Bengal health department acts tough against Sandip Ghosh’s confidants

IANS | September 4, 2024 2:12 PM

Kolkata, Sep 4 (IANS) After suspending the former and controversial Principal of R.G. Kar Medical College Sandip Ghosh on Tuesday, the West Bengal health department seems to have started acting tough on his close confidants, against whom there are complaints from the state’s medical fraternity, especially junior doctors.

'Am better than Darshan': Murdered fan taunted superstar's partner with obscene photo, says charge sheet

IANS | September 4, 2024 2:00 PM

Bengaluru, Sep 4 (IANS) Victim Renukaswamy, who was allegedly kidnapped and brutally murdered by Kannada superstar Darshan, his partner Pavithra Gowda, and 15 others, had sent an obscene photo and derogatory messages to Pavithra Gowda, as he believed she was destroying the actor's family life, as per the charge sheet submitted in court, police sources said on Wednesday.

Puja Khedkar submitted 2 disability certificates, suspect fraud: Delhi Police in HC

IANS | September 4, 2024 1:11 PM

Mumbai/New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) In another status report submitted to the High Court in the national capital, the Delhi Police have contended that former controversial Maharashtra IAS Probationary Officer Puja M.D. Khedkar has submitted two separate disability certificates for her UPSC exams, official sources said here on Wednesday.

RG Kar case: Calls from overseas mobile number on Aug 9 under CBI scanner

IANS | September 4, 2024 9:52 AM

Kolkata, Sep 4 (IANS) Calls from an overseas mobile number to select officials and doctors of R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on the morning of August 9 are currently under the scanner of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing the rape and murder of a woman doctor.

Few scenes in 'IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack' are fictitious, says cabin crew member Anil Sharma

IANS | September 4, 2024 12:19 AM

New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Amid the controversy surrounding the Netflix series 'IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack', which tells the story of the hijack of Indian Airlines flight IC-814 by Pakistan-based terror outfit Harkat-ul-Mujahideen in 1999, Anil Sharma, who was present in the hijacked Airbus aircraft as chief steward, and saw the series of events unfolding in front of his eyes, said on Tuesday that some of the scenes in the web series are fictitious.

Under pressure, Kolkata Police lift barricades to allow junior doctors to march ahead

IANS | September 3, 2024 5:04 PM

Kolkata, Sep 3 (IANS) Nearly 24 hours after junior doctors began a sit-in demonstration on being prevented by the cops from marching towards the Kolkata Police headquarters in Lalbazar demanding the resignation of Commissioner Vineet Kumar Goyal, the police on Tuesday afternoon finally succumbed to the pressure of the agitators and allowed them to proceed by removing the barricades put up on B.B. Ganguly Street in Central Kolkata.