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Kolkata doctor’s rape-murder: The victim’s father said he had full faith in Mamata Banerjee but he now lost it.The father of the Kolkata doctor – who was raped and murdered inside RG Kar hospital – has alleged that more than one person was involved in the ghastly crime. He said in an interview that all the people he had spoken to, including doctors, agreed with their opinion.The Kolkata doctor was found murdered inside the seminar hall of the hospital on August 9. She had gone to the seminar room to rest after a 36-hour-long shift. She was raped and tortured…

Modi is set to make a brief visit to Ukraine on August 23 – the first by a senior Indian leader since the start of Russia’s invasion in February 2022.Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Kyiv this week, India has ruled out any role in mediating between Russia and Ukraine and said it can help in passing messages between the two countries, people familiar with the matter said.Modi is set to make a brief visit to Ukraine on August 23 – the first by a senior Indian leader since the start of Russia’s invasion in February 2022 and…

Kolkata doctor’s rape-murder case: TMC MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy moved the Calcutta high court seeking protecting against from arrest.As doctors across the country continue to protest over the rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, differences in the Trinamool Congress ranks have come to the fore. The question is doing the rounds in political circles if everything is fine within the Trinamool Congress. Another question being raised is over the silence of Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee in the day-to-day activities of the party amid the current political situation…

Kolkata doctor rape-murder: Sandip Ghosh was questioned for several hours on Saturday and Sunday as well. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing the rape and murder of a doctor in state-run RG Kar hospital in Kolkata, interrogated the ex-principal of the medical college, Dr Sandip Ghosh, on Monday. This is the fourth consecutive day he was summoned by the investigation agency.Dr Sandip Ghosh had resigned two days after the crime, taking the moral responsibility for the rape and murder of the trainee doctor. Within hours, he became the dean of another medical college. However, the Calcutta high…

Vinesh Phogat received a rousing reception at her home in Haryana’s Charkhi Dadri district.Vinesh Phogat was received with open arms in her village of Balali in Haryana’s Charkhi Dadri district, even though it took her more than 12 hours to reach there from the Delhi airport. The 29-year-old’s extraordinary run on the first day of her bouts in women’s 50kg wrestling and her even more stunning disqualification from the gold medal bout the next day ended up becoming the biggest story of the 2024 Paris Olympics for India. According to the Indian Express, the village came together and crowdfunded a…

Kolkata Police summoned BJP’s Locket Chatterjee and doctors Kunal Sarkar, Subarno Goswami for questioning over alleged misinformation in RG Kar hospital case. The Kolkata police has summoned BJP leader Locket Chatterjee and doctors Kunal Sarkar and Subarno Goswami for questioning. The trio are being investigated for allegedly spreading misinformation about the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College. The police have asked them to appear in the police station before 3pm on Sunday, NDTV reported. Dr Goswami made several claims in media interviews, alleging he had seen the post-mortem report of the Kolkata doctor and…

Three passengers misbehaved with a ticket checker on a Western Railway AC Local train in Mumbai and were made to apologise. A video on social media platform is going viral which shows three passengers misbehaving and shoving a ticket checker on a Western Railway AC Local train in Mumbai. The passengers were quickly caught and made to apologise for their actions. Western Railway confirmed that the passenger who misbehaved with ticket checker has expressed regret and unconditionally apologised. “Passenger who misbehaved with ticket checker Jasbir Singh in the viral video, has expressed shame for his actions. He has also unconditionally…

The argument began after Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, a veteran TMC leader and Rajya Sabha MP, raised questions about the Kolkata Police’s investigation into the case.Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh on Sunday objected to his colleague Sukhendu Sekhar Ray’s demand regarding the interrogation of Kolkata police commissioner Vineet Kumar Goyal in connection with the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College.The argument began after Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, a veteran TMC leader and Rajya Sabha MP, raised questions about the Kolkata Police’s investigation into the case.Ray said that a custodial interrogation of the ex-principal of the medical…

Ten labourers were killed and 27 injured in a head-on collision between a pickup van and a bus in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh. Ten labourers were killed and 27 injured when a pickup van collided head-on with a bus in the Salempur area of Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr on Sunday, officials said. The accident took place on the Budaun-Meerut state highway. “Ten people were killed and 27 injured when a pickup van traveling from Ghaziabad to Sambhal collided with a private bus. The injured have been sent to the hospital,” District Magistrate Chandra Prakash Singh informed reporters. The labourers worked for Britaina…

Champai Soren, the current water resources minister of Jharkhand, was appointed to the chief minister’s post after Hemant Soren was arrested by ED in January. Amid speculation of his possible shift in loyalty, former Jharkhand chief minister Champai Soren, a close confidant of JMM chief Hemant Soren, took an early morning flight to Delhi on Sunday. He later said he came to the national capital for a personal work. Champai Soren spent the previous night at a hotel in Kolkata where he met BJP leader Suvendhu Adhikari, reported India Today. According to the channel, Champai Soren, who reportedly reluctantly gave…