A day after doctors called off the nationwide strike as West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee agreed to their demands, the Supreme Court refused an urgent hearing on a plea seeking safety and security of doctors in government hospitals across the country.
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Doctors across West Bengal finally agreed to withdraw the ongoing protest after state chief minister Mamata Banerjee agreed to their demands during a meeting at Nabanna, in Kolkata.
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West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said she has accepted all demands made by the striking doctors and asked them to return to work immediately. This comes after the striking doctors refused to meet Banerjee at her office.
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After the doctors’ strike that started from Kolkata’s Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital following assault of junior doctors by the family members of a patient who died, junior doctors in several states boycotted work affecting medical services.
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Police used water cannons and teargas to disperse BJP workers, who were marching towards Lalbazar in Kolkata to protest against the Trinamool Congress government.
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The death of an octogenarian patient in Kolkata’s NRS Hospital triggered clashes between the deceased kin and doctors in the hospital. This was followed by a chain shutdown of healthcare services in medical colleges across West Bengal.
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A special NIA court in Ahmedabad found Birju Kishore Salla, 38, guilty of planting a hijack threat letter on a Mumbai-Delhi Jet Airways flight. The court sentenced him to life imprisonment for the remainder of his natural life along with a fine of ₹5 crore.
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After TMC’s defeat in West Bengal’s Singur in 2019 Lok Sabha election, state chief minister Mamata Banerjee said it is “a shame” for the party, at an internal meeting in Kolkata.
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Eight people have been reportedly arrested after some people shouted “Jai Shri Ram” at West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s motorcade in North 24 Parganas district when Banerjee’s motorcade was passing through troubled Bhatpara area of the district.
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