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Civic police volunteer gets life sentence for rape, murder of Kolkata junior doctor

KOLKATA, Jan 20 (Reuters) – An Indian court awarded the life sentence on Monday to a civic police volunteer convicted of the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the hospital where she worked in the eastern city of Kolkata, rejecting demands for the death penalty saying it was not a rare crime. The woman’s body was found in a classroom at the state-run R G Kar Medical College and Hospital on Aug. 9. Other doctors stayed off work for weeks to demand justice for her and better security at public hospitals, as the crime sparked national outrage over

Sanjay Roy sentenced to life imprisonment till death in rape, murder of RG Kar hospital doctor

Kolkata, Jan 20 (PTI) A Kolkata court sentenced Sanjay Roy to life imprisonment till death on Monday after he was convicted of rape and murder of an on-duty doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Anirban Das in Sealdah had on Saturday held Roy guilty of the crime committed against the postgraduate trainee doctor at the hospital on August 9 last year, which sparked off unprecedented and prolonged nationwide protests. Judge Das said the crime did not fall under the “rarest of the rare” category as justification for not

India’s NMDC to extract diamonds worth $3.4 mln from mine near tiger reserve

NEW DELHI, Jan 20 (Reuters) – India’s state-run miner NMDC is expected to extract 6,500 carats of diamonds, worth $3.4 million, this fiscal year from ores in a mine near a tiger reserve, after receiving mining clearances last year, two sources said. The miner faced delays in securing environmental clearances and had to halt mining for over three years at the Panna mine in the central state of Madhya Pradesh due to its proximity to the tiger reserve. The Supreme Court later permitted NMDC to mine, subject to certain guidelines, paving the way for the company to resume operations. NMDC,

Billionaires’ wealth soared in 2024, anti-poverty group says as the elites prepare for another Davos

DAVOS, Switzerland, January 20, 2025 (AP) — Billionaires’ wealth grew three times faster in 2024 than the year before, a top anti-poverty group reported on Monday as some of the world’s political and financial elite prepared for an annual gathering in Davos, Switzerland. Oxfam International, in its latest assessment of global inequality timed to the opening of the World Economic Forum meeting, also predicts at least five trillionaires will crop up over the next decade. A year ago, the group forecast that only one trillionaire would appear during that time. OxFam’s research adds weight to a warning by outgoing President

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