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Sanyasi against tyranny: Powerful image of a man in saffron robes braving water canons in Kolkata captures the imagination of netizens

OpIndia Staff - 27 August, 2024

Several netizens have shared videos of the brutal crackdown by police on peaceful protesters against RG Kar Hospital rape and murder incident.

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West Bengal: Police arrest 4 students ahead of ‘Nabanna Abhijan’ protest march claiming they were ‘planning large-scale violence’, BJP to move court

OpIndia Staff - 27 August, 2024

'Nabanna Abhijan' is organised to demand the resignation of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

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RG Kar Hospital rape and murder case: CBI conducts searches at premises of former Principal in Kolkata amid corruption probe

ANI - 25 August, 2024

The anti-corruption branch of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted searches on Sunday at multiple locations connected to former RG Kar Medical College principal Sandip Ghosh and his relatives in West Bengal's Kolkata.

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Barkha Dutt then Nabila Jamal: TMC MP Saket Gokhale gets slammed by journalists for obnoxious behaviour, apathy for RG Kar Hospital victim and using...

OpIndia Staff - 23 August, 2024

Saket Gokhale was muted by Barkha Dutt on her show because of his continuous attack on media and on her over the reporting of RG Kar Hospital's rape and murder case

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West Bengal: RG Kar Medical College’s ex-principal Sandip Ghosh appointed as OSD in Health Ministry, new principal of the medical college transferred to Barasat

OpIndia Staff - 22 August, 2024

Sandip Ghosh has been appointed as OSD at the Health Ministry of the West Bengal government, as per a notification issued on Wednesday.

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Kolkata Rape and Murder: CBI says crime scene was altered, body cremated before registering FIR, Supreme Court questions lapses by Police including long delay...

OpIndia Staff - 22 August, 2024

The CBI has made several shocking revelations in its status report on the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata

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WB: TMC worker Firoz Khan rapes a married woman at gunpoint for rejecting his advances, inserts a gun into her genitals, ties her 4-year-old...

OpIndia Staff - 22 August, 2024

This incident has sparked significant public outrage in Bolpur, especially in light of the recent murder of a trainee female doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital.

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West Bengal: After the RG Kar Hospital horror, an unidentified body of a woman found in bushes in Kolkata, BJP slams Mamata Banerjee

OpIndia Staff - 21 August, 2024

The BJP has demanded the resignation of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee stating that she should step down otherwise she would be remembered as the leader who failed women.

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‘Jaise Rape Hua, Aap Logon Ko Bhi Karenge’: Staff recall threats by miscreants during vandalism at RG Kar Hospital

Paurush Gupta - 20 August, 2024

While recounting the mob issuing rape threats, she said, “We felt as if the same fate that happened to the victim, for whom we came here to stage a protest, would happen to us. And tomorrow someone else will protest for us. There was no safety and security.”

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