RG Kar rape-murder case: Trial to begin on November 11

Eighty-seven days after the body of a woman medic was found at state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, a Kolkata court on Monday framed charges against the prime accused, Sanjay Roy. IMAGE:......

Doctors Strike Opens Fissures In Bengal

'The Bengali middle class, who never fully embraced Mamata Banerjee's policies, are now expressing their deep-seated frustration by spilling out on to the streets.' IMAGE: A torch rally from......

Bengal junior doctors call off 'cease work' after 42 days

Junior doctors protesting the rape-murder of a colleague at RG Kar hospital ended their 42-day 'cease work' on Friday, announcing partial resumption of duties in essential services after a march to......

Deadlock over, Bengal doctors to withdraw 'cease work' from Saturday

Agitating junior doctors announced to "partially" withdraw their 'cease work' and rejoin emergency and essential services at state-run hospitals from Saturday, as the West Bengal government has......

PowerMin puts media under lens; entry, meetings restricted

Efforts to streamline dissemination of information from government offices seem to have reached a different level altogether. Now, the office of Piyush Goyal, minister for coal, power and renewable......

Why Serious Fraud Investigation Office is back in news

It is almost six in the evening. At this time, when most office employees start calling it a day, the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO), the government's corporate investigative wing, is......

New Rs 186-crore CBI HQ sports corporate look

The new office of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday, sports a snazzy and corporate look.This is quite in contrast to its previous......

What Anil Ambani's appearance at the CBI HQ means

Sheela Bhatt explains the significance of Anil Ambani's appearance at the CBI headquarters on Wednesday. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's interaction with the editors of India's leading television......