoon. The ...

    18 August 2024 Times of India
    East Bengal make Super 6

    Kolkata: East Bengal FC crushed Kalighat Sports Lovers Association 4-0 on Saturday, becoming the first team to confirm their place in the championship round of CFL Premier Division. In-form Jesin TK gave Bino George’s unbeaten team a 26th-minute lead ...

    18 August 2024 Times of India
    Kol filmmaker’s app scam docu bags Emmy current affairs nomination

    12 Kolkata: In a historic Emmy nod for a Kolkata documentary director, and in a first, an Indian film has been nominated for the 2024 International Emmy Awards for News & Current Affairs.BBC India Eye’s documentary, ‘The Trap: India’s ...

    18 August 2024 Times of India
    State revokes 42 docs’ transfer order

    Kolkata: The health department has revoked the transfer of 42 doctors cutting across several govt hospitals 24 hours after the order was issued. Sources said the order recall followed an intervention of the CM. There has been allegations that ...

    18 August 2024 Times of India
    West Bengal woman 'stripped, dragged on road'; BJP neta held

    NANDIGRAM: A BJP booth president, Tapas Das, was arrested in Nandigram on Saturday following a complaint by a woman that on Friday night a group of miscreants broke into her house and assaulted her for quitting BJP and joining ...

    18 August 2024 Times of India
    Man whips out pistol at police station, held

    Kolkata: Cops, who arrested one Raju Paswan from Nimtala Ghat area on Saturday, later foiled his escape bid from Jorabagan police station. Based on intelligence, cops got to know that Paswan was hiding in the Nimtala Ghat area with ...

    18 August 2024 Times of India
    Tolly protests, viewed through multiple prisms

    Kolkata: The involvement of Tollywood in the R G Kar demonstrations has been perceived through various lenses. While a faction of individuals derive amusement from creating memes using the footage of celebrities’ videos or casting doubt on the agendas ...

    18 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata woman rape-murder: Did doctor pay price for knowing too much, ask parents, colleagues

    Junior doctors at R G Kar continue their protest KOLKATA: Did the 31-year-old PGT doctor at R G Kar Hospital know something she was not supposed to? Did she have to pay the price for knowing those "secrets"? Was ...

    18 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: Hospital to barrack room, CBI expands probe net

    CBI officials reached R G Kar hospital KOLKATA: The RG Kar hospital seminar hall, where the 31-year-old PGT was found raped and murdered, was extensively videographed by CBI using 3D imaging for nearly 10 hours on Saturday.The crime ...

    18 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata doctor horror: CBI checking Ghosh's statement with others'

    From doctors to the civil society, people from all walks of life are hitting the streets to demand justice for the victim KOLKATA: The CBI also quizzed former principal Sandip Ghosh's former colleagues - Arunava Dutta Chowdhury (head of ...

    18 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata RG Kar College ransack: Cops picked up wrong people, say families of youths arrested for hospital vandalism

    Still from CCTV footage showing the moment the RG Kar main gate was being breached by the mob (right) KOLKATA: Families, friends and neighbours of at least two youths, who were arrested for vandalism at R G Kar Hospital ...

    18 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata woman doctor rape-murder: Doubt if seminar hall was the crime scene, says victim's mother

    The doctor's mother raised doubts about the scene of the crime, if it indeed took place in the seminar hall. KOLKATA: The R G Kar victim's father said on Saturday, "The entire department at the hospital is responsible for ...

    18 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata RG Kar horror: Pakistan, Bangladesh and Australia join global protests to express solidarity

    (Clockwise from top left) Bongodyut’s silent protest at Granville Futsal court in Sydney; the Indian community in Hamburg gathers at Jungfernstieg, Hamburg; Dhaka University students at a protest rally KOLKATA: The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) has condemned the "brutal ...

    18 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata RG Kar Hospital violence: Organised vandalism, say cops after 31 arrests

    Scenes of vandalism on the RG Kar campus on Aug 14 night KOLKATA: On a day Kolkata Police took the number of arrests to 31 from Friday's 25 - at least 20 others have either been identified or detained ...

