Tag: West Bengal
Doctors in West Bengal call on the President to intervene
Shafaqna India: Protesting junior doctors in West Bengal have appealed to the President…
Doctors Appeal to President and Prime Minister for Intervention in RG Kar Impasse
Shafaqna India: Junior doctors in West Bengal have reached out to President Droupadi…
R.G. Kar: Junior Doctors’ Protest Outside Swasthya Bhavan Enters Third Day
Shafaqna India: Junior doctors continued their “cease work” and sit-in protest outside the…
India’s Supreme Court Directs Protesting Doctors to Return to Work by Today
Shafaqna India: India’s Supreme Court ordered all doctors protesting over the rape…
A desperate step: Bengal Bill mandates death penalty for rapists
IN a dramatic response to the public outcry following the recent rape…
West Bengal Assembly approves bill mandating life imprisonment or the death penalty for rape convictions
Shafaqna India: Following the rape and murder of a junior doctor in…
Before Kolkata doctor rape, an unmet promise to keep physicians safe
Five years ago, the government of West Bengal state in India pledged…
Political tussle over Kolkata horror/Abhijit Bhattiyachar
AUGUST 20 was an embarrassing day for the government of West Bengal,…
Kolkata Tragedy: Mamata Calls for Tougher Central Legislation
Shafaqna India: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee recently urged Prime Minister Narendra…
Protesters block train tracks, buses in east India
Shafaqna India: On Wednesday, protests erupted across West Bengal, India, as demonstrators…
Indian police uses teargas to disperse hundreds protesting the rape and murder of a doctor in Kolkata
Shafaqna India: In Kolkata, India, police deployed teargas and water cannons on…
Kolkata Horror: Supreme Court asserts that the nation cannot wait for rape or murder to prompt real changes on the ground
Shafaqna India:On Tuesday, the Supreme Court criticized the West Bengal Government for…
Nirbhaya’s mother criticizes Mamata Banerjee, accusing the Chief Minister of failing in her duties and calling for her resignation
Shafaqna India: Amid ongoing protests over the alleged rape and murder of…
Nationwide Protests Erupt Among Government Doctors Over Kolkata Rape-Murder Case; Medical College Principal Resigns
Shafaqna India: Nationwide Protests by Government Doctors Follow Rape and Murder of Woman…
Odisha might source potatoes from Punjab, says Minister
Shafaqna India: The Odisha government is considering procuring potatoes from Punjab to improve…
3 Students Dead After Flooding In Delhi Coaching Centre Basement
Shafaqna India:Three students, who were trapped for over four hours after water…
‘My mic was muted as I spoke in the NITI meeting,’ alleges Mamata Banerjee; government issues fact check
Shafaqna India: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the only Opposition CM to…
Bengal Governor Files Defamation Suit Against CM Mamata Banerjee for Unsavory Remarks
Shafaqna India: West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose filed a defamation case…
The Modi charisma and Indian voters /Mitali Mukherjee
Shafaqna India: At the peak of election campaigning in India, Prime Minister…
Bangladeshi legislator found dead in India
Shafaqna India: A member of Bangladesh’s ruling party was discovered murdered in…
Will Indian elections bring any good news for Muslim? Muhammad Assad Malik
Shafaqna India: India’s general elections (fourth of the seventh stage) would end…
Indian polls: Key seats locked as heavy names come face to face
Shafaqna India: The fifth phase of Indian elections on Monday saw the seats…
‘Unbearable’: Will 45C heatwaves affect who India chooses in election?
Shafaqna India: Midway through his address to voters in the searing heat…
Dissent mukut Bharat – Mahua Moitra case
The case of Mahua Moitra is yet another example of “dissent mukut…
INDIA Alliance Fear Prompted Govt to Reduce Cooking Gas Price, Says Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that the fear…
Bengal rural polls: PM Modi slams TMC’s ‘khooni khela’; Mamata Banerjee hits back
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday slammed the TMC’s alleged use of…
PM says opposition ran away during no-confidence motion, slams TMC’s ‘terror politics’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday slammed the opposition parties for walking…
‘Conference of corrupt’, says PM Modi on Opposition’s Bengaluru meet
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the Opposition conclave in Bengaluru…
Death toll in India’s West Bengal poll violence rises to 18
The death toll in election-related violence in the eastern Indian state of…
Indian Village Election Clashes Claim Seven Lives
At least seven people were killed and dozens more injured in India…