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Bengal government advises against night duties for women doctors
Kolkata: The West Bengal government has advised the medical colleges and hospitals in the state to avoid allotting night duties to women doctors. “All attempts will be made to avoid allotting night…
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Kolkata doctor rape-murder: Services suspended amid nationwide protest
New Delhi: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has declared a 24-hour withdrawal of services by all the modern medicine doctors of the country irrespective of the sector and place of work in…
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Doctor rape-murder: Colleagues involved in crime, parents tell CBI
Kolkata: The parents of the doctor, who was allegedly raped-murdered at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital last week, told the CBI that several interns and physicians from the hospital might be…
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Mamata threatens to protest in Delhi if CBI fails to crack RG Kar case by Aug 18
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday set a deadline till August 18 for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to complete its investigation into the rape and murder of…
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Hospitals in Hyderabad to boycott services for 24 hours
Hyderabad: Junior doctors and healthcare staff in government and private hospitals across Hyderabad and Telangana have announced a boycott of out-patient (OP) and non-emergency services for 24 hours beginning at 6 am…
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RG Kar hospital ransacked; chances of evidence tampering worries CBI
Kolkata: The vandalism at the emergency department of the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata, where a woman doctor was brutally raped and murdered, has caused worry to the…
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Kolkata doctor murder: Thousands of women hit streets in Bengal demanding justice
Kolkata: Thousands of women from all walks of life gathered across West Bengal at midnight on Wednesday to protest the brutal rape-murder of a doctor on duty at a Kolkata hospital last…
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Attempt to save Kolkata doctor rape-murder accused, says Rahul; TMC hits back
New Delhi: Amid the uproar over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the attempt to save…
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Doctors decide to call off strike over Kolkata medic rape-murder: FORDA
New Delhi: The Federation of Resident Doctors’ Association (FORDA) on Tuesday said it was calling off its strike over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata as the Union…
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Kolkata doctor rape, murder: Junior doctors’ strike continues, demand judicial probe
Kolkata: Junior doctors across West Bengal continued ceasework on Tuesday protesting the rape and murder of a woman doctor at a state-run medical college and hospital in Kolkata and demanding justice for…
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Hyderabad: Junior docs hold protest against Kolkata doctor’s rape-murder
Hyderabad: A candle light rally was organised here on Monday by junior doctors at the state-run Osmania Medical College in protest against the recent rape-murder of a postgraduate trainee in Kolkata. The…
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Bengal govt must initiate strict action against accused in doctor murder case: Priyanka
Kolkata: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday asked the West Bengal government to take immediate and strict action against the accused in the female doctor murder case. “I appeal to…
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Mamata pays tribute to Rabindranath Tagore on his 83rd death anniversary
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday paid tribute to Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore on his 83rd death anniversary. Banerjee said that Tagore’s ideology has been the guiding force for…
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Controversial Bengal Minister seen threatening on-duty woman forest officer
Kolkata: A purported video went viral on social media on Saturday showing West Bengal Minister Akhil Giri abusing a woman forest department officer who went with her team to remove illegal encroachment…
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Mamata supports demand to withdraw GST on life, medical insurance premiums
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee supported the demand for withdrawing GST on life and medical insurance premiums, stating that it adversely affects people’s ability to take care of their vital…
