Kolkata, May 29 (IANS) In an explosive critique of the previous Trinamool Congress administration and its functioning in West Bengal, senior party leader Biswajit Deb on Friday remarked that if the Lok Sabha polls were conducted after the RG Kar controversy, the party would not have managed to even win nine seats.Speaking to IANS, Deb, who is also the Advocate General of Mizoram, listed the reasons for Trinamool’s electoral setback, highlighting ignorance of ground reality, communication gap wit…
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Kolkata, May 28 (IANS) Trinamool Congress MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy on Thursday launched a blistering critique of the party’s functioning, governance failures, corruption allegations, and organisational culture, following its debacle in the West Bengal Assembly elections. During an interaction with IANS, the veteran parliamentarian, who said he would complete 60 years in politics next year, admitted that the party failed to understand public anger, especially after the RG Kar controversy and risi…
Kolkata, May 28 (IANS) Doctor and Trinamool Congress leader, Santanu Sen, resigned from the post of the party’s All-India Spokesperson, by sending a letter to former Chief Minister and Trinamool supremo, Mamata Banerjee on Thursday.The former Rajya Sabha MP said that he has decided to leave the post after accepting the verdict of the people in state Assembly elections.Santanu had spoken out about hospital corruption after the rape and murder of a junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospi…
Kolkata, May 24 (IANS) Former Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member and doctor Santanu Sen has congratulated and thanked the new BJP government in the state and Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari. He posted on social media on Saturday night, congratulating the new government on the steps being taken in the health sector.Santanu was a Rajya Sabha member from Trinamool and was accused of making anti-party comments during the RG Kar movement. He was later suspended from the Trinamool. However, Santanu…
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) Recent developments reported on the probe into the brutal rape and murder of a young junior doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, raise serious questions about governance, accountability, and the legacy of Mamata Banerjee’s rule in West Bengal. Administrative measures include the suspension of three senior IPS officers and intensified investigations into alleged irregularities involving Sandip Ghosh, the former superintendent at RG Kar Hospital.The…
Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party-led West Bengal government has initiated a major overhaul of security and infrastructure at five prominent government hospitals in Kolkata, with authorities announcing stricter surveillance and tighter access control measures across the facilities.The Kolkata Police issued formal directives to the authorities of SSKM Hospital, Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital, RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, National Medical College and Hospital…
Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) Abhijit Gangopadhyay, BJP Member of Parliament from Tamluk and former Calcutta High Court judge, has expressed anger over Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigating officer Seema Pahuja in the probe into the rape and murder of a female doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. However, he also praised the CBI’s investigation into the matter while raising several questions. His main complaint concerns Seema, whom he claimed failed to conduct the investigatio…
Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) The RG Kar rape and murder case has been transferred to a new bench of the Calcutta High Court. On Saturday, Chief Justice Sujoy Paul specified that the matter would now be heard by the division bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar and Justice Tirthankar Ghosh.The victim’s family has filed a fresh application in the High Court seeking a CBI probe into the incident of August 9, 2024.The counsel for the victim’s family has also filed a petition in the High Court seeking permis…
Kolkata, May 12 (IANS) The mother of the RG Kar rape-murder victim and newly elected Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA, Ratna Debnath said on Tuesday that the Kolkata Police treating her “respectfully” at the State Secretariat ‘Nabanna’ was a “sign of victory” towards ensuring justice for her daughter.Speaking to IANS, the BJP MLA alleged that she was assaulted by police personnel during the ‘Nabanna Abhiyan’ held on August 9, 2025, during the previous Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal…
Kolkata, May 12 (IANS) Justice Rajasekhar Mantha’s bench in the Calcutta High Court has recused itself from hearing the case of the rape and murder of a woman doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. The bench noted that there was a surplus of cases in the court. The state government is likely to form a judicial commission to address the case. In the interest of justice, the bench was of the opinion that the case could be heard by that bench, which could dedicate sufficient time to the iss…