    18 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata hospital violence: In Belgachhia, Paikpara, Cossipore, people discuss role of 'para boys' in RG Kar ransack

    Many of the arrests were done from Goabagan KOLKATA: The arrest of more than two dozen youths from various north Kolkata neighbourhoods after the vandalism at R G Kar Hospital on the night of Aug 15 has turned ...

    18 August 2024 Times of India
    Won’t tolerate attempts to malign Bengal: CM

    Kolkata: Asking the BJP and Left not to test her patience, CM Mamata Banerjee said, “I want to tell Ram-Bam-Shyam — the alliance of the BJP, the CPM and the Congress in Bengal — that you can abuse me ...

    17 August 2024 Times of India
    Durand Cup derby cancelled amid protests over doctor's rape and murder in Kolkata

    KOLKATA: The Durand Cup derby between Mohun Bagan and East Bengal, scheduled for Sunday at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata, has been cancelled due to the ongoing unrest in the city. This decision followed a meeting between Kolkata ...

    17 August 2024 Times of India
    Open to CBI scanner on our probe: CP

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police is open to an independent probe by the CBI to ascertain if it indeed had destroyed any evidence, said police commissioner Vineet Goyal on Saturday. The commissioner said the “CBI can investigate anything done on our ...

    17 August 2024 Times of India
    Man shot 'after bad road protest' in West Bengal

    BEHRAMPORE: A 44-year-old man was shot dead at Ramna village of Murshidabad allegedly after he demanded repair of a local road and criticised panchayat leaders. Two persons were detained in connection with his murder on Friday. Victim Babar Ali ...

    17 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata doctor horror: Reports of '150 gm semen' found in victim's body false, says Kolkata police commissioner Vineet Goyal

    Kolkata CP Vineet Goyal NEW DELHI: West Bengal police commissioner Vineet Goyal has urged the public to disregard "rumours" and "narratives" surrounding the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. ...

    17 August 2024 Times of India
    CBI picks up RG Kar ex-principal for questioning

    Kolkata: CBI officers on Friday questioned former RG Kar principal Sandip Ghosh at their office late into the night. The development came a while after Calcutta High Court posted Ghosh's plea, seeking protection for him and his family, for ...

    17 August 2024 Times of India
    ‘Minister’s son, the shielded accused’, turns out to be Bankura teacher’s son

    Kolkata: A Bankura resident on Friday lodged a complaint that his son, Subhadip Singh Mahapatra, an intern at RG Kar Medical College, was wrongly identified on social media as the “son of minister Soumen Mahapatra who had gone missing ...

    17 August 2024 Times of India
    Swarna Kamal winner dedicates honour to ‘Bengal’s resilient women fighting for justice’

    Kolkata: Miriam Chandy Menacherry, who bagged the Swarna Kamal for Best Director in the non-feature film category at the 70th National Film Awards on Friday for ‘From The Shadows’, dedicated her win to the women in Bengal who were ...

    17 August 2024 Times of India
    After attack, RG Kar emergency ward works from trauma centre

    Kolkata: The mob vandalism at the emergency unit of the R G Kar Medical College has prompted the hospital administration to start emergency services from the ground floor of the trauma care building. Equipment, monitors, medicine supply and other ...

    17 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata woman rape-murder case: Colleagues may be involved, doctor's father tells CBI

    A CBI official arrives during investigation of the alleged rape and murder of a woman doctor, at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. NEW DELHI: The parents of a woman doctor, who was allegedly raped and ...

    17 August 2024 Times of India
    'Do whatever possible': File FIR on attacks within 6 hours, Centre tells hospital heads

    KOLKATA: Two days after Union health minister J P Nadda said his ministry will "do whatever possible" to protect doctors at govt hospitals, the ministry on Friday issued a notice to all govt hospitals asking heads of the institutions ...

    17 August 2024 Times of India
    Deadline given to Kolkata Police to complete probe was August 17, same must apply to CBI: TMC MP Derek O'Brien

    TMC MP Derek O'Brien NEW DELHI: TMC Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien said that the deadline set by the CM Mamata Banerjee for the Kolkata Police to complete their investigation should also apply to the CBI.Earlier, CM Mamata Banerjee ...

