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West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday blamed the BJP and CPI-M for vandalism at the RG Kar Medical College & Hospital, aiming to destroy evidence in the seminar hall of the Emergency building on August 14 midnight. Meanwhile, BJP, SUCI, students of various colleges and universities protested throughout the day and demanded justice for the medical student who was raped and murdered at the hospital. Blaming both Left and BJP (Baam-Ram) for vandalism and ransacking at the RG Kar Hospital, she claimed that infrastructure worth ₹50 to 100 crore has been damaged by the Left-BJP miscreants. Reacting sharply, BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar, who was also protesting over the RG Kar vandalism issue today, said, «I challenge the chief minister, if she can prove BJP's involvement in the vandalism, we will leave politics.» However, asked about the miscreants' identity, who were seen heading to the seminar hall in a purported video, Commissioner of Police Vineet Goyel said, «Nothing has been found as of now. We are examining them.» Kolkata Police has arrested 25 persons in connection with the vandalism.

Kolkata Police in connection with the RG Kar vandalism incident, Police Commissioner Vineet Goyel said on Friday. He urged all citizens and all political parties to come up with information about the miscreants behind the vandalism. Goyel urged the media and the people to not pay heed to the rumour mongering which has been going on over the rape and murder of a PG medical student of the hospital and the vandalism incident. The Police Commissioner accepted that there was «failure of assessment» about the crowd size on the 'Reclaim the Night' which was meant to be peaceful. He said, «So many women and people had come from various parts of the city and it was difficult to assess the size of the crowd.» «If you call it a failure of assessment, yes it was. The entire protest was supposed to be peaceful. We are human beings. We also make assessments based on available resources. There was so much security in the location. ACP-I was also present,» he said. " During the 'Reclaim the Night' protest, there were gatherings and spontaneous crowds which had come, with no specific leaders. How many people will gather could not be assessed. We had to deploy our resources throughout the city while a fairly large contingent had assembled at the RG Kar hospital," the Commissioner said.

Public spaces like hospitals have been found to be unsafe for women. What's more, the authorities' ability/willingness to go beyond lip-service and the motions has been brought into question.

rape and murder of a young doctor at a medical college in Kolkata is that India is unsafe for Indians. And a rattled and well-heeled middle-class once again is mulling the supposedly easy way out: let's send our children abroad to study, so that they can live in a safer country and prosper. This points to a basic weakness of both social media and the chatterati-knee-jerk reactions. It is true that the much-tomtommed assertion that Kolkata and West Bengal are «safe» for women has been conclusively disproved by the countless stories finally coming out about unreported crimes, triggered by the RG Kar incident. Though Bengal had been comforted by data collected by the National Crime Records Bureau (provided by the state police) showing that Kolkata is the safest city, clearly rapes and murders occur there as much as anywhere else in India. But is the alternative to abandon India? And go where? To the US, where this year has already seen the deaths of more than a dozen Indian students? Where there have already been nearly 300 mass shootings in 2024? Where immigration and 'migrants' are a sore issue?

Ravi Gandhi, Additional Director General (ADG), BSF Eastern Command, Kolkata, who is also heading committee constituted by Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Government of India to monitor the current situation on Indo-Bangladesh border, conducted a comprehensive review of the operational preparedness and prevailing security scenario along the Indo-Bangladesh. He is on a four day-long visit to the international border to the BSF Guwahati Frontier's area of responsibility. On the first day of his visit at Sector Headquarters Gopalpuri Gandhi was briefed by Makrand Deouskar, Inspector General (IG) of Guwahati Frontier, along with senior staff officers.

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Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goel on Friday asserted that the force was not trying to shield anyone and it tried to be as transparent as possible in the probe into the alleged rape and murder of a doctor at a state-run hospital here. Addressing a press conference, Goel also admitted that despite «sufficient security presence», the police did not expect the protesting crowd to turn violent outside RG Kar Hospital premises in the early hours of August 15, and were initially caught off-guard when a deputy commissioner-ranked officer got injured. The CP said that Kolkata Police has handed over all evidence, including videographed post-mortem to the CBI, which is investigating the case upon orders of the Calcutta High Court. «We are not shielding anyone, and police tried to be as transparent as possible in our probe. We have handed over all evidence related to the case to the CBI. Have faith in the central probe agency,» he said.

The Nirman Bhawan, located near Parliament in Lutyens' Delhi, houses the Ministry of Health besides other departments. Resident doctors are standing on the side of the road outside Nirman Bhawan, with a heavy presence of police officers who have placed barricades on both sides of the road.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Friday said atrocities against women in West Bengal, Bihar, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh have shaken the country, and asserted that repeated leniency in cases, political protection to accused and granting of bail or parole to convicts let down women. When government statistics show 86 rapes taking place every day, from whom should women expect protection? she posed in a post in Hindi on 'X'. «Atrocities against women in Kolkata, Bihar, Uttarakhand and UP have shaken the entire country. At this time, women across the country are in grief and anger,» Priyanka Gandhi said on X.

CBI that a few interns and physicians of the same medical establishment were involved in the crime, an officer said on Friday. The parents also provided the central agency, which is conducting the probe into the case on an order of the Calcutta High Court, with names of those who they suspect to be associated with their daughter's killing in the state-run hospital. «The parents told us that they suspect the involvement of multiple persons behind the sexual assault and murder of their daughter. They have given us names of a few interns and doctors working with their daughter at the RG Kar Hospital,» the CBI officer said.

