New Delhi/IBNS: In a veiled attack on the Mamata Banerjee government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the state governments should take crimes against women seriously and must be probed in a quick time, amid the huge uproar over the rape and murder of a 31-year-old lady trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital and the alleged cover-up by the administration.
Tens and thousands of women and men walked down the streets of Kolkata and gathered in different corners of West Bengal on Wednesday late night to demand justice for the PG trainee doctor who was raped and murdered in state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, triggering a nationwide outrage.
Kolkata/IBNS: A massive vandalism has been reported from Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital amid a major people's night protest over the rape and murder of a post-graduate trainee doctor at the same hospital.
Kolkata/IBNS: Amid massive criticism and nationwide protest over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday said the state police will assist the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in all manners to ensure the highest punishment for the perpetrators but was quick to slam the opposition parties for 'indulging in vulture politics.'
New Delhi/IBNS: President Droupadi Murmu Thursday made a push for a more inclusive society and called for affirmative action to be strengthened as an instrument towards this end in her address to the nation on the eve of India's 78th Independence Day.
Police have detained a class 9 student in Mumbai for allegedly raping a three-year-old, media reports said on Wednesday.
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday broke his silence on the rape and murder of the PG trainee doctor in Kolkata's state-run RG Kar Medical College and said the incident created an atmosphere of insecurity among the doctors' community and women.
Kolkata/IBNS: I will be there. Are you? Not in a hush, hush tone, but in a loudspeaker voice breaking the Internet.
Kolkata/IBNS: The Central Bureau of Investigation is focussing on whether the 31-year-old lady trainee doctor at Kolkata's state-run RG Kar College and Hospital was raped and murdered by one person or was it a gangrape as the clamour demanding justice in the case is growing louder.
Srinagar/IBNS: An Army captain was killed in an encounter with four terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda on Wednesday, media reports said.
Kolkata/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is the primary opposition force in the state, has demanded the resignation of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the rape and murder of 31-year-old trainee doctor at Kolkata's state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
Kolkata/IBNS: The Kolkata Police on Wednesday handed over arrested civic volunteer Sanjoy Roy, who is accused of raping and murdering a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, to the Central Bureau of Investigation.
Women in Kolkata and several other Indian cities will walk on the streets at late night (11:55 pm) on Wednesday to protest against the rape and murder of a PG trainee doctor in state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital that has sparked nationwide outrage.
Women in Kolkata and several other Indian cities will walk on the streets on Wednesday to protest against the rape and murder of a PG trainee doctor in state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital that has sparked nationwide outrage.
India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has carried out a successful maiden flight test of Long Range Glide Bomb (LRGB), GAURAV from Su-30 MK-I platform of the Indian Air Force (IAF).
Lucknow/IBNS: A 57-year-old government official has been arrested for raping a six-year-old Dalit girl in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr and then committing bestiality with a goat, media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: The Federation of Resident Doctors' Association (FORDA) Tuesday called off the protest over the rape and murder of a trainee female doctor in Kolkata after meeting Union Health Minister JP Nadda.
Kolkata/IBNS: The R G Kar Medical College and Hospital has started demolishing a portion of the building adjacent to the seminar hall where a junior doctor was raped and murdered last week raising outcry that evidence of the grisly crime is being wiped out before a court-monitored CBI probe.
Expressing solidarity with the agitating medical students, noted Indian filmmaker Aparna Sen on Tuesday said she felt ashamed over the rape and murder of a PG trainee doctor in Kolkata's state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
Noted Indian filmmaker Aparna Sen on Tuesday said she felt ashamed over the rape and murder of a PG trainee doctor in Kolkata's state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
India and Australian officials recently exchanged views on various topics of mutual interest, including the maritime security environment in the Indo-Pacific region, during the 6th India-Australia Maritime Security Dialogue in Canberra on Tuesday.
The 14th meeting of the India-Australia Joint Working Group on Counter- Terrorism was held on August 12 in New Delhi when the officials condemned terrorism in all forms.
At least one person was injured after a Volvo bus driver lost control and hit several bikes and cars in Bengaluru on Tuesday.
A horrifying video has gone viral where a husband could be seen riding on her motorcycle with her wife tied to the back of the vehicle as she screamed in pain in Rajasthan's Nagaur district.
A top US official said on Monday that the relationship shared with India is one of the most consequential in the world.
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the rape and murder of the PG trainee doctor in Kolkata's state-run RG Kar Medical College Hospital, an incident which has sparked massive protest across the nation.
Kolkata/IBNS: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday came down heavily on the state government over the appointment of Dr. Sandip Ghosh to a government college within hours after he resigned as the principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, where a trainee doctor was raped and murdered last week, media reports said.
Kolkata/IBNS: The parents of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital's trainee doctor, who was allegedly raped and murdered at the seminar hall, claimed they were told that their daughter died of suicide by the state authorities, media reports said.
Women across West Bengal will protest against the alleged rape and murder of a female PG trainee doctor in state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital before Wednesday midnight, just minutes before the country celebrates its 78th Independence Day.
Kolkata/IBNS: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered controversial Dr. Sandip Ghosh, who was appointed as the principal of Calcutta National Medical College head within hours of his resignation as the head of RG Kar Medical College, to go on a long leave, coming down heavily on the state government in the trainee doctor's rape and murder case that has sent shockwaves across the country.
