RG Kar scam: ED raids Trinamool MLA’s residence, other locations

IANS | September 17, 2024 10:05 AM

Kolkata, Sep 17 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) was conducting raid and search operations at multiple locations in Kolkata and Hoogly district, including the residence and farmhouse of four-time Trinamool MLA Dr Sudipto Roy in connection with financial irregularities case in state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital.

Ganpati procession violence: DSP, Inspector suspended for negligence, says Karnataka CM

IANS | September 16, 2024 9:14 PM

Kalaburagi (Karnataka), Sep 16 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday announced that a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) and a Police Inspector have been suspended over negligence in connection with the incident of violence and rioting during Ganpati idol immersion procession in Nagamangala town of Mandya district.

Tension in K'taka district, two arrested for provocative statements (Ld)

IANS | September 16, 2024 2:55 PM

Dakshina Kannada (Karnataka), Sep 16 (IANS) Two persons were arrested on Monday for allegedly provoking Hindus in Karnataka's Dakshina Kannada district ahead of the Eid Milad festival, said officials here adding that a case has also been filed against a VHP leader in the Cybercrime, Economic Offences and Narcotic (CEN) Mangaluru police station.

RG Kar case: CBI to interrogate Sandeep Ghosh, Abhijit Mondal on crucial points

IANS | September 16, 2024 10:52 AM

Kolkata, Sep 16 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has now decided to interrogate Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital and ex-station house officer (SHO) of Tala Police Station Abhijit Mondal together to clarify some suspicious actions on part of both on the morning of August 9 when the body a junior doctor and victim of ghastly rape and murder was recovered from within the hospital premises.

Biden condemns all violence after Trump assassination bid

Yashwant Raj | September 16, 2024 7:27 AM

Washington, Sep 16 (IANS) US President Joe Biden has said "there is no place for political violence or for any violence ever in our country" and praised law enforcement for helping keep former President Trump safe during a shooting incident that investigators said "appears to be an attempted assassination" of the Republican presidential nominee on Sunday.

RG Kar case: Indira Jaising to represent junior doctors at SC on Tuesday

IANS | September 16, 2024 12:32 AM

Kolkata, Sep 16 (IANS) Acclaimed lawyer and social activist Indira Jaising will be representing West Bengal Junior Doctors' Forum (WBJDF), the umbrella organisation of junior doctors in the state protesting against the ghastly rape and murder of a junior doctor at state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata last month, during the hearing in the matter at the Supreme Court on September 17.