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By-Polls In 6 Seats Of Bengal, Opposition Hopes For RG Kar Effect
The coming by-polls in West Bengal are expected to be bellwether for which way the political winds are blowing in Mamata Banerjee's West Bengal after the massive protests over the rape-murder of a Kolkata doctor.
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Protesting Doctors To Attend Meeting Called By Bengal Government On Monday
Agitating junior doctors said they will attend a meeting called by the West Bengal government on Monday to resolve issues related to their demands, emphasising that its outcome will determine whether they will withdraw their indefinite hunger strike.
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"Call Off Hunger Strike": Mamata Banerjee Speaks To Doctors After Ultimatum
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.
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Key Doctors' Body Pauses Strike As Bengal Calls Meet To Discuss Demands
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.
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Medical Body IMA To Hold 24-Hour Hunger Strike To Support Bengal Doctors
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.
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Bengal Doctors Protest On RG Kar Issue For Public Interest: Medical Body Chief
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.
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Over 200 Senior Doctors Resign In Support Of Juniors' Protest In Bengal
Over 100 more senior doctors from four other state-run medical colleges and hospitals in West Bengal have tendered mass resignations during the last couple of hours to express solidarity with their junior colleagues.
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RG Kar Horror: Bengal Doctors Begin "Fast Unto Death" In Kolkata
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.
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Doctor's Protests, Floods May Dampen Bengal's Durga Puja Festivities
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.
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Trinamool Distances Self From Minister's "Woman Protester Drinking" Remark
West Bengal minister and senior Trinamool Congress leader Swapan Debnath's comment about women drinking during the mega protest in the state has sparked a huge controversy.
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Bengal Replaces Kolkata Police Commissioner, 2 Health Officials On Doctors' Demand
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.
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"I'm Requesting, Please Come And Talk": Mamata Banerjee To Doctors
Protesting doctors who came to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's house for talks left after nearly two hours due to an impasse over live-streaming of their meeting.
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Amid Deadlock With Doctors, Trinamool Leader's Big 'Attack Conspiracy' Claim
Amid the deadlock between protesting doctors and the West Bengal government, senior Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh has claimed that "opposition forces" are plotting an attack on the agitators to defame the Mamata Banerjee government.
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Protesting Doctors Write To President, PM Amid Deadlock With Mamata Banerjee
A day after fast-paced developments, when talks between them and the West Bengal government failed to take place for the third straight day, protesting junior doctors have written to the President and the PM, requesting them to intervene.
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Junior Doctors In West Bengal Continue Sit-In Protest Over Kolkata Rape-Murder
Junior doctors on Thursday continued their sit-in outside the West Bengal Health Department's office as well as their 'cease work' over the alleged rape and murder of a young medic at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
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By-Polls In 6 Seats Of Bengal, Opposition Hopes For RG Kar Effect
The coming by-polls in West Bengal are expected to be bellwether for which way the political winds are blowing in Mamata Banerjee's West Bengal after the massive protests over the rape-murder of a Kolkata doctor.
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Protesting Doctors To Attend Meeting Called By Bengal Government On Monday
Agitating junior doctors said they will attend a meeting called by the West Bengal government on Monday to resolve issues related to their demands, emphasising that its outcome will determine whether they will withdraw their indefinite hunger strike.
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"Call Off Hunger Strike": Mamata Banerjee Speaks To Doctors After Ultimatum
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.
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Key Doctors' Body Pauses Strike As Bengal Calls Meet To Discuss Demands
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.
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Medical Body IMA To Hold 24-Hour Hunger Strike To Support Bengal Doctors
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.
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Bengal Doctors Protest On RG Kar Issue For Public Interest: Medical Body Chief
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.
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Over 200 Senior Doctors Resign In Support Of Juniors' Protest In Bengal
Over 100 more senior doctors from four other state-run medical colleges and hospitals in West Bengal have tendered mass resignations during the last couple of hours to express solidarity with their junior colleagues.
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RG Kar Horror: Bengal Doctors Begin "Fast Unto Death" In Kolkata
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.
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Doctor's Protests, Floods May Dampen Bengal's Durga Puja Festivities
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.
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Trinamool Distances Self From Minister's "Woman Protester Drinking" Remark
West Bengal minister and senior Trinamool Congress leader Swapan Debnath's comment about women drinking during the mega protest in the state has sparked a huge controversy.
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Bengal Replaces Kolkata Police Commissioner, 2 Health Officials On Doctors' Demand
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.
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"I'm Requesting, Please Come And Talk": Mamata Banerjee To Doctors
Protesting doctors who came to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's house for talks left after nearly two hours due to an impasse over live-streaming of their meeting.
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Amid Deadlock With Doctors, Trinamool Leader's Big 'Attack Conspiracy' Claim
Amid the deadlock between protesting doctors and the West Bengal government, senior Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh has claimed that "opposition forces" are plotting an attack on the agitators to defame the Mamata Banerjee government.
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Protesting Doctors Write To President, PM Amid Deadlock With Mamata Banerjee
A day after fast-paced developments, when talks between them and the West Bengal government failed to take place for the third straight day, protesting junior doctors have written to the President and the PM, requesting them to intervene.
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Junior Doctors In West Bengal Continue Sit-In Protest Over Kolkata Rape-Murder
Junior doctors on Thursday continued their sit-in outside the West Bengal Health Department's office as well as their 'cease work' over the alleged rape and murder of a young medic at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
