Kolkata, Aug 15 (IANS) The body of a young woman with her throat slit was recovered on Thursday in Shaktigarh in West Bengal's East Burdwan district following which tension erupted in the area.
Kolkata, Aug 15 (IANS) After the emergency department of the state-run R.G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata was ransacked by a violent mob few minutes after Wednesday midnight, the Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Kumar Goyal said that "continuous negative media propaganda over the brutal rape and murder of a woman junior doctor last week" as the main reason which led to the vandalism of the hospital.
Bengaluru, Aug 15 (IANS) Karnataka Congress MLA Rizwan Arshad on Wednesday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, appealing him to address the political turmoil and reported atrocities on Hindu minorities in Bangladesh.
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) Former IPS officer Kiran Bedi on Wednesday underlined "poor upbringing of boys" as one of the reasons behind incidents like the rape and murder of a junior doctor in Kolkata last week, which again put the subject of women's safety in the country under scanner while serving another blow to the society's conscience.
Kolkata, Aug 14 (IANS) A day after the Calcutta High Court questioned Kolkata Police over its investigation into the ghastly rape and murder of a woman doctor at the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital here last week, and handed over the probe into the matter to the CBI, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday defended the city's police department, describing it "one of the best in the country".
Kolkata, Aug 14 (IANS) A special team of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), accompanied by a forensic expert, reached here on Wednesday to investigate the ghastly rape and murder of a woman doctor at state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital.
New Delhi/Dhaka, Aug 14 (IANS) Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is currently in India after the fall of her government following a mass uprising, has demanded an investigation into the killings, vandalism and arson carried out in the name of agitation in her country.
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) The Supreme Court will on Wednesday hear a plea filed by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal seeking release from jail in connection with the Delhi excise policy case, in which he is under investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Ahmedabad, Aug 13 (IANS) A special PMLA court in Ahmedabad on Tuesday framed criminal charges against Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP and national spokesperson Saket Gokhale under the anti-money laundering law.
Dhaka, Aug 13 (IANS) Muhammad Yunus, the Chief Advisor of the interim government in Bangladesh, said on Tuesday that establishing human rights and freedom of speech remains one of his prime goals as the country's minority communities, especially Hindus, continue to face horrendous acts of violence and vandalism since Sheikh Hasina's resignation as Prime Minister on August 5.
