KOLKATA — In a late-night development, the West Bengal Health Department on Wednesday announced the transfer of three top officials of state-run R.G Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata, including its new Principal and Vice Principal. Apart from the newly-appointed Principal Suhrita Pal, the newly-appointed Medical Superintendent & Vice Principal Bulbul Mukhopadhyay and the […]
NEW DELHI — Over 65 lakh students did not pass class 10 and 12 board exams across the country last year with the failure rate being higher in state boards than the central board, according to Ministry of Education (MoE) officials. An analysis of class 10 and 12 results of 59 school boards, including 56 […]
NEW DELHI — As many as 151 sitting MPs and MLAs have declared cases related to crimes against women in their election affidavits, with West Bengal having the highest number of lawmakers facing such cases, according to a recent report by a poll rights body. For the report, the Association for Democratic Reforms examined 4,693 […]
NEW DELHI — Saving lives was the childhood dream for 28-year-old Indian doctor Radhika, but after the brutal rape and murder of a colleague her own safety has increasingly become a top concern. Earlier this month, at the government-run hospital where Radhika works in the eastern city of Kolkata, the battered and bloodied body of […]
KOLKATA — In the backdrop of the ghastly rape and murder of a woman junior doctor in state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata, the West Bengal government has decided to appoint retired police and defence personnel as security supervisors in all state-run medical colleges and hospitals. As per a notification issued by […]
NEW DELHI — India’s top court on Tuesday set up a national task force of doctors who will make recommendations on safety of health care workers at their workplaces, days after the rape and killing of a trainee doctor that sparked outrage and nationwide protests. The Supreme Court said the doctors’ panel will frame guidelines […]
BAREILLY, UP — After Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a forceful argument for adopting the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) during his Independence Day speech on Thursday, Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi, the President of the All India Muslim Jamaat (AIMJ), claimed that Muslims in the country are not happy with the Prime Minister’s remarks. During his speech […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to grant interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a corruption case filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the alleged excise policy scam and sought a response from the probe agency on his plea challenging his arrest. As the hearing commenced […]
NEW DELHI — 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). A bench of justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan will take […]
KOLKATA — Three junior doctors and one house staff has been summoned by the Kolkata police in connection with the rape-murder of a PG trainee woman doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. According to the Kolkata Police sources, the summoned junior doctors and house staff were on duty on the night […]