Six wagons of an empty goods train derailed near New Maynaguri station in West Bengal's Alipurduar district on Tuesday morning. No casualties were reported during the incident.
Category: WEST BENGAL
Normalcy restored in emergency departments in Bengal hospitals as doctors resume work
Normalcy has been restored at emergency departments of different medical colleges and hospitals including R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata, as protesting junior doctors resumed work on Saturday.
RG Kar case: CBI custody of Sandip Ghosh, Abhijit Mondal extended till Sep 25
Both Ghosh and Mondal have been accused of misleading the initial phase of the investigation into the incident conducted by the Kolkata Police before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was handed the charge of the probe by the Calcutta High Court.
RG Kar Tragedy: Junior doctors' sit-in lifted officially after rally to CBI office
The sit-in protest by the West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Forum (WBJDF), in front of the state Health Department headquarters at Salt Lake, against the ghastly rape and murder of a junior doctor of state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital last month was officially lifted on Friday evening.
'DVC responsible for Bengal flood situation', Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Modi
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Friday, wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) of being responsible for the current flood situation in the state.
Trinamool councillor arrested on charges of abducting Tripura-based businessman
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of West Bengal Police have arrested a Trinamool Congress councillor on charges of abducting a Tripura-based businessman.
RG Kar case: Protesting doctors, Bengal Chief Secy to meet again
There will be another round of talks between the delegates of the West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Forum (WBJDF) and Chief Secretary Manoj Pant at the state secretariat Nabanna at 6.30 p.m. on Wednesday over the unresolved demands of the forum.
Manoj Verma becomes new Kolkata Police chief, Vineet Goyal shifted to STF as ADG
On Monday night, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee promised the junior doctors, protesting over the ghastly rape and murder of a junior doctor at the R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in the state capital last month, that she will replace Goyal.
Three fishing trawlers with 49 fishermen missing off Bengal, search operations on
Three fishing trawlers, with 49 fishermen on board, have gone missing in the sea off West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, and authorities have mounted a search to locate them and rescue the stranded men.
Bengal Governor to socially boycott Mamata, calls her ‘Lady Macbeth’
In a significant development connected to the ongoing 'rift' between the West Bengal government and the Raj Bhavan, Governor C.V. Ananda Bose announced on Thursday evening that henceforth he will socially boycott Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Impasse continues as junior doctors stick to 'live telecast of talks' demand
After a 30-member delegation of West Bengal Junior Doctors Forum (WBJDF) reached state Secretariat Nabanna on Thursday for talks with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on their demands over the R.G. Kar rape and murder case, uncertainty continued over the meeting on the medics' demand to live telecast it.
30-member junior doctors' delegation head to Nabanna for 'talks' with Mamata
A delegation of 30 representatives of the West Bengal Junior Doctors Forum (WBJDF) left for state Secretariat Nabanna on Thursday for a meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on their demands over the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the state-run R.G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata last month.
RG Kar protests: Mamata govt sends fresh invite for talks to protesting doctors
West Bengal Chief Secretary Manoj Pant sent a fresh communique to the protesting junior doctors giving a fresh deadline to send a delegation to the state secretariat Nabanna by 5 p.m. on Thursday.
RG Kar scam: CBI reaches residence of Trinamool MLA
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probing the financial irregularities case at state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata, on Thursday, arrived at the residence of four-time Trinamool Congress MLA from Serampore Assembly constituency in Hooghly district, Dr Sudipto Roy.
RG Kar tragedy: CBI collects teeth impression of accused Sanjay Roy
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials have collected the teeth impression of civic volunteer Sanjay Roy, who has been arrested for the rape and murder of a junior doctor of RG Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata in August.
Sukanta Majumdar writes to Union Law Minister highlighting bid to attack judge in Bengal
The BJP’s West Bengal President and Union Minister of State for Education and Development of North Eastern Region, Sukanta Majumdar, has written to Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal highlighting a bid to attack the residence of a district court judge at Diamond Harbour.
Amid standoff, Bengal CS sends fresh talks offer to protesting junior doctors
The West Bengal government on Wednesday issued a fresh appeal requesting the protesting junior doctors holding a sit-in outside the Swasthya Bhavan, the headquarters of the state Health Depart in Salt Lake, since Tuesday to send a delegation for discussions on their demands.
RG Kar scam: Sandip Ghosh’s PA summoned to ED office
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials probing the case of financial irregularities at state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital, on Wednesday, summoned Prasun Chattopadhyay, the personal assistant (PA) of Sandip Ghosh, the former and controversial principal of the same college for questioning.
RG Kar case: CBI find contradictions in autopsy report and Kolkata Police's seizure list
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probing the ghastly rape and murder of a woman doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital has noticed major contradictions in certain contents mentioned in the post-mortem report and the seizure list given by city police.
RG Kar case: Sit-in protest by junior doctors continues
The protest by the representatives of the medical fraternity in front of Swastha Bhavan, the state health department headquarters, over the R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital rape-murder case, continued on Wednesday.
ED gets clues about questionable properties of Sandip Ghosh, wife
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) probing allegations of financial irregularities at the state-run R.G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata has traced 'questionable' properties purchased by the controversial former principal of the institute, Sandip Ghosh, and his wife Sangeeta Ghosh.
Impasse continues as protesting doctors snub Mamata's talks offer
The junior doctors currently holding a sit-in in front of Swasthya Bhavan, the headquarters of the West Bengal Health Department in Salt Lake near here, condemning the R.G. Kar rape and murder case, have ignored a call given by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to come to the state Secretariat Nabanna and discuss their demands with her.
Only Mamata Banerjee to give reactions on RG Kar case from now on
Henceforth, no one in the West Bengal Cabinet other than Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will give reactions on the twin issues of the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at the R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, and the protests over the incident by junior doctors in the state.
RG Kar financial scam: Sandip Ghosh, 3 others sent to judicial custody till Sep 23
A special court in Kolkata on Tuesday sent controversial former Principal of R.G Kar Medical College & Hospital Sandip Ghosh and three others to judicial custody till September 23 in the financial scam case, amid protests by some woman advocates.
RG Kar tragedy: Protest march by doctors to Bengal health department HQ starts
In the light of rape and murder of a junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College last month, a protest march by thousands of doctors from all over the state towards Swastha Bhavan, West Bengal health department's headquarters here, has started.