Kolkata, March 26 (IANS) Panihati Assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, otherwise never a high-profile seat in the state’s electoral history, has this time come into sharp focus with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) fielding Ratna Debnath, the mother of the junior doctor of state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata who was raped and murdered within the hospital premises in August 2024, as its candidate from the constituency.Members of the Debnath …
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New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders on Thursday defended the party’s decision to field the mother of the junior doctor of West Bengal’s R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, who was raped and murdered within the hospital premises in August 2024, from the Panihati Assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district.The victim’s mother, Ratna Debnath, featured in the party’s third list of 19 candidates, announced on Wednesday, for the forthcoming two-pha…
Kolkata, March 25 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday announced its third list of 19 candidates for the forthcoming two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal next month, with the most prominent name being Ratna Debnath, fielded from the Panihati Assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district.Debnath is the mother of the junior doctor of state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata who was raped and murdered within the hospital premises in August 2024.She is …
Kolkata, March 23 (IANS) The parents of the doctor who became the victim of the ghastly rape and murder within the premises at the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, in August 2024, have accepted the basic membership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), confirmed the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari on Monday. However, he added, the party leadership is yet to decide whether any one of them would be the party candidate from Pani…
Kolkata/New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) A 40-year-old visitor died in a freak lift accident at Kolkata’s R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, early on Friday, recalling reports of administrative lapse and criminal activity that allegedly affect services rendered even at West Bengal’s public health centres of repute.Friday’s incident raises fresh questions about public hospital infrastructure, safety, and accountability in West Bengal, reviving memories of the August 2024 rape-and-murder of a …
Kolkata, March 20 (IANS) The policemen of Tala police station under the Kolkata Police, on Friday, detained five persons for questioning in connection with the death of a person Arup Bandopadhyay after getting trapped in the elevator of state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata and remaining trapped there for more than an hour. Based on a general diary filed by Amal Bandopadhyay, the father of the deceased person, the police officers of the Tala police station had registered an …
Kolkata, March 20 (IANS) In a shocking case, a man died after being trapped in an elevator in the controversial state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on Friday.The relatives and friends of the deceased person were protesting within the R.G. Kar premises at the time the report was filed. The deceased person had been identified as Arup Bandopadhyay, a resident of Dum Dum in the northern outskirts of Kolkata.It is learnt that he was trapped in the elevator of the hospital build…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) West Bengal is increasingly requiring judicial involvement in issues pertaining to procedural details and administrative inertia, where political interests are allegedly reigning over other aspects. From law-and-order matters to holding rallies, several incidents of such court involvement have been seen of late. Friday’s “extraordinary decision in view of the extraordinary circumstances” direction to depute judicial officers to adjudicate claims of voters listed under th…
Kolkata, Feb 17 (IANS) The parents of the woman junior doctor of R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata who became the victim of a ghastly rape and murder within the hospital premises in August 2024, on Tuesday, made a fresh appeal at a trial court here to review the role of Kolkata Police first and then that of Central Bureau of Investigation (CB) in their respective investigation into the matter.The victim’s parents have also appealed to the court to review whether any political inf…
Kolkata, Feb 16 (IANS) The trial process against Sandip Ghosh, the former and controversial principal of state-run R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, in connection with his alleged involvement in the multi-crore R. G. Kar financial irregularities case, could not begin at a special court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in Kolkata on Monday.Despite the Enforcement Directorate (ED) filing its first chargesheet in the matter at the special PMLA court on February 6…