Doctors Protesting Kolkata Rape

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has agreed to meet the parents of the woman junior doctor of state-run RG Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata who was raped and then murdered within the hospital premises in August this year.

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.

An on-duty medical officer was arrested on Tuesday from the 'Durga Puja Carnival' show organised by the state government for allegedly wearing a message t-shirt and a badge in solidarity with the doctors agitating over the RG Kar hospital incident.

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 CBI chargesheet filed in the RG Kar rape and murder case has detailed the circumstances, nature of injuries, cause of death and evidence available against the accused.

In a show of massive support for the protesting junior doctors, the senior faculty at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata - in the eye of a massive storm over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor - has resigned today.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has charged Sanjoy Roy, who used to work with Kolkata Police as a contractual staff, with the rape and murder of an on-duty woman doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

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 bust supposed to honour the junior doctor raped and killed at Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital in Augusthas triggered a row, with many online, including ruling Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh, calling it "gross", "disgusting", and "disrespectful".

Kolkata Police on Wednesday arrested one person for allegedly threatening and abusing a doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

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.

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.

Junior doctors protesting in Kolkata against the rape-murder of a 31-year-old medico at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital said late last night that they will continue 'cease work' agitation till the Mamata Banerjee government fulfills all demands

The West Bengal government has transferred Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal as well as the state's Director of Medical Education and Director of Health Services.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has agreed to meet the parents of the woman junior doctor of state-run RG Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata who was raped and then murdered within the hospital premises in August this year.

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.

An on-duty medical officer was arrested on Tuesday from the 'Durga Puja Carnival' show organised by the state government for allegedly wearing a message t-shirt and a badge in solidarity with the doctors agitating over the RG Kar hospital incident.

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 CBI chargesheet filed in the RG Kar rape and murder case has detailed the circumstances, nature of injuries, cause of death and evidence available against the accused.

In a show of massive support for the protesting junior doctors, the senior faculty at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata - in the eye of a massive storm over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor - has resigned today.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has charged Sanjoy Roy, who used to work with Kolkata Police as a contractual staff, with the rape and murder of an on-duty woman doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

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 bust supposed to honour the junior doctor raped and killed at Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital in Augusthas triggered a row, with many online, including ruling Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh, calling it "gross", "disgusting", and "disrespectful".

Kolkata Police on Wednesday arrested one person for allegedly threatening and abusing a doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

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.

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.

Junior doctors protesting in Kolkata against the rape-murder of a 31-year-old medico at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital said late last night that they will continue 'cease work' agitation till the Mamata Banerjee government fulfills all demands

The West Bengal government has transferred Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal as well as the state's Director of Medical Education and Director of Health Services.