Junior doctors in the Indian state of West Bengal protesting against the August 9 rape and murder of a post-graduate trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on Tuesday (Oct 1) resumed their indefinite "total cease work".

Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: Junior doctors in India's West Bengal resume their 'total cease work'

The Indian Supreme Court (SC) on Monday (Sept 9) directed the protesting doctors in West Bengal, who are abstaining from duties as part of the agitation against the brutal rape-murder of a trainee post-graduate doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College Hospital, to immediately return to work, a report by LiveLaw said.

Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: India's Supreme Court tells protesting doctors in Bengal to return to work

The Mamata Banerjee government in the Indian state of West Bengal, on Monday (Sept 2), proposed capital punishment for people convicted of rape if their actions result in the victim's death or cause them to become vegetative.

Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: Bengal govt proposes capital punishment for rape convicts in draft bill