Aug 20, 2024, at 08:17 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Tuesday (August 20) directed the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) to provide security at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in north Kolkata where a Post Graduate Trainee (PGT) doctor was brutally raped and murdered earlier this month.
RG Kar: Junior doctors to continue cease work despite Supreme Court's appeal to resume services
Aug 20, 2024, at 08:10 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The junior doctors of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital will continue with their ceasework as a protest against the rape and murder of 31-year-old post-graduate medical student despite the Supreme Court's appeal to resume services.
Nation can't wait for another rape for a change on ground: Supreme Court amid RG Kar uproar
Aug 20, 2024, at 07:48 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said nation can't wait for another rape to see changes on ground stressing on female doctors' safety in hospital in the backdrop of the rape and murder of 31-year-old trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
Aug 20, 2024, at 07:33 pm
Locals blocked the Mumbai rail route at Badalpur railway station to protest against the sexual abuse of two four-year-old girls at a school in Maharashtra's Thane area.
Supreme Court sets up National Task Force for doctors' safety in hospitals
Aug 20, 2024, at 07:27 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Tuesday constituted the National Task Force for recommendations on doctors' safety in hospitals as the questions have been raised on the safety of female doctors in the backdrop of RG Kar rape-murder incident.
Why was the delay in filing FIR? Supreme Court raps Mamata govt over RG Kar rape-murder
Aug 20, 2024, at 06:51 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Tuesday came down heavily upon the West Bengal government, which is at the receiving end of the public anger, over the 31-year-old lady trainee doctor's rape and murder at Kolkata's major state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital questioning the delay in filing of the First Information Report and inaction against the controversial ex-principal of the college.
RG Kar rape-murder: Supreme Court questions Bengal govt over delay in filing FIR
Aug 20, 2024, at 05:34 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court has questioned the West Bengal government and administration over the delay in filing an FIR in the rape and murder of 31-year-old junior doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
Aug 20, 2024, at 04:49 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Kolkata Police has registered a corruption case against Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital where the 31-year-old junior doctor was raped and murdered, media reports said.
RG Kar doctor rape and murder: Indian Supreme Court to hear suo motu plea today
Aug 20, 2024, at 02:46 pm
The Indian Supreme Court will hear the suo motu plea connected to the rape and murder of a PG trainee doctor in Kolkata's state-run hospital on Tuesday.
Aug 20, 2024, at 07:06 am
The Kerala High Court Monday dismissed an appeal filed by cine star Ranjini against an order of single-judge allowing the release of Justice Hema Committee Report on working conditions of women in the Malayalam film industry.
Top CBI women officers who handled Hathras, Unnao take charge of Kolkata rape-murder case
Aug 20, 2024, at 05:22 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The responsibility of the investigation into the brutal rape-murder case at Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital and Medical College has been handed over to two of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)'s top women officers, who have handled a few such notorious cases earlier, with considerable success, media reports said.
Choreographer arrested for raping 21-year-old within 10 hours of committing the crime in Bengaluru
Aug 20, 2024, at 03:56 am
The Bengaluru Police Monday arrested a man suspected of raping a 21-year-old final-year degree student on Aug 18.
'No action till Aug 29': Karnataka HC gives interim relief to Siddaramaiah in MUDA scam case
Aug 20, 2024, at 02:42 am
Bengaluru/IBNS: The Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the trial court to not take any action against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah following Governor Thawaar Chand Gehlot's approval to prosecute him in connection with the alleged irregularities in the land allocation by Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA).
Aug 20, 2024, at 12:54 am
A large number of doctors in Kolkata on Monday took out a procession and formed a human chain to protest against the rape and murder of their colleague in state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, an incident that sparked a nationwide socio-political firestorm.
Uttar Pradesh: 10 labourers die after pickup van collides with bus
Aug 20, 2024, at 12:09 am
At least 10 labourers died and 27 others were injured after a pickup van collided with a bus in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr area on Sunday.
Prime Minister Modi congratulates Thailand PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra following her appointment
Aug 19, 2024, at 11:54 pm
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday wished Paetongtarn Shinawatra after she was elected as Thai PM.