    17 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital violence: Vandalism victims recall night of horror

    Still from CCTV footage showing the moment the RG Kar main gate was being breached by the mob (right) KOLKATA: On August 14, a night of chaos unfolded at RG Kar Hospital, leaving many individuals deeply traumatised. The incident ...

    17 August 2024 Times of India
    Lost daughter, gained millions: Father of Kolkata rape-murder victim

    Victim's father said he was moved by the 'Reclaim the Night' protest KOLKATA: I might have lost my daughter, but gained millions, the father of the RG Kar Medical College rape-murder victim told reporters on Friday, moved by ...

    17 August 2024 Times of India
    Our assessment failure led to vandalism: CP

    Kolkata: The post-midnight vandalism at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital was the result of an "assessment failure" by Kolkata Police, city commissioner Vineet Goyal admitted on Friday, adding that they had so far arrested 25 people, including two ...

    17 August 2024 Times of India
    I salute the protest led by our mothers and sisters: Mamata

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Friday supported the spontaneous protests that took over the city's streets on the eve of Independence Day."I salute the protests led by our mothers and sisters," Banerjee said after a silent march in central ...

    17 August 2024 Times of India
    RG Kar vandalism shows absolute failure of state machinery: Cal HC

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday said Kolkata Police's failure to prevent the vandalism at RG Kar Hospital after midnight on Thursday was an "absolute failure of state machinery". That police intelligence-gathering did not have any prior information was ...

    17 August 2024 Times of India
    On I Day, revamped airport toilets give flyers freedom from stench

    Kolkata: On Independence Day, a section of flyers finally experienced freedom from stink and stain at Kolkata airport with the airport operator inviting passengers to inaugurate nine washrooms in the facility that had been completely refurbished. The remaining washrooms ...

    17 August 2024 Times of India
    Redefined for Wadia Trophy

    Kolkata: Prasanna Kumar-saddled Redefined is the first pick to win the Truefitt & Hill Trophy at Pune on Saturday. The son of Symi will be ridden by Antony Raj .Pune Selections1pm: 1. Goldiva 2. Alpha Gene 3. Zacapa.1.30pm: 1. ...

    17 August 2024 Times of India
    ‘Can’t find doc for my sister’s admission’

    12 Kolkata: Patients and their families at govt hospitals said while they supported the doctors in the fight for justice, they also pleaded with them to consider their plight. Ashraf Ali, who visited NRS Hospital for his sister’s treatment ...

    17 August 2024 Times of India
    Hulladek plans to invest ₹10 crore in 6 years

    Kolkata: Waste management company Hulladek Recycling Pvt Ltd is planning to invest Rs 10 crore as part of its pan-India expansion drive in the next six years.With an established base in the eastern India market, the Kolkata-based company is ...

    17 August 2024 Times of India
    Met issues rain alert for Kol till Tue

    Kolkata: Formed over the Bay of Bengal, a low pressure area is set to trigger rain in most parts of Bengal till Tuesday. The Alipore weather office has issued heavy rain alerts in parts of South Bengal, including the ...

    17 August 2024 Times of India
    ZSI’s forensic centre to curb wildlife crime

    Kolkata: Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) inaugurated the its state-of-the-art Centre for Wildlife Forensics and Conservation Genomics on Friday. “This facility at ZSI is a step to combat wildlife crime and protect India’s rich biodiversity. It is equipped with ...

    17 August 2024 Times of India
    Food delivery boy, app cab driver part of vandal mob

    123 Kolkata: An app-cab driver, a motor parts shopowner, a food delivery boy and several unemployed youths from slums near R G Kar Hospital have been rounded up in multiple cop raids since Thursday morning in a bid to ...

    17 August 2024 Times of India
    Guard, cabby, delivery agent: Women who claim the night, 365 nights a year

    Kolkata: The midnight protests on Wednesday might have prompted thousands of women to take to the streets but there are many women who reclaim the night throughout the year, facing harassment but overcoming fear through grit and determination.Sampa Malik ...

