Kolkata, Aug 29 (UNI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday hit out at an alleged “malicious disinformation campaign” against her and denied threatening protesting students even as the Congress organised a protest march in Kolkata’s Esplanade area to demand justice for the murdered medic of R G Kar Medical College and Hospital. The…
Kolkata, Aug 28 (UNI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party of conspiring against her government and dared him to face her democratically. The Trinamool Congress chief also vowed to convene an Assembly session to recommend capital punishment for rapists. Addressing a gathering on…
Kolkata, Aug 24 (UNI) Cease work resorted by the junior medics at the RG Kar Hospital entered the 16th day on Saturday, which affected medical services across the government owned hospitals in West Bengal, official sources said. The medics on Saturday attended a general body meeting to assess the Supreme Court appeal to resume work…
Kolkata, Aug 21 (UNI) Hundreds of agitating professional medics, both junior doctors and their seniors, on Wednesday marched towards West Bengal health secretariat at the New Town from the CBI office here as their cease-work entered the 3th day over the demands for safety and justice for their colleague murdered in a Kolkata hospital. The…
Kolkata, Aug 19 (UNI) A massive protest march was held by the Advocates of Calcutta High Court on Monday, demanding justice in the rape and murder of a 31-year-old lady doctor at the premises of state-owned RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9, official sources said. “Time has come to combat strongly lawlessness…
Malda, Aug 18 (UNI) Six people were killed and another critically injured when the vehicle in which they were travelling, hit a truck on the rear near Gor-Malda station under English Bazar in West Bengal’s Malda district, official sources said on Sunday. The mishap happened when the SUV, which was on a high speed was…
Kolkata, Aug 13 (UNI) Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered a CBI probe into the alleged rape and murder of a 31-year-old woman post-graduate trainee doctor at the West Bengal government-run RG Kar Medical College & Hospital premises in North Kolkata. A division bench comprising Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya transferred the…
Kolkata, Aug 3 (UNI) At least three people were killed in the last 24 hours with the latest tragedy: a man was swept away at Asansol as life in major parts of West Bengal by and large was affected following rains and landslides for the past week, official sources said on Saturday. A report said…
Kolkata, July 21 (UNI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee along with Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday vowed to end the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre and save the country from the clutches of alleged dictatorial and communal forces regime. Addressing a mammoth rally at Esplanade to mark Martyrs’ Day remembering the…
Kolkata, July 21 (UNI) The Indian Railways has cancelled two trains between India and Bangladesh in view of the ongoing violent protests in the neighbouring country, official sources said here on Sunday. The Kolkata-Dhaka Maitree Express on Saturday and the Bandhan Express between Kolkata and Khulna on Sunday have been cancelled because of “unavoidable circumstances.”….