Jammu and Kashmir: CRPF jawan killed in terror attack in Udhampur
Aug 19, 2024, at 11:42 pm
At least one CRPF officer was killed during an ongoing encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district on Monday, media reports said.
Aug 19, 2024, at 10:46 pm
Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar will host Japanese Minister of Defense Kihara Minoru and Minister of Foreign Affairs Yoko Kamikawa for the 3rd India-Japan 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue in New Delhi on August 20, 2024.
Aug 19, 2024, at 09:03 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Amid the doctors' indefinite protests at hospitals across the state over RG Kar rape-murder, the medical fraternity on Monday marched to city police headquarters Lal Bazar with Dr. Kunal Sarkar and Dr. Subarna Goswami, who have been summoned by Kolkata Police over their alleged social media posts spreading misinformation.
Pakistani women refugees tie Rakhi to Union Minister Piyush Goyal
Aug 19, 2024, at 08:49 pm
Delhi-based women refugees from Pakistan tied Rakhi to Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan here on Monday.
Silenced by Force: How Pakistan’s social media activists are being abducted
Aug 19, 2024, at 08:27 pm
In an era where the power of social media is undeniable, Pakistan’s intelligence agencies are resorting to a disturbing and increasingly common practice: abducting social media activists and vloggers who dare to criticize the government and military establishment.
Tamil Nadu: 13 girls sexually abused during fake NCC camp in school
Aug 19, 2024, at 08:04 pm
At least 13 girls were allegedly sexually abused during a fake National Cadet Corps (NCC) camp at a private school in Krishangiri region of Tamil Nadu recently, media reports said.
Harbhajan Singh writes to Bengal Guv Bose, CM Mamata Banerjee over RG Kar rape-murder probe
Aug 19, 2024, at 07:20 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Former Indian cricketer and Aam Aadmi Party MP Harbhajan Singh has written an open letter to West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressing "deep anguish" over the delay in the delivery of justice for the victim in the RG Kar rape-murder case.
Aug 19, 2024, at 06:51 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: One person has been arrested for sharing the picture of the 31-year-old post-graduate medical student who was raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital and for issuing threat to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, media reports said.
Global South Cooperation: Development Compact should be central to the Pact of the Future
Aug 19, 2024, at 06:34 pm
Aspirations of the Global South are challenged by growing uncertainties in the world. Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his opening remarks at the third Voice of the Global South Summit has minced no words to stand strongly in solidarity with the Global South to amplify their ‘Voice’ as inequalities grow and ravaging wars spread. The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic is still being felt across the Global South with worsening realities of climate change challenges.
PM Narendra Modi to visit Ukraine: MEA
Aug 19, 2024, at 06:06 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Ukraine, which is going to be his first trip to the war-torn country since its conflict with Russia, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Monday (August 19).
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah moves HC challenging Guv's nod to prosecute him in MUDA scam case
Aug 19, 2024, at 05:41 pm
Bengaluru/IBNS: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has moved the High Court challenging Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot's approval to prosecute him in connection with the alleged irregularities in the land allocation by Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA).
No faith in Mamata Banerjee: RG Kar rape-murder victim's father amid CBI probe
Aug 19, 2024, at 05:15 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Amid the ongoing CBI investigation into the rape and murder of post-graduate medical student of Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, the victim's father said the family has no faith in Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is at the receiving end of massive public anger over the crime that has sent shockwaves across the country and raised doubts over women's security at work space in the state.
Rotary International condemns RG Kar doctor rape and murder incident amid nationwide outrage
Aug 19, 2024, at 02:44 pm
The Rotary International District 3291 has condemned the rape and murder of a PG trainee doctor in Kolkata's state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital and called for zero tolerance against any form of abuse or violence against medical practitioners.
Aug 19, 2024, at 05:35 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Bengali film and television personalities, who are often slammed for being bankrolled by the Mamata Banerjee government and her party's eco-system, hit the streets of Kolkata on Sunday evening demanding justice for the rape and murder of a 31-year-old post-graduate medical student at state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.