    17 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata sees 78% jump in industrial, logistics leasing

    Kolkata: The industrial and logistics leasing in Kolkata witnessed a record 78% jump in the first half of 2024 while nationally it has witnessed a 15.7% decline. This was found by a report by leading real estate consultant CBRE ...

    17 August 2024 Times of India
    Duty hike: Beer, IMFL start getting new price labels

    Kolkata: India made foreign liquor (IMFL) and beer started getting new price labels on Friday as per last month’s circular issued by the state excise department. However, all beer and IMFL brands would be available at the old prices ...

    17 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata doctor death case: Independence Day-eve protest not a one-off event, vow citizens

    Thousands across gender and age groups hit the streets, including at Jadavpur (in pic), on Wednesday night KOLKATA: The massive protests on the eve of Independence Day across the city by multitudes of women, with slogans "the night is ...

    17 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: From New York City to London, demand for justice blurs borders

    Protests held in (clockwise from top left) Massachusetts, at New York City’s Times Square and in London KOLKATA: From New York City's Times Square to Canada; from the UK to Germany, and Bangladesh, protests were held, and are ...

    17 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata woman doctor rape-murder: Undaunted RG Kar docs rebuild protest corner

    The reconstructed protest site at R G Kar that was vandalised KOLKATA: Junior doctors at RG Kar Medical College have picked up pieces to reclaim and rebuild their protest site that was vandalised by a mob on the intervening ...

    17 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata RG Kar violence: Food delivery boy, app cab driver part of vandal mob

    <p>Duttabagan house of accused Sonu Das (left), drivers of some ambulances parked near RG Kar were also reportedly involved<br></p> The Belgachhia slum area, where one of the accused, Sarfaraz, stays<p>Duttabagan house of accused Sonu Das (left), drivers of some ...

    17 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital violence: Vandals' stones injure woman cop

    Shampa Pramanik’s picture was posted on FB by state police KOLKATA: A woman constable who was on duty on VIP Road on Aug 14 night was severely injured when unruly hooligans pelted stones at policemen. Shampa Pramanik suffered injuries ...

    17 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata doctor rape case: Hang the accused, not the innocent, says Mamata Banerjee

    Wes Benagal CM Mamata Banerjee NEW DELHI: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee addressed the media regarding the Kolkata doctor rape incident, stating, "As far as the information I have, I will not blame the students. The incident is very ...

    16 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata's RG Kar medical college under siege: When emergency equipment, drugs, and refrigerators destroyed in violent attack

    KOLKATA: Vandals armed with sticks, shafts, bottles and bricks usurped the night Kolkata sought to reclaim Wednesday, storming RG Kar Medical College past midnight and unleashing 40 minutes of mayhem that didn’t spare even critical care units and left ...

    16 August 2024 Times of India
    Watch: Kolkata doctor rape-murder case accused Sanjay Roy taken for medical examination

    NEW DELHI: Sanjay Roy, the prime accused in the RG Kar rape-murder case, has been taken for a medical examination on Friday.On August 9, a postgraduate trainee doctor was raped and murdered while on duty at RG Kar Medical ...

    16 August 2024 Times of India
    'Protect our protectors': Bollywood stars Hrithik Roshan, Alia Bhatt, Kareena Kapoor, Kriti Sanon, Vijay Varma, Priyanka Chopra demand justice for Kolkata rape-murder case victim

    NEW DELHI: Bollywood stars Hrithik Roshan, Alia Bhatt, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Vijay Varma and Kriti Sanon have demanded justice for the postgraduate trainee physician in Kolkata who was allegedly raped and murdered while on duty. The incident took place ...

    16 August 2024 Times of India
    'My life is in danger': Former RG Kar Hospital principal Sandip Ghosh seeks protection in Calcutta HC

    KOLKATA: Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of RG Kar Medical College & Hospital, where a trainee woman doctor was raped and murdered on August 9 in West Bengal, has sought protection from the Calcutta high court, alleging that his ...

    16 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata hospital horror: We will not be intimidated by TMC police, says Union minister Sukanta Majumdar

    KOLKATA: Union minister Sukanta Majumdar has taken to X to address those seeking justice for the Kolkata doctor who was raped and murdered on August 9 at RG Kar Medical College.In his tweet, he assures them that the actions ...

