New principal of RG Kar hospital removed amid protests

The West Bengal government removed three senior officials of the RG Kar hospital, bowing to the demand of junior doctors who have been protesting against the alleged rape and murder of a......

Bengal govt moves HC for death sentence to RG Kar convict

The West Bengal government on Tuesday moved the Calcutta high court to file an appeal seeking death penalty of the convict in the RG Kar hospital doctor's rape and murder case and secured the......

Bengali theatre icon returns state award over doctor's murder

Amid protests by civil society organisations over the rape-murder of a trainee doctor, Bengali theatre personality Biplab Bandyopadhyay on Tuesday announced returning the state-instituted......

Symbolic fast in Bengal for junior docs as hunger strike enters Day 9

The hunger strike by junior doctors of West Bengal to press for their demands following the RG Kar hospital incident entered the ninth day on Sunday, when people are holding a "symbolic fast" at......