The government has approved the hiring of 1,514 additional security personnel, comprising 910 men and 604 women, for 29 hospitals and medical colleges. This initiative aims to strengthen security across all medical colleges in response to the tragic rape and murder of R G Kar.

One of them being Aniket Mahato who is a junior doctor at R G Kar who reportedly led the march that pressed for the resignation of Kolkata police commissioner Vineet Goyal on September 3. The replica of a human spine was carried during these protests.

Debashish Haldar, a prominent figure in West Bengal’s junior doctors’ protest, said they ‘remain hopeful for a formal written directive acknowledging our demands’, and will continue their cease work

Sircar had recently written to West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee expressing his desire to resign his MP post over the state government’s lacklustre handling of the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at

The second round of talks between the Bengal government and protesting doctors failed to resolve the RG Kar case impasse.

The West Bengal Junior Doctors' Front (WBJDF) is in a meeting with the state’s Chief Secretary Manoj Pant today, September 18, for a follow-up discussion regarding their unresolved demands related to the RG Kar rape and murder case.

West Bengal government invites agitating junior doctors for second round of talks amid flood-like situation, urging return to work.

While pressing their new demands, the junior doctors have sought security in hospitals, the development of the healthcare system, the resignation of the state Health Secretary, among others.

CBI made this statement while requesting a three-day extension of custody for Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of RG Kar hospital, and Abhijit Mondal, a former officer in charge of the Tala police s

The West Bengal government has invited junior doctors for a meeting at the state secretariat to discuss unresolved issues, including hospital security. The medics have been protesting for 40 days following the death of a colleague.

Kolkata: A day after the Bengal government appointed Manoj Kumar Verma as the new Kolkata Police chief, replacing Vineet Goyal, and removed two senior health department officials, junior doctors protesting over the RG Kar rape-murder early Wednesday said they will continue their sit-in and not return to work.