    16 August 2024 Times of India
    Shift patients, shutdown hospital: Calcutta high court lambasts state machinery over RG Kar Medical College vandalism

    KOLKATA: The Calcutta high court has expressed grave concern over the recent act of vandalism at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. The court questioned the state's ability to provide a secure working environment for doctors, emphasizing ...

    16 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: CBI questions victim's batchmates from RG Kar Medical College and Hospital

    NEW DELHI: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officers visited the residence of a doctor who was recently raped and murdered at a hospital in Kolkata on Thursday.They spoke with her parents to gather information as a part of their ...

    16 August 2024 Times of India
    'There is no cover-up': Mahua Moitra slams BJP of calling TMC women MPs 'Gungi gudiya'

    NEW DELHI: Amidst ongoing protests over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Hospital in Kolkata, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra has denied allegations of a cover-up. She responded to accusations from the opposition ...

    16 August 2024 Times of India
    Anger on streets, Bengal on boil: How the state is braced for a tense Friday

    KOLKATA: Bengal is gearing up for a tense Friday as a shutdown-like scenario looms, with CM Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress and opposition parties BJP and CPM announcing separate protests centered on RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. The recent ...

    16 August 2024 Times of India
    'Neither spoke against party nor any leader ...': Trinamool leader Shantanu Sen over reports on removal as TMC spokesperson

    Screengrab from self-made video by Santanu Sen NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Shantanu Sen has stated that he neither spoke against his party nor any leader after learning about his alleged removal from the position of the party's ...

    16 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata hospital horror: '5 arrested in RG Kar Hospital vandalism through social media feedback'

    KOLKATA: The Kolkata Police has made progress in the RG Kar Hospital vandalism investigation by apprehending 19 people in connection with the case.The authorities have acknowledged the vital role played by social media in identifying five suspects, crediting public ...

    16 August 2024 Times of India
    'Bam and Ram want to create unrest ...': West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on midnight attack at Kolkata's RG Kar hospital

    West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has accused the Left and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of collaborating to create unrest in the state. This accusation came after vandalism at RG ...

    16 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata hospital horror: 'It will hurt my daughter if I accept compensation for her death'

    KOLKATA: The father of the deceased doctor in the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-death case has refrained from disclosing details about his conversation with the CBI, citing legal constraints."It is not lawfully appropriate to give details on ...

    16 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata doctor rape-murder: TMC, BJP & CPM in RG Kar blame game, plan separate protests

    KOLKATA: Bengal braced for a tense Friday with a shutdown-like scenario as CM Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress and opposition parties BJP and CPM announced separate protests focused on RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, where the rape and murder ...

    16 August 2024 Times of India
    Women take to streets across cities on Independence Day eve, make themselves heard

    Reclaim the night', the protest call, became a mass movement across India on Independence Day eve on Wednesday as it reverberated in numerous cities as doctors, other professionals and general public gathered to raise their voice against the rape ...

    16 August 2024 Times of India
    RAF rained teargas, mob hit back with bricks & stones

    KOLKATA: The vandalism at RG Kar hospital spilled over outside its premises. Police vehicles and CCTV cameras were damaged as the mob targeted cops at RG Kar outpost, injuring several of them.The arrival of police reinforcements seemed to make ...

    16 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata doctor rape-murder: 9 arrested for mob violence during protest

    Protestors at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital during a protest against the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor inside the hospital premises, in Kolkata, early Thursday. (PTI Photo) KOLKATA: Kolkata police arrested nine people on ...

    15 August 2024 Times of India
    BJP demands West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's resignation, plans to hold candlelight rally at her residence

    The party's women's wing has announced plans to hold a candlelight rally to Banerjee's residence on Friday as a form of protest. KOLKATA: BJP has called for the resignation of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday in ...

    15 August 2024 Times of India
    Suicide bid hits Orange Line ops

    Kolkata: Services on New Garia-Ruby Metro were disrupted on Wednesday after a man attempted suicide at Satyajit Ray station. “A man tried to jump in front of a train at 9.32 am. He was taken to M R Bangur,” ...

