Sebaashray or ‘Medical College’? HC Wants Answers
What was launched as a healthcare outreach programme has now become the centre of a legal and political controversy. A structure built for Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee’s Sebaashray health camps in Falta has reached the Calcutta High Court, with questions being raised over its legality, its continued occupation of public space and the manner […]
Saffron Paint, Angry Slogans: Protest Outside Anandabazar Raises Bigger Questions About Press Freedom
A protest outside the Anandabazar Patrika office in Kolkata on Tuesday has triggered a fresh debate over press freedom and political intolerance.A group of saffron-clad men gathered outside the newspaper’s office on September 1 and protested against a recent report on the Jadavpur University clashes. The report used the phrase “Gerua gundami”, or “saffron hooliganism”, […]
DELHI AIIMS : Girl Dies After 13-Year Wait For Heart Surgery
New Delhi: A shocking case of alleged negligence has come to light from the country’s top medical institute, Delhi AIIMS. Father alleges – “If operated on time, my daughter would be alive today” 15-year-old Tanvi_ from Kota, Rajasthan, who was suffering from a congenital heart disease, died at the AIIMS campus on Tuesday. Her family […]
Supreme Court Quashes FIRs in Student Protests
New Delhi: The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) has withdrawn its proposed march in Delhi on September 5. The party informed the Supreme Court that the decision was taken after the Central Government decided to withdraw cases against the protesters. The Supreme Court has quashed all FIRs registered in Delhi and other parts of the country […]