SC urges protesting medical community to resume work at earliest

IANS | August 20, 2024 1:58 PM

New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday urged the doctors and medical professionals across the country, who are abstaining from work in protest of the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, to resume work at the earliest.

Badlapur sexual abuse case to be tried in fast track court, says CM Shinde

IANS | August 20, 2024 1:47 PM

Mumbai, Aug 20 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday directed the case, involving the abuse of two schoolgirls in Thane district's Badlapur, to be tried in the fast track court and warned that action would be taken against the school management if such incident occurred again.

Bengal Governor asks state-run medical colleges to beef up security

IANS | August 18, 2024 9:19 PM

Kolkata, Aug 18 (IANS) West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose on Sunday sent a communique to the authorities all the medical colleges and hospitals across the state, directing them to beef up security on their premises in the aftermath of the ghastly rape and murder of a junior doctor at the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata last week.