The strike disrupted normal life in Siliguri and most shops in the city were closed since 6 pm. A member of SUCI (Communist) Dr Shahriar Alam said, «Today this strike has a huge impact. People have spontaneously responded to our call and throughout Siliguri like the Medical College area, people have not taken out their vehicles, and they have not opened the shops. We can say that the impact is very good. We have called this strike to protest against the heinous incident at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.»

Dhruv Rathee, a prominent YouTuber, is facing severe criticism after he deleted a social media post regarding the rape-murder case of a Kolkata doctor and later disclosed the victim's identity in a video. His actions on social media have ignited a public backlash, questioning his sensitivity and understanding of the laws surrounding such cases. The controversy began when Rathee shared a post on X (formerly Twitter) with the hashtag “Justice For Nirbhaya 2” in reference to the Kolkata doctor’s case. The post was quickly deleted, leading to speculation and criticism from the public. Many accused Rathee of succumbing to pressure from the ruling TMC government in West Bengal, alleging that he removed the post to avoid potential repercussions. Rathee later clarified his decision to delete the post, explaining that he found the comparison to the Nirbhaya case to be insensitive after receiving feedback from his followers.

Congress leader Supriya Shrinate has sharply criticised the West Bengal government over the recent rape and murder of a female trainee doctor, questioning why the local administration allegedly attempted to cover up the crime. Speaking out on Thursday, the Congress leader condemned the violence that erupted at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata after the incident and expressed anguish over the administration's handling of the situation. «The incident was extremely unfortunate. What happened to the woman doctor raises a critical question: Where is the safety for women, who constitute half the population? What is happening to women in this country? Why did the local administration try to cover up the crime? The violence we saw yesterday is unacceptable and it is not the answer to anything,» Shrinate, the chairperson of social media and digital platforms in Congress' communication department, told ANI.

Kolkata doctor rape case LIVE Updates: Amid protests demanding women's safety, RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, where a resident doctor was raped and murdered, was targeted by a massive mob during a demonstration. The Kolkata rape case has brought medical services to a standstill as students and doctors continue to demand justice for the resident PG doctor. Videos show a mob of dozens pushing their way in the emergency ward of the RG Kar Hospital and vandalising chairs.

RG Kar Medical College & Hospital at midnight with police taking refuge inside bathrooms and seeking help from nurses, the nurses of RG Kar Medical College & Hospital said on Thursday morning after they started protest demanding their safety and security. At least 18 departments, including Emergency department, ICU and HDU and even store room, male wards and bathrooms were vandalized and CCTV cameras were broken, sources told ET. Nurses protested vandalism from today morning as goons rampaged inside the wards at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Calcutta on Thursday morning, hours after unidentified miscreants ransacked medical establishments where a Medical PG student was raped and murdered last week. Nursing staff sits for protest seeking their safety and security. «Emergency department was completely rampaged. The medical equipment broken and the ICU attacked and several departments were vandalized. They are not in a state to provide services,» people in the know told ET.

RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, the newly appointed principal, Suhrita Pal said on Thursday that she doesn't know anything about the people who initiated vandalism at the hospital. «If you know anything, please tell me. I don't know anything about them,» she said. Pal, speaking on Independence Day said, «I am going for flag hoisting. We should honour our national flag.»

RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on Thursday morning, hours after unidentified miscreants vandalised a part of the medical establishment where a woman doctor was found dead last week, police said. The vandalism took place amid midnight protests by women in various parts of the state against the alleged rape and murder of the doctor in the seminar hall of the hospital. «The goons entered the campus and beat up agitating doctors. This was an attempt to break our morale so that we back out from the protest. But such incidents have only strengthened our resolve to fight till the end,» said one of the protesting doctors. According to the police, nearly 40 people, masquerading as protestors, entered the hospital premises, vandalized property, and pelted the police personnel present with stones, prompting the force to burst tear gas shells to disperse the crowd.

Golconda Fort in Hyderabad, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai, Delhi Secretariat, Bhopal’s Kushabhau Thackeray Convention Center, Mumbai International Airport, Calcutta High Court and Raj Bhavan in Kolkata, and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation headquarters in Mumbai are among the prominent structures that now shimmer with national pride. In Hyderabad, the Golconda Fort, renowned for its architectural beauty, has been meticulously illuminated by Bajaj Electricals. The lighting not only enhances the fort's aesthetic appeal but also honors its historical importance. Several dynasties like the Kakatiyas, Bahmanis, Qutb Shahis, and Mughals have left their architectural imprints on the fort. The fort now stands out even more as a symbol of India's rich heritage and its journey to independence. In Mumbai, the historic Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus glows with vibrant colored lights. This iconic railway station, a UNESCO World Heritage site, stands as a symbol of the city’s pride and heritage. The introduction of tricolor illumination ahead of Independence Day amplifies its grandeur.

Resident doctors at government hospitals in some states, including West Bengal and Delhi, continued their strike as various doctors' bodies differed over calling off the strike. The Federation of Resident Doctors' Association (FORDA) on Tuesday night called off its strike after meeting Union Health Minister J P Nadda. However, the medics at the central government-run AIIMS-Delhi, the Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA), and other Resident Doctors' Associations said that their stir would continue until a central law to curb attacks on medical personnel is implemented and a concrete solution found. In West Bengal, long queues were seen at outpatient department (OPD) ticket counters in government hospitals, where senior doctors joined their junior colleagues in the protest.

allegations of mishandling the rape-and-murder case of a woman trainee doctor, Kolkata Police issued two clarifications on Wednesday. «Reports of KP informing the family about a possible suicide are false. The family confirmed the call did not come from Kolkata Police.» The police also said that it did not cremate the body of deceased.