Today’s Ten: Bengal CM Banerjee relents to striking medicos’ demands
By Pradeep Damodaran in Media News on Tuesday, 17th September 2024 at 3:07pmFive weeks of protests triggered by the Aug 9 rape-murder at the RG Kar hospital in Kolkata, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee yielded to the protesting junior doctors' demands for the removal of four top officials including Kolkata police commissioner Vineet Goyal. Sumati Yengkhom and Tamaghna Banerjee for The Times of India reported that Mamata had saluted the protesting junior doctors for their agitation. Monday's meeting followed a few hours after Nabanna's "fifth and final" invite to the junior doctors and came just a day before the Supreme Court would be convening for the fourth time to hear various litigations on the RG Kar rape and murder and connected issues.
Soon after CM Banerjee apologised and reached out to the doctors, Ravik Bhattacharya, Atri Mitra and Sweety Kumari for The India...
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