In a significant breakthrough, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested two individuals in connection with the brutal rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata. Among those arrested are Sandip Ghosh, former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, and Abhijit Mondal, the Station House Officer (SHO) of Tala Police Station.

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Following a series of dramatic events on Thursday, the deadlock between protesting junior doctors and the West Bengal Government persisted, as attempts to initiate discussions fell through. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee waited for more than two hours while a delegation of protesters stood outside Nabanna, the state secretariat.

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A ragpicker was injured in a blast at the intersection of Blochmann Street and SN Banerjee Road in central Kolkata on Saturday afternoon. The injured man was identified as Bapi Das (58).

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Mamata Banerjee on Thursday offered to step down as chief minister, saying she is not concerned about the post. "I am ready to resign from the Chief Minister of West Bengal. I am not concerned about the post. I want justice, I am only concerned about justice getting served," she said in a press briefing after protesting doctors did not turn for a scheduled meeting with her.

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A Kolkata court has rejected the CBI’s request to conduct a narco-analysis test on Sanjay Roy, the main accused in the alleged rape and murder of a doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. The decision came after Roy refused to consent to the test, complicating the investigation into the high-profile case.

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CM Mamata Banerjee publicly apologised following the rape and murder of a trainee medic in Kolkata, which sparked widespread protests across the country. The incident has fueled nationwide outrage with campaigners arguing that despite stricter laws women in India continue to face high levels of sexual violence. Doctors have called for Banerjee's resignation, accusing her of mishandling the situation. Watch in for more details!

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West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee says 'will resign for the sake of justice'

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee says 'not concerned about post, I want justice'

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) carried out searches at the residence of the former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Sandip Ghosh’s father Satya Prakash Ghosh, in connection with a financial irregularities case.

Kolkata Rape-Murder Case: ED searches Sandip Ghosh's residence in financial irregularities case

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The Enforcement Directorate conducted searches across multiple locations in Kolkata on Thursday over financial irregularities at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

Kolkata: ED Raids home of former RG Kar hospital Principal Sandip Ghosh’s father

The West Bengal government on Wednesday invited the agitating junior doctors for talks on the ongoing impasse arising out of the alleged raped and murder of a woman medic.

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An exchange of words between the ruling party Trinamool Congress and the opposition BJP erupted over the brutal rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor in RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

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Last night several paths across West Bengal witnessed protest, people took to the streets late in the evening holding burning torches candles using the light of their phones to press for their demands. The calls demanding Justice have only grown louder in fact people have been registering their protest and their anger in unique ways.

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The Indian Supreme Court on Friday (Sept 6) rejected RG Medical College and Hospital's former principal Sandip Ghosh's plea that challenged Calcutta High Court's order on the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the institute's financial irregularities case.

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Officials of India's central agency- the Enforcement Directorate- carried out raids at the residence of the former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Sandip Ghosh, among other places in Kolkata in a case about the financial irregularities in the institute.

Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: ED raids Ex-RG Kar Principal Sandip Ghosh's residence

The family members of the trainee doctor, who was allegedly raped and murdered at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata last month, on Wednesday alleged that the police tried to suppress the case by hurriedly cremating the body of their daughter. The victim's father also alleged that the Kolkata Police also tried to bribe them with money.

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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, on Monday. The arrest is related to the rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor at the government-run hospital last month.

Kolkata rape & murder case: CBI arrests Sandip Ghosh over charges of financial irregularities

President Droupadi Murmu said on Sunday that the pendency and backlog of cases is a "big challenge" before the judiciary, further highlighting the need to bring a change to the serious cases remaining pending in the courts.

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A 13-year-old girl was allegedly molested by a laboratory technician in West Bengal's Howrah District Hospital late Saturday (August 31) night, the local police said.

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A protest in Kolkata against the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in RG Kar Hospital turned violent on Tuesday as police lobbed tear gas shells and fired water cannons to disperse protesters. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the Kolkata police commissioner over the alleged use of ‘excessive and brutal’ force by the police on protestors during Nabanna Abhijan earlier this week.

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