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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday set aside an order of the Calcutta High Court in which it acquitted an accused in a sexual assault case and made ‘objectionable’ observations advising adolescent girls to ‘control sexual urges’. A bench of justices Abhay S Oka and...

New Delhi: Terming the rape and murder case of a medic at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital as horrific, the Supreme Court Tuesday came down heavily on the West Bengal government over the delay in filing FIR in the matter. Taking suo motu...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court, which has taken suo moto cognisance of the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata earlier this month, started hearing the matter Tuesday. A 3-judge bench led by Chief...

Kolkata: The West Bengal government has formed a special investigation team (SIT) to probe into alleged financial irregularities at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, where the body of a postgraduate trainee doctor was found earlier this month, according to a notification. The four-member SIT...

Kolkata: The healthcare services were severely affected at state-run hospitals across West Bengal as the ceasework agitation by junior doctors to protest against the alleged rape and murder of a woman medic entered the 12th day Tuesday. Long queues of patients were seen at several...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court, which has taken suo moto cognisance of the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata earlier this month, will hear the matter Tuesday A 3-judge bench led by Chief...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear as the first matter Tuesday a suo motu case related to the rape and murder of a postgraduate medic at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata amid the ongoing nationwide doctors' strike over...

Kolkata: Seema Pahuja, a CBI officer who was part of the investigating team that probed the 2020 Hathras gang-rape and murder case, has been included in the agency's team investigating the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the state-run R.G. Medical College and...

New Delhi: The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government’s move to induct experts and specialists into the bureaucracy has met with opposition from one of its allies -- the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP). Speaking to mediapersons on Monday, LJP chief Chirag Paswan said that the...

Kolkata/New Delhi: The CBI, probing the rape-murder of a woman doctor at RG Kar Hospital in Kolkata, has been granted permission to conduct a polygraph test on the accused, a civic volunteer in the agency's custody, as protests continue to disrupt healthcare services in state-run...