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The Federation of Resident Doctors’ Association (FORDA) on Tuesday said it was calling off its strike over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata as the Union health minister has accepted their demands.

A delegation of FORDA met with Union Health Minister J P Nadda at his residence here on Tuesday night.

FORDA said the decision to end the strike, effective from Wednesday morning, was made in the interest of patient welfare.

According to the statement issued by the association, "A key outcome of the meeting was the health minister's agreement to form a committee with FORDA’s involvement to work on the Central Protection Act. The ministry has assured that work on this will begin within the next 15 days." An official notice from the health ministry is expected soon.

On Monday, several government-run hospitals in the national capital went on an indefinite strike after a postgraduate trainee doctor was raped and murdered while on duty at the R G Kar Medical College in Kolkata, West Bengal.

The Army launched a search operation on Tuesday night after establishing contact with a group of terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district, officials said.

Acting on specific intelligence inputs, a joint operation involving the Indian Army and police was launched in the Akar forest near Patnitop, they said.

A contact has been established with the terrorists, and the operation is currently underway, the officials said.

Security forces have been monitoring a group of terrorists in the Udhampur district, particularly in the Basantgarh area, for the past week.  On Sunday, two encounters occurred between security forces and terrorists in remote forest areas of Nownatta in Kishtwar and the Basantgarh area of Udhampur district.  Following these encounters, the terrorists managed to flee the scene

 As many as 3,800 bamboo and 36 projector lights worth over Rs 50 lakh installed on Bhakti Path and Ram Path, located in a high-security area in Ayodhya, were allegedly stolen, police said on Tuesday.

An FIR was lodged at Ram Janmabhoomi police station following a complaint on August 9 from a representative of the firm - Yash Enterprises and Krishna Automobiles - which set up the lights under a contract awarded by the Ayodhya Development Authority, they said.

"As many as 6,400 bamboo lights were installed on Rampath and 96 projector lights were installed on Bhakti Path. Till 19 March all the lights were there but after an inspection on May 9, it was found that some lights were missing.

"Till now around 3,800 bamboo lights and 36 projector lights have been stolen by some unknown thieves," Shekhar Sharma, a representative of the firm, said in the complaint.

The verdict keeps on getting postponed: Mahavir Phogat 

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The Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) has once again deferred its verdict in the Vinesh Phogat disqualification case. Phogat was disqualified from the final of the women's 50kg freestyle wrestling on the morning of her match. She was found 100 grams overweight during the final weigh-in before the match. READ FULL STORY HERE

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The Central Railway will operate 18 special trains connecting major destinations during the long weekend, considering the Independence Day and Raksha Bandhan festival amid the increasing passenger demand.

These special trains will run on LTT Mumbai-Nagpur (2 services), LTT Mumbai-Madgaon (4 services), CSMT Mumbai-Kolhapur (2 services), Pune-Nagpur (4 services) and Kalaburagi-Bengaluru (6 services) routes between August 15 and 20, the CR stated.

The Central Railway planned to run special trains to provide convenient travel options for passengers during the long weekend marked by Independence Day and Rakhi festival, said Swapnil Nila, chief public relations officer of Central Railway.

"CR decided to run these special trains given the increased demand," he added.

Reservations for the special trains are already open at all computerised reservation centres and on the IRCTC website. 

Agricultural products grown through natural farming would be branded and marketed under distinct trademark to ensure better prices to farmers, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said on Tuesday.

While reviewing various schemes of the agriculture department, the chief minister emphasized on expanding natural farming in the state and asked officials to evolve a comprehensive system for certification, packaging and marketing of natural farming products.

He said that a special laboratory would also be set up in the state for soil testing and to certify the produces.

He expressed concern over the rising cases of cancer in the state and urged the farmers to adopt chemical-free farming.

The Supreme Court sought to know from Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday whether they have any objections if the trials of former JNU student Sharjeel Imam, who has sought the clubbing of multiple FIRs levelling sedition charges against him for allegedly making inflammatory speeches, are transferred to Delhi.

A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna, Sanjay Kumar and R Mahadevan asked the four states to respond to the query and posted the matter for hearing in four weeks.

During the brief hearing, senior advocate Siddharth Dave, appearing in the court on behalf of Imam, told the bench that chargesheets have been filed in the FIRs registered in Assam and Manipur.

He said in the Assam case, there is also the question of default bail.

The bench said it needs to seek the responses of the respondent states on whether they have any objections if the chargesheets are transferred to a Delhi court, where the trial against the accused can proceed.

A five-member expert team on Tuesday began inspecting the landslides-hit areas of Wayanad district including the epicentre of the disaster and collected rock and soil samples for testing.

The team was led by senior scientist John Matthai of the National Center for Geosciences, which has been tasked by the State Disaster Management Authority to inspect the landslide-hit areas in Wayanad's Meppadi panchayat.

It halted its inspection by noon today due to adverse weather conditions in the disaster area, the district administration said in a statement. The inspections will continue till August 15, it added.

