West Bengal

After mass resignations by doctors at R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital (RGKMCH) on Friday, doctors at Calcutta National Medical College (CNMC) and North Bengal Medical College & Hospital, Darjeeling have submitted their resignations as well, as per our sources.

Mamata Banerjee escalated the ongoing crisis in West Bengal by blaming 'outsiders' and the BJP for the series of protests by medical professionals in the state.

Union Minister for Health, Dr Harshvarshan has appealed to Mamata Banerjee not to turn the issue of Doctors going on strike following violence being unleashed on them as a matter of prestige.

Doctors from all over India are now joining the protest expressing solidarity with their colleagues

Mamata Banerjee's nephew Dr Abesh Banerjee has also joined the protests against Mamata government in solidarity with the protesting doctors

Mamata Banerjee had warned strict action if doctors don't end the strike within 4 hours, but doctors have decided defy her

The chain of events that have been initiated in West Bengal since Monday night is truly unprecedented in the recent history of the state.

The debate on CNN News18 soon deviated from the main issue of political violence in West Bengal into a war of words between the anchor and Garga Chatterjee over the issue of whether CNN News18 was a Hindi or an English channel.

Mimi Chakraborty, the newly elected Trinamool MP from the Jadavpur Lok Sabha Constituency, appeared on India Today on Wednesday.

Stones were pelted at students and interns of the Burdwan Medical College and Hospital (BMCH) as a consequence of which four students have been injured.