Veteran Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, who has been issued summons by Kolkata Police twice over his social media post on the rape and murder of a medic here, on Monday, approached Calcutta High Court seeking protection against coercive action including arrest in the matter. ....

Former principal of state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital Dr Sandip Ghosh, on Monday, appeared at the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)'s Salt Lake office on the outskirts of Kolkata in the ghastly rape and murder of a woman doctor on the hospital premises earlier this month. ....

Amidst protests across the country against the murder and rape of a junior doctor in Kolkata, a dental student at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS) in Haryana's Rohtak has alleged that she was kidnapped and assaulted by a resident doctor. ....

The post-mortem report of the woman doctor of state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata, who was raped and murdered on August 9, has suggested that the body had 14 injuries. ....

The Tamil Nadu Police on Monday said that 11 people, including the principal and two teachers of a private school in Krishnagiri district, have been arrested in connection with the sexual abuse of 13 girls in a fake National Cadet Corps (NCC) camp. ....

A prominent doctors’ body in West Bengal, where the former principal of state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital Dr Sandip Ghosh is an active member, has kept the latter aside from all sorts of “academic activities under the banner” of the association. ....

In a major development, Karnataka Governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot gave sanction for prosecution against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday in connection with the irregularities in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA). ....

Former controversial principal of state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital, Dr Sandip Ghosh, arrived again at the CBI’s Salt Lake office on Saturday after being interrogated for several hours till late Friday night in connection with the ghastly rape and murder of a junior doctor last week. ....

The Trinamool Congress has gone into firefighting mode as one Durga Puja committee in West Bengal has announced its decision to refuse the annual Puja donation by the state government as a token of protest against the rape and murder of a junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College & Hospital. ....

In a huge embarrassment for the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government on Saturday, a section of the superstructure of the under construction Sultanganj-Aguwani Ghat bridge collapsed and fell into the Ganga River yet again. ....