    15 August 2024 Times of India
    Pvt hospitals keep OPDs shut as docs join protest

    Kolkata: Responding to the call for OPD shutdown by the Joint Platform of Doctors, most doctors at private hospitals across the city stayed away from the OPD on Wednesday . While many knew about the OPD closure call, those ...

    15 August 2024 Times of India
    'I don't know anything ...' : Newly appointed principal of RG Kar Medical College on mob vandalism

    NEW DELHI: Unidentified mob members vandalized RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on late Wednesday night, prompting newly appointed principal Suhrita Pal to express she is in the dark about the perpetrators. This incident comes in the ...

    15 August 2024 Times of India
    Doctor's father shares her last diary entry to 'become a Gold Medallist'

    NEW DELHI: The father of the 31-year-old postgraduate trainee doctor, who was raped and murdered at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata while on duty, shared insights into his daughter's aspirations and dedication to her medical ...

    15 August 2024 Times of India
    RG Kar Hospital horror: Agitating doctors meet Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose, seek help after attacks by hooligans

    Unidentified miscreants entered the premises of the state-run hospital shortly after midnight on Thursday and vandalised portions of the medical facility, where the body of a woman doctor was found last week, police said. NEW DELHI: A group of ...

    15 August 2024 Times of India
    'Crime scene not disturbed', says Kolkata Police after vandalism at RG Kar Medical College

    Kolkata Police clarified on Thursday that the crime scene of the junior doctor's rape and murder at RG Kar Medical College was not disturbed during the mob vandalism on August 14. NEW DELHI: The Kolkata police clarified on Thursday ...

    15 August 2024 Times of India
    CNMCH protest shifts to other side of CIT Road

    Kolkata: The junior doctors, who had been guarding the Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital (CNMCH) administrative building to stop Sandip Ghosh from taking charge, shifted their protest to the main campus on the other side of CIT Road ...

    15 August 2024 Times of India
    CBI begins questioning prime accused Sanjay

    Kolkata: Hours after CBI lodged an FIR in New Delhi the RG Kar rape-murder case, the agency took custody of prime accused Sanjay Roy, took him for medical examination, and started questioning him at its CGO Complex office. Senior ...

    15 August 2024 Times of India
    RG Kar Hospital rape-murder: It was wrong to tell parents she died by suicide, says HoD

    KOLKATA: The head of RG Kar Medical College’s chest department, where the PG trainee was raped and murdered, said on Wednesday that it had been “wrong” to tell her parents that she had died by suicide while informing them ...

    15 August 2024 Times of India
    KP: Rumours hurting probe

    Kolkata: “Rumours don’t help but harm probe,” Kolkata Police wrote on its social media page after handing over all probe details to CBI. The force claimed it had tried to do its best in the last four days and ...

    15 August 2024 Times of India
    ‘Never suggested victim’s death was suicide’: Cops squash rumours as CBI takes custody of prime accused Sanjoy Roy in Kolkata's RG Kar hospital doctor rape-murder

    CBI took custody of Sanjoy Roy, the main suspect in the rape and murder of a doctor at RG Kar Medical College, following a court directive transferring the case from Kolkata police. KOLKATA: CBI took custody Wednesday of Sanjoy ...

    15 August 2024 Times of India
    RG Kar rape-murder: Protests continue at Kolkata hospital, across nation

    Doctors at RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata continued protests over the rape and murder of a doctor, impacting medical services nationally. Supportive actions extended from senior faculty and doctors across India, demanding better protection for healthcare workers. Even ...

    15 August 2024 Times of India
    'I am ready to touch your feet ... ', West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee appeals to doctors to end protest as CBI takes over RG Kar rape-murder case

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed relief as the Calcutta High Court directed the CBI to investigate a young doctor's rape-murder. KOLKATA: CM Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said she was "relieved" that the Calcutta high court had asked CBI to ...