"The team carried out a detailed inspection of the epicentre of the landslide -- Punchirimattom -- and the adjoining areas, and collected soil and rock samples from there," it said.

The doctor, who works with the Cardiology department, allegedly sexually assaulted two patients who came to SCB Medical College and Hospital for an ECG test.

As per the directions of the Union Health Minister JP Nadda, the National Medical Commission has issued an advisory for all Medical Colleges and Institutions for ensuring a safe work place environment.

Election Commission has scheduled a meeting with Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla tomorrow to review the security situation in J&K, sources were quoted as saying to news agency ANI. 

Recently an ECI delegation led by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar reviewed the poll preparations in J&K. During a press conference in Jammu CEC Kumar emphasised that the EC is committed to holding the elections in J&K at the earliest. No outside or internal forces can derail the electoral process.

BSP chief Mayawati on Tuesday expressed deep concern over two recent incidents of rape and murder involving Dalit girls in Bihar and demanded strict action against culprits.

The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister took to social media to raise her concern over the incidents, emphasising the need for the Bihar government to pay special attention to the safety and respect of Dalits.

"Recently in Bihar, Kamlesh Yadav and his companions gang-raped an 18-year-old Dalit girl of Madhubani district and a few days later, Sanjay Rai (Yadav) and his companions gang-raped and brutally murdered a 14-year-old Dalit girl in Muzaffarpur district," the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president posted on X in Hindi.

The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and Uttar Pradesh Police have intensified their joint combing and patrolling operations along the Indo-Nepal border ahead of Independence Day, a senior police official said on Tuesday.

"The security exercise which began yesterday (on Monday) will continue till August 19. Under the operation, security arrangements have been intensified along the border areas," Somendra Meena, Superintendent of Police, Maharajganj, said.

He added that dog squads has been deployed at the state's international border with Nepal to detect explosives, arms and ammunition.

"We have several trained dogs which can identify both narcotics and explosives. All these dogs have been deployed on security patrolling at the Sonauli and Thothibari checkpoints on the Indo-Nepal border," Meena said, adding that metal detectors and baggage scanners at the Sonauli and Thothibari main checkpoints have been activated.

A court here on Tuesday extended till September 2 the judicial custody of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, BRS leader K Kavitha and others in a money-laundering case related to the alleged excise scam.

Special Judge Kaveri Baweja extended the custody of the accused after they were produced before the court through a video-conference on the expiry of the period of their judicial custody granted earlier.

The Supreme Court had earlier granted interim bail to Kejriwal in the case. However, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader continues to be lodged in the Tihar jail here as he has not furnished the bail bond in the case.

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Tiranga rally was taken out with a 750 m long tricolour, on the World's highest railway bridge on Chenab river ahead of Independence Day.

Calcutta High Court ordered a CBI investigation into RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder incident. West Bengal LoP Suvendu Adhikari says, "I welcome this. I have said from day one that there should be a court-monitored CBI probe… Now we demand that the health minister and the chief minister should resign. The CM is involved and her personal physician and very close aide Dr SP Das, he is the main person, he is controlling the health department in West Bengal.

 Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Tuesday demanded strict punishment in cases of crime against women and urged for adequate safety arrangements at every level. Her statement came in the wake of the recent the brutal rape and murder case of a woman doctor at a hospital in Kolkata, which has triggered nationwide protests.

CBI will probe Kolkata doctor's rape-murder case

Delhi: IMA delegation meets union health minister minister JP Nadda. 

On RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder incident, West Bengal LoP Suvendu Adhikari says, "...We want resignation of the Health Minister and Chief Minister. We want Kolkata CP Vineet Goyal, personal physician of CM - Dr SP Das and Dr Sandip Ghosh (former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital) to be arrested. They are the main architects of this genocide...This is a brutal murder and gang rape..."

Junior doctors, interns and other staff who were on duty with the postgraduate trainee, who was allegedly raped and killed at state-run RG Kar hospital, were on Tuesday called for questioning at Kolkata Police headquarters here, officials said.

The Head of the Department of chest medicine at RG Kar hospital and a security guard were also summoned at Lalbazar as part of the probe, they said.

“Around 25 people have been called for questioning today, including four doctors who reportedly had dinner with the deceased woman on the night of the incident,” a police officer said.

 Maharashtra State Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) protests at KEM Hospital, Mumbai, over the rape and murder of a woman doctor in Kolkata.

Doctors stage a protest at RG Kar Medical College against the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata, West Bengal.

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report carried on 9th August that a junior woman doctor was found dead at the Seminar Hall of the Kolkata’s state-run R G Kar Medical College & Hospital on 9th August...The Commission has observed that the contents of the media report, if true, raise a serious issue of violation of human rights of the victim. Accordingly, it has issued notices to the Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police, West Bengal calling for a detailed report in the matter within two weeks.

AIIMS Delhi yesterday issued an office memorandum to all resident doctors warning against any strike, dharna or demonstration in and around the hospital.

Telangana Junior Doctors association to hold protest over the Kolkata incident 

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Team of National Commission for Women arrives at RG Kar medical college & hospital.

