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search operation at the residences and nursing home of TMC MLA Sudipto Roy in connection with its probe into financial irregularities at the RG Kar hospital, an officer said. Sleuths of the central probe agency, who started the operation at Roy's residences in Sithi and the adjoining nursing home early on Tuesday, left at around 2 am on Wednesday with a «boxful of documents», he said. «Some important case-related documents have been seized. We are trying to find out whether the doctor had carried out any financial transaction or other dealings with the hospital,» he told PTI. Besides Roy's residences and his nursing home, the ED also conducted raids at the house of a medicine dealer and four other places.

Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday urged junior doctors to end their agitation, since most of their demands were accepted by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The medics have been on 'cease work' since August 9, when the body of a postgraduate trainee, who was raped and murdered, was found in the seminar room of state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. They were demanding justice for the victim and stronger security measures in medical establishments. «As a gesture of goodwill, the doctors should consider calling off the strike and work collaboratively with the West Bengal government to serve the needs of the people and expedite the implementation of the task force's initiatives to ensure these changes are promptly executed,» Banerjee said. The TMC national general secretary also said it is crucial to hold the CBI accountable and ensure no perpetrators are spared, with swift punishment handed down at the earliest opportunity.

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Kolkata court on Tuesday extended the CBI custody of ex-principal of RG Kar hospital Dr Sandip Ghosh and Tala police station officer in charge Abhijit Mondal for three days in the medic's rape and murder case. Since Ghosh and Mondal were not cooperating with CBI officers, an extension of their custody was required, the CBI informed the court. The agency said that its detectives were yet to get any evidence of gang rape in the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital case. The CBI counsel also submitted that its sleuths have not yet found any evidence proving any direct involvement of Ghosh and Mondal in the rape or murder of the postgraduate doctor whose body was found in the hospital's seminar room on August 9.

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RG Kar hospital rape-murder case said, there is still time to complete the investigation and CBI needs to be given adequate time. «They are not sleeping over,» said the court as per a report by Live Law. The court said, nobody can say that CBI destroyed anything related to crime scene or 27 minutes of CCTV footage. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appearing for CBI told the Supreme Court that Wikipedia is still showing the name and photo of victim. To this CJI Chandrachud said, «We will pass an order, the name and photo cannot be there.»

health minister has reported that 175 individuals in Malappuram district have been identified in connection with the recent Nipah virus outbreak. Among these, 74 are healthcare workers. Of the 175 individuals, 126 are on the primary contact list, with 104 considered high-risk, while 49 are secondary contacts. Authorities are treating ten people at Manjeri Medical College Hospital. Testing is underway for 13 individuals, with results pending. This follows the death of a 24-year-old man from Nipah virus on September 9. Previous outbreaks since 2018 have already affected the state, with the first death of 2024 recorded on July 21. Bats in Kozhikode, Wayanad, Idukki, Malappuram, and Ernakulam districts have been found carrying Nipah virus antibodies. Fruit bats naturally host the virus, which can then spread to humans, leading to person-to-person transmission.

RG Kar Hospital issue and the state administration, led by the chief minister, ended on a positive note, according to people privy to the developments. The chief minister is said to have appealed to the junior doctors to resume work at the earliest. However, the doctors have said that they will take a final call only after discussions. The state has agreed to address issues related to strengthening the health infrastructure and providing necessary infrastructure for doctors, people in the know have said. The junior doctors submitted a memorandum to chief minister Mamata Banerjee during their meeting which started at around 7 pm and continued for almost three hours. Mamata Banerjee, Chief Secretary Manoj Pant, Director General of Police Rajeev Kumar and Junior Health Minister (MoS) Chandrima Bhattacharya were present at Monday's meeting. However, the state government officials said that the junior doctors' demand seeking the resignations of the Commissioner of Police, Director of Medical Education (DME) and Health Secretary, involved an administrative process.

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Labour and employment minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Sunday said government is planning to converge the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) with Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) to provide efficient treatment to ESIC beneficiaries. «Under this policy, ESIC beneficiaries will have access to quality medical facilities in more than 30,000 hospitals empanelled with AB-PMJAY,» Mandaviya said while chairing the third regional meeting with western dozen states in Rajkot on Sunday. «This will eliminate distinctions with respect to access to services offered by government, public sector and private hospitals, allowing the beneficiaries to efficiently receive treatment in any empanelled hospital,” he added.

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MBBS students drowned in a reservoir on Sunday evening in Madhya Pradesh's Panna district, an official said. The incident occurred at Dhawari dam near Ajaygarh town, some 40 km from the district headquarters, the official said. Krishna Gupta (20), a resident of Ajaygarh, and Arvind Prajapati (19) from Umaria, both MBBS students of Indore's Mahatma Gandhi Memorial (MGM) Medical College, drowned, he said. Their classmate, Abhishek Bairwa (19), who is from Pipalkheda in Rajasthan, was rescued, Ajaygarh police station in-charge Ravi Jadon said.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Among the raft of Cabinet decisions announced last week, the one to extend the Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme to all citizens aged 70 years and above, irrespective of income, was the biggest headline-grabber. The Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana currently provides a ₹5 lakh health cover to the bottom 40% of India’s population.

Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone have made their debut as parents, following Deepika's discharge from the hospital after the birth of their baby girl. The couple welcomed their first child on September 8, 2024, and shared the joyous news on Instagram with a heartwarming post reading, «Welcome Baby Girl!» along with the birth date «8.9.2024.» In the lead-up to Deepika’s discharge, Ranveer Singh's parents were spotted arriving at the Reliance Hospital, fueling speculation that they were there to bring their daughter-in-law and newborn granddaughter home. Their arrival was eagerly anticipated by fans.

RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Sandip Ghosh and Tala Police Station officer-in-charge, Abhijit Mondal, were produced in Sealdah Court on Sunday. Both Ghosh and Mondal were arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation on Saturday in connection with the rape and murder of a woman doctor in Kolkata. This development comes amid mounting pressure on the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government, over the brutal rape-murder case.

junior doctors in West Bengal on Sunday said they remain steadfast in their resolve to pursue justice for the medic raped and murdered at the RG Kar hospital, a day after another attempt to resolve the impasse with the state government fell through. Amid persistent rain, the protesting doctors continued their sit-in outside 'Swasthya Bhavan', the state health department headquarters in Salt Lake, for the sixth consecutive day. «We are steadfast in our resolve to seek justice for our sister, no matter the adversity. We have spent nights on the streets in harsh conditions and inclement weather despite some of us not feeling well,» an agitating junior medic said. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had on Saturday made a surprise visit to the site where the doctors were protesting and assured them that their demands would be addressed, but the proposed meeting fell through, with the protesters claiming that they were asked to leave «unceremoniously» after waiting for three hours at the gates of the CM's residence.