Just six days after taking over the post, the new principal of RG Kar Medical college and Hospital in India's Kolkata has been sacked. On Wednesday (August 21), the West Bengal government sacked Dr Surhita Paul along with the hospital superintendent and the HoD of the chest department after students protesting against the brutal rape and murder of a trainee doctor at the hospital marched towards the health department headquarters.

Kolkata rape-murder: Top RG Kar hospital officials, including new principal, sacked amid ongoing protests

India recently witnessed a tragedy of monstrous proportions, as a doctor trainee was found brutally raped and murdered in the seminar hall of the hospital where she worked to save lives.

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The father of the Kolkata rape-murder victim, a young trainee doctor, in a heartbreaking interview, shared the deep love his daughter had for medicine and the immense sacrifices made by her family to support her journey.

‘My daughter isn’t coming back,’ says Kolkata rape-murder victim’s father in heartbreaking interview

The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard the suo motu case concerning the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the RG Kar Medical Hospital in Kolkata. Here's what the Supreme Court said : During the hearing, a three-judge bench led by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud highlighted how nationwide protests following the brutal incident have drawn attention to the persistent issue of inadequate institutional safety for doctors.

Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: Here's what the Supreme Court said

The state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital's former principal Sandip Ghosh, who has been under the scanner in the horrific case of rape and murder of a trainee doctor in the hospital in the Indian city of Kolkata, was allegedly carrying out various illegal activities, which included selling dead bodies, as claimed by the hospital's former employee.

Kolkata horror: RG Kar Hospital's ex-principal sold 'unclaimed' dead bodies, claims colleague

An autopsy of the trainee doctor raped and murdered on Aug 9 in India's Kolkata has revealed that she was strangled to death. It also found evidence of sexual assault.

Kolkata rape-murder: Victim's autopsy report reveals evidence of strangulation and forceful penetration

While hearing the tragic Kolkata doctor rape-murder case, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, on Tuesday, referred to the Aruna Shanbaug incident. He said that due to ingrained patriarchal biases in the nation, women doctors are targeted at an increasing pace as women join the workplace and that India cannot wait for another rape to bring some real changes on the ground.

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The brutal rape and murder of a female doctor while working at a Kolkata government hospital has ignited nationwide uproar. Activists and medical professionals across India have taken to the streets, demanding justice and increased safety measures for women.

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The horrific rape and murder of a young doctor in Kolkata, which has shaken the entire nation, was taken up by the Supreme Court during the hearing on Tuesday after the top court took suo motu cognisance of the brutal incident on the premises of a medical college.

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A dental student has accused a doctor at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Rohtak of assaulting her, police said on Monday. The police said the accused has been arrested after a case was registered.

India: Woman dental student in Rohtak alleges assault by doctor, accused arrested

India's premier investigative agency, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), on Monday (August 19) obtained court permission to conduct a lie detector test of the main accused in the heinous rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor in Kolkata.

CBI gets court nod to conduct lie detector test of main accused Sanjay Roy in Kolkata rape-murder case

The father of the trainee doctor who was brutally raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital alleged that his daughter's body was cremated hurriedly, even though there were already three other bodies at the crematorium.

Kolkata rape case: Victim’s father accuses officials of rushed cremation, slams CM Mamata Banerjee

In India's Uttarakhand, the 'Land of Gods', a teenage girl has been ‘gangraped’ by five men on a State Roadways Bus while travelling from the national capital Delhi.

Another Nirbhaya? 15-year-old ‘mentally disturbed’ girl gang-raped by five men on bus from Delhi to Dehradun

The fans of Mohun Bagan and East Bengal came together in solidarity on Sunday (Aug 18) in Kolkata to demand justice in the RG Kar hospital rape and murder case. The fans, known as the fiercest rivals in the history of club football in the city, were later detained by the Kolkata Police.

Kolkata Rape and Murder Case: Rival football fans of East Bengal, Mohun Bagan join hands to demand justice

Days after the brutal rape and murder of a medic in India's West Bengal triggered widespread protests, another case of sexual assault has come to light. A 21-year-old college-going student in Bengaluru, the capital of Karnataka, was raped by an unknown man in the wee hours of Sunday (Aug 18) morning.

Another day, another rape? 21-year-old raped in India's Bengaluru, days after heinous Kolkata rape-murder

The Supreme Court of India on Sunday (August 18) took suo motu cognisance of the shocking and brutal rape and murder of a trainee female doctor at the RG Kar Hospital premises in Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal state.

Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: Supreme Court of India takes suo motu cognisance, hearing on Aug 20

The recent brutal rape and murder of a woman doctor in the premises of Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital has left the entire country in shock. Several Bollywood celebrities took to social media to express their solidarity with the victim and her family and demand justice.

Kolkata rape and murder case: Alia Bhatt, Kareena Kapoor Khan express solidarity

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