'There are security lapses here. Many of them': said NCW at press conference
 

'I want to ask CM Mamata why she is so soft on that criminal' asks Sudhanshu Trivedi at PC 

This is very sad thing they have to punish criminal but they are giving excuses says Sudhanshu Trivedi which conducting press conference on Kolkata Rape-Murder Case

This is very sad thing they  have to punish criminal but they are giving excuses says Sudhanshu Trivedi which conducting press conference on Kolkata Rape-Murder Case

After Calcutta HC Hearing, Principal sent on leave after being reappointed

OPD services have been stopped at KGMU, Lucknow, as doctors go on indefinite strike over alleged rape and murder of Kolkata doctor of RG Kar Medical college. 

Court asked while hearing the case, ‘why do you protect? Let him tell the truth. Something is missing here’

To this, representative of West Bengal said, ‘today the investigation was taken up with all cctv footages. Everyone was questioned. Make the proceedings in camera then I will reveal everything’

Calcutta High Court hear a bunch of pleas over the brutal rape and murder of a 2nd year PG medical student at RG Kar Hospital after she had completed her night duty in the early hours of the morning.

A division bench presided by CJ TS Sivagnanam hear the plea.

India's bronze medal-winning wrestler, Aman Sehrawat arrives in Delhi. 

FAIMA (Federation of All India Medical Association) calls for a nationwide shutdown of OPD services from today, August 13, as a protest against the sexual assault and murder of a woman post-graduate trainee (PGT) doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, on August 9.

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Congress MP Rahul Gandhi arrives at party headquarters in Delhi to attend meeting with PCC chiefs. 

Delhi: BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla says, "What has happened in West Bengal under the watch of Mamata Banerjee and the TMC government is nothing short of Nirbhaya Part 2. It is evident now that this was not a rape, it was a gang rape. The evidence indicates that. But only one accused has been arrested. The rest of the accused are being protected because of their links with TMC... The TMC government's inquiry committee comprises of interns and people close to the TMC. So they want to hide something..."

 Celebrations start at IGI Airport in Delhi as members of Indian hockey team are arriving. The Indian hockey team won a bronze medal at Paris Olympics 2024.

Doctors at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in Delhi protested against the rape and murder of a doctor within the premises of Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

 Elective services in government hospitals in Delhi remained shut on Tuesday as a resident doctors' strike over the recent rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata entered its second day on Tuesday.

Resident doctors of government hospitals across the country went on an indefinite strike on Monday to protest against the incident at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, paralysing services such as OPDs (out-patient departments) and non-emergency surgeries.

The stir was in response to a call from the Federation of Resident Doctors' Association (FORDA), which said, "The strike will not be lifted until justice is served and our demands are met." The association on Monday announced an extension of its indefinite strike after a meeting with Union health ministry officials failed to reach any resolution.

FORDA president Aviral Mathur announced after the meeting that the strike would continue on Tuesday.

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A five-member forensic team arrived at Chaudhary Chandan Singh Degree College in Kannauj to conduct investigation in connection with rape attempt on a minor.  A former 'block pramukh' was arrested for allegedly trying to rape a 15-year-old girl on Monday, according to police. The ruling BJP alleged that the accused, Nawab Singh Yadav, had been a close aide of SP leader Dimple Yadav when she was the Lok Sabha MP from Kannauj but the Samajwadi Party distanced itself from him.

 Four junior doctors who had dinner with the deceased doctor have been summoned again. Kolkata police also summoned HoD, Assistant Super, male-female nurses, group-D staff and security members today at Kolkata police headquarters Lalbazar: Kolkata Police sources

FAIMA (Federation of All India Medical Association) calls for a nationwide shutdown of OPD services from today, August 13, as a protest against the sexual assault and murder of a woman post-graduate trainee (PGT) doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, on August 9.

One would have imagined that after the horrific rape and murder of a lady doctor at the RG Kar MCH, the controversial Principal Dr Sandip Ghosh would have been put on compulsory wait, if not held to account, pending inquiry. But Mamata Banerjee, Health Minister of Bengal, as some sort of reward, has transferred this corrupt venal man as Principal of Calcutta National Medical College & Hospital, another premier institute.

Why would someone want to protect a man as disgraceful as Sandip Ghosh, unless there was more than what meets the eye? Ghosh, in the past has also managed to bounce back from posting orders, only to return to RG Kar in no time. His tenure as Principal has been marred with widespread corruption and gross irregularities. Add rape and murder to it now.

Amarnath Yatra has been suspended on both Pahalgam and Baltal routes due to inclement weather on the yatra routes.  Visuals this morning, from Pantha Chowk base camp in Srinagar.

‘After three days of sustained pressure that saw the medical fraternity speaking in one voice against him, RG Kar Medical College principal Sandip Ghosh resigned on Monday, only to be rehabilitated within four hours by TMC govt as the principal of Calcutta National Medical College (CNMC).  Is he being rewarded by TMC for attempting at covering up the brutal rape & murder of PGT doctor ?’ posted Poonawala on social media platform X.