The talks between junior doctors and officials of the state government on Wednesday night failed to resolve the impasse between the two sides. Medics have been protesting for the past 40 days since the brutal torture and killing of a postgraduate trainee doctor at RG Kar hospital came to light on August 9.

Thursday, September 19, Kolkata’s agitating junior doctors submitted a draft outlining the key points from their discussions with the West Bengal Chief Secretary Manoj Pant. They are now awaiting the state's response to their proposals,

Agitating junior doctors submitted key points from talks with the West Bengal government to Chief Secretary Manoj Pant. Despite ongoing protests over a colleague's murder and safety concerns, doctors expressed disappointment as the government refused written meeting minutes.

A day after their meeting, as promised to the protesting doctors on September 14 late evening, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee the next day made Manoj Kumar Verma the new Commissioner of Police of Kolkata. Vineet Goyal got transferred as additional director general (ADG) of Special Task Force.

Junior doctors in West Bengal will continue their strike after the second round of talks with the government ended inconclusively, lacking written assurances.

Kolkata: The senior officials of the West Bengal government on Wednesday had another round of meeting with the protesting junior doctors, who did not call off the cease-work stir even after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accepted their demand for the removal of Indian Police Service officer Vineet Goyal from the helm of the Kolkata Police.

Agitating junior doctors on Wednesday held the second round of talks with the West Bengal government to discuss the “unresolved” issues related to safety and security at the state-run hospitals and “prevailing threat culture”.

For a meeting with the Chief Secretary of West Bengal, Dr Manoj Pant, a delegation of junior doctors arrived at the secretariat in Nabanna today, Wednesday, September 18. Escorted by a pilot police vehicle,

The first round of meetings was held on Monday between the protesting junior doctors and Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee. After the meeting, Kolkata CP and two health department officials were removed.

The West Bengal government on Wednesday invited the junior doctors agitating over the RG Kar incident for a meeting at the state secretariat at 6.30 pm, responding to their request for a fresh round of talks.