    15 August 2024 Times of India
    'Prison van turned back midway': Drama over accused's medical check-up in Kolkata doctor rape-murder case

    KOLKATA: Sources said the CBI was looking into the victim's whereabouts in the few hours before her death, including the people she met or spoke with. Kolkata Police has already handed over related documents, case diary, CCTV footage from ...

    15 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata doctor rape-murder: Nursing super had key to hall, says HoD

    KOLKATA: The chest department HoD of RG Kar Medical College on Wednesday slammed an assistant superintendent of the hospital for lying to the parents of the PG trainee doctor that she had died by suicide, reports Prithvijit Mitra. "The ...

    15 August 2024 Times of India
    State obligated to offer compensation, says Kolkata cop when asked about claims of bid to buy doctor family's silence

    KOLKATA: Acting on Calcutta high court's directive, CBI took custody on Wednesday of Sanjoy Roy, the prime accused in the rape-murder of a resident doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, and all related documents and evidence from ...

    15 August 2024 Times of India
    Will offer CBI all help, let it ensure death for culprit: CM

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said she was "relieved" that the Calcutta high court had asked CBI to probe the rape-murder of a young postgraduate trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital and added that the ...

    15 August 2024 Times of India
    Ritwik Ghatak’s ancestral house in Rajshahi razed a day after govt fell

    Kolkata: The ancestral house of legendary filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak in Bangladesh's Rajshahi district has been demolished, much to the dismay of cine lovers on both sides of the border. Ghatak, who was born in Dhaka, spent his youth in ...

    15 August 2024 Times of India
    Chagall hard to toss

    Kolkata: Pesi Shroff-trained Chagall will be hard to beat in the Independence Million at Pune on Thursday. Pune Selections2.15pm: 1. Axlrod 2. Marlboro 3. Midas Touch. 2.45pm: 1. Seeking Alpha 2. Doctor Dolly 3. Divine Hope. 3.15pm: 1. In ...

    15 August 2024 Times of India
    Will not relent till all culprits are arrested, say agitating doctors

    12 Kolkata: The agitation at RG Kar hospital entered the sixth day on Wednesday with the protesting doctors showing no signs of retreating any time soon. They iterated that they keep the heat up until all the perpetrators are ...

    15 August 2024 Times of India
    2 RG Kar girls feted on Kanyashree Divas

    Kolkata: Two girls from R G Kar Medical College are among 24 women from different fields who were felicitated by the state on Wednesday to observe Kanyashree Divas. Tiyasa Chanda and Madhurima Mishra, the two awardees are third-year MBBS ...

    15 August 2024 Times of India
    No objection to protest but think of us too: Patients

    Kolkata: The ‘OPD shutdown’ call by Joint Platform of Doctors on Wednesday added to the sufferings of patients, who have been at the receiving end of the doctors’ protests the past couple of days. Many, unaware of the demonstration, ...

    15 August 2024 Times of India
    IMA team visits victim’s home, vows to stand by kin for justice

    Kolkata: A team of doctors from the IMA’s national body on Wednesday met the parents of the PGT doctor, who was raped and murdered at R G Kar Medical College on Aug 9. The doctors vowed to stand by ...

    15 August 2024 Times of India
    Sodepur neighbourhood steps out to seek justice

    Kolkata: The Sodepur, Khardah and Panihati areas, including the doctor’s neighbourhood, were taken over by women at midnight on Wednesday as thousands stepped out on the streets with posters and banners. There was a big gathering barely 200 m ...

    15 August 2024 Times of India
    NICL settles 1st health claim through NHCX

    Kolkata: The National Insurance Company Ltd (NICL) has become the first PSU insurer to settle a health claim through the national health exchange (NHCX). It has done it with Paramount Health Services & Insurance TPA on Wednesday.The case was ...

    15 August 2024 Times of India
    On I-Day eve, women seek freedom from fear, hit the streets to reclaim the night

    123456 Kolkata: Lakhs of women participated in numerous demonstrations across Kolkata, Salt Lake, other districts, cities and countries, including Delhi, Mumbai, Goa, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Patna, Silchar, Poland, Scotland, Munich, London, Leeds and Atlanta, vociferously seeking justice for the victim ...

    15 August 2024 Times of India
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