Bengal Rape

A 40-year-old man accused of raping and killing a minor was lynched by an angry mob in north Bengal's Falakata. Mona Roy was tied to a tree and thrashed by villagers. He died by the time the cops rescued him and took him to the hospital.

The West Bengal Police, on Tuesday, arrested a doctor in Hasnabad in North 24 Parganas district on charges of raping a female patient after injecting her with a tranquillizing serum.

A senior citizen at Katwa in West Bengal's East Burdwan district has been arrested on charges of sexually abusing a three-year-old girl.

Taking steps to resolve the impasse with protesting doctors, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee spoke to them over the phone on Saturday and urged them to withdraw their fast-unto-death, saying most of their demands had been met.

Nadia district police in West Bengal, on Wednesday afternoon, arrested a youth in connection with the alleged rape and murder of a woman in her early twenties, whose half-charred and semi-nude body was recovered earlier this morning.

Junior doctors in West Bengal have been on fast-unto-death since October 5 demanding justice for the 31-year-old woman medic, who was raped and murdered in Kolkata in August.

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) announced a 24-hour nationwide hunger strike on October 15 to support doctors in West Bengal, seeking justice for the young doctor who was raped and murdered at R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.

The continuing protests by the junior doctors of West Bengal against the rape and murder of a junior woman doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital are not in self-interest but in the larger public interest, R.V. Asokan said.

Junior doctors protesting August's rape and murder of a colleague at Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital announced a fast-unto-death Saturday, setting up another potential face-off with Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

The junior doctors, protesting over the rape and murder of their colleague at the RG Kar hospital, went on fast unto death on Saturday evening, claiming that their demands were not fulfilled by the West Bengal government.

A girl who had left home to attend a coaching class has allegedly been kidnapped and murdered in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, sparking anger and protests. A police camp has also been vandalised and set on fire.

Junior doctors in Bengal - protesting the rape and murder of a colleague on August 8 - resumed their 'indefinite' strike Tuesday, pressing, once again, for demands that include ensuring safety and security at all hospitals in the state.

Junior doctors in West Bengal, demanding better security at state hospitals after the rape and murder of a colleague at a medical college in Kolkata, have resumed their 'total cease-work'.

Agitating junior doctors in West Bengal resumed their indefinite "total cease work" on Tuesday to press the state government on various demands, including ensuring their safety and security at all medical establishments.

The firestorm over a Kolkata doctor's gruesome rape and murder and the flood crisis threaten to severely impact Bengal's Rs 50,000 crore Durga Puja economy.

A 40-year-old man accused of raping and killing a minor was lynched by an angry mob in north Bengal's Falakata. Mona Roy was tied to a tree and thrashed by villagers. He died by the time the cops rescued him and took him to the hospital.

The West Bengal Police, on Tuesday, arrested a doctor in Hasnabad in North 24 Parganas district on charges of raping a female patient after injecting her with a tranquillizing serum.

A senior citizen at Katwa in West Bengal's East Burdwan district has been arrested on charges of sexually abusing a three-year-old girl.

Taking steps to resolve the impasse with protesting doctors, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee spoke to them over the phone on Saturday and urged them to withdraw their fast-unto-death, saying most of their demands had been met.

Nadia district police in West Bengal, on Wednesday afternoon, arrested a youth in connection with the alleged rape and murder of a woman in her early twenties, whose half-charred and semi-nude body was recovered earlier this morning.

Junior doctors in West Bengal have been on fast-unto-death since October 5 demanding justice for the 31-year-old woman medic, who was raped and murdered in Kolkata in August.

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) announced a 24-hour nationwide hunger strike on October 15 to support doctors in West Bengal, seeking justice for the young doctor who was raped and murdered at R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.

The continuing protests by the junior doctors of West Bengal against the rape and murder of a junior woman doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital are not in self-interest but in the larger public interest, R.V. Asokan said.

Junior doctors protesting August's rape and murder of a colleague at Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital announced a fast-unto-death Saturday, setting up another potential face-off with Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

The junior doctors, protesting over the rape and murder of their colleague at the RG Kar hospital, went on fast unto death on Saturday evening, claiming that their demands were not fulfilled by the West Bengal government.

A girl who had left home to attend a coaching class has allegedly been kidnapped and murdered in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, sparking anger and protests. A police camp has also been vandalised and set on fire.

Junior doctors in Bengal - protesting the rape and murder of a colleague on August 8 - resumed their 'indefinite' strike Tuesday, pressing, once again, for demands that include ensuring safety and security at all hospitals in the state.

Junior doctors in West Bengal, demanding better security at state hospitals after the rape and murder of a colleague at a medical college in Kolkata, have resumed their 'total cease-work'.

Agitating junior doctors in West Bengal resumed their indefinite "total cease work" on Tuesday to press the state government on various demands, including ensuring their safety and security at all medical establishments.

The firestorm over a Kolkata doctor's gruesome rape and murder and the flood crisis threaten to severely impact Bengal's Rs 50,000 crore Durga Puja economy.