West Bengal pledged hospital security improvements in 2019, memo shows. However, RG Kar Hospital continued to have few guards, missing locks on some doors, witnesses say.
'Aparajita Woman and Child Bill 2024' seeks to strengthen protections for women and children. The legislation aims to amend existing laws and introduce new provisions specifically targeting rape and other sexual offences, enhancing legal measures against such crimes in the state.
BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla criticized West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accusing her of showing a willingness to protect rapists.
Earlier, the West Bengal government had filed a plea in the Supreme Court saying that the Paschim Banga Chhtra Samaj leader led a violent march to the state secretariat on August 27 under the guise of a peaceful protest.
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The introduction of this Bill comes in response to the recent rape and murder of a woman medical trainee at Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital, which has intensified calls for tougher measures against sexual violence.
Kolkata is bracing for a series of protests on Sunday demanding justice for a trainee doctor allegedly raped and murdered at RG Kar Hospital.
After Mamata Banerjee urged PM Modi for stricter punishments for heinous crimes like rape and murder, Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Annapurna Devi, corrected inaccuracies in Banerjee's claims about Fast Track Special Courts in the state.
India TV Poll Result: A trainee doctor was raped and murdered in the seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata when she had gone to rest during her night shift on August 9 (Friday).
Mamata Banerjee, also the Trinamool Congress supremo, wrote the letter in the backdrop of countrywide protests over the alleged rape and murder of a woman doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata earlier this month.
CBI has so far conducted polygraph test on ten persons and is trying to find the missing pieces in the jigsaw puzzle. But the most important evidence is the audio recordings of the purported conversation between the hospital official and the parents.
82 seconds... West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee should listen very closely to these 82 seconds. These 82 seconds should be heard by every leader In the country who feels that Mamata Banerjee is being put in trouble. You must have heard Didi's threat that incidents of rape also happen in UP
Sukanta Majumdar alleged that Mamata Banerjee is indulging in “revenge politics”, and her comments could incite TMC supporters to take the law into their own hands and attack opposition members.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sparked controversy on Wednesday by issuing a warning to the BJP during a Trinamool Chhatra Parishad event.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced plans to introduce a new bill in the state assembly that seeks to impose capital punishment for rapists within seven days of the crime.
Chief Minister Mamata drew flak from several BJP CMs after she suggested that 'if Bengal burns, Assam, the North-East, Odisha, and Delhi will also burn on Wednesday. The CM also said she does not want to spoil the careers of junior doctors by allowing FIRs against them.
Several Chief Ministers from BJP-ruled states, including Assam, Manipur, and Odisha, have condemned West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's recent remarks suggesting that unrest in Bengal could spread to other regions.
The introduction of this Bill comes in response to the recent rape-murder of a woman medic at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, which has intensified calls for tougher measures against sexual violence.
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Kolkata rape and murder: A trainee doctor was allegedly raped and murdered in the seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital when she had gone to rest during her night shift in the early hours of August 9.
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