West Bengal Hospital Fire

West Bengal Health Secretary N S Nigam on Friday said a probe will be conducted to find whether there is any sabotage behind the fire at the state-run SSKM Hospital here.

BJP workers blocked roads and set car tyres on fire at Bolpur in West Bengal's Birbhum district this evening to protest the "hijack" and "theft" by the police of the body of a BJP party worker who was shot at on Friday and died at a Kolkata hospital on Sunday.

A teenager with severe burn injuries was brought from Jharkhand to a hospital in West Bengal for treatment. The 17-year-old girl has told the Jharkhand police she was raped and set on fire by a man from her village in Pakud district, in the neighbouring state, on Friday.

Hinting at a conspiracy in the Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital fire which claimed two lives, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today alleged it was a "planned incident" to kill innocent people.

West Bengal Government ordered a CID inquiry into the fire in Murshidabad Medical College Hospital which claimed two lives on Saturday.

At least two people have died and several injured after a fire broke out at a government hospital in West Bengal's Murshidabad district.

A 12-year-old girl set herself on fire in shame today after she was allegedly raped by a neighbour in Burdwan district in Ketugram, police said today.

The manager of a private hotel in Purulia was shot dead allegedly by its owner early today, sparking protest by local people who set fire to the lodge, the police said.

A fire broke out near the paediatric ward of West Bengal's largest state-run hospital Seth Sukhlal Karnani Memorial (SSKM) on Saturday night. There was panic but no casualties or injuries, an official said.

A day after industry lobby FICCI urged the West Bengal government to release the seven AMRI Hospital directors who were arrested after a fire killed 93 people at the premises, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the law would take its own course in the case.

Nearly a month after directors of AMRI Hospital were arrested in connection with the devastating fire, industry body Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has urged the West Bengal government to ensure that the jailed directors who are not involved in its day-to-day operations are released.

The West Bengal government Monday started paying compensation to the family members of the victims of AMRI hospital fire which left 93 people dead. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had announced compensation of Rs 300,000 for the family members of the victims. On Monday, family members of 29 victims were handed over the cheques at the Kolkata Police ...

A West Bengal court Friday denied bail to the arrested directors of AMRI Hospital, where a pre-dawn blaze killed over 90 people earlier this month, and remanded six of them to judicial custody till January 5 next year.

Middle-order batsman Manoj Tiwary, who guided India to a 34-run victory over the West Indies in the fifth and final one-dayer here today, dedicated his match-winning century to those who died in a Kolkata hospital fire on Friday.

In a welcome surprise, industrialist Ratan Tata seems to have left behind his Singur face-off with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee by backing her in wake of the fire tragedy at Kolkata's AMRI Hospital.

West Bengal Health Secretary N S Nigam on Friday said a probe will be conducted to find whether there is any sabotage behind the fire at the state-run SSKM Hospital here.

BJP workers blocked roads and set car tyres on fire at Bolpur in West Bengal's Birbhum district this evening to protest the "hijack" and "theft" by the police of the body of a BJP party worker who was shot at on Friday and died at a Kolkata hospital on Sunday.

A teenager with severe burn injuries was brought from Jharkhand to a hospital in West Bengal for treatment. The 17-year-old girl has told the Jharkhand police she was raped and set on fire by a man from her village in Pakud district, in the neighbouring state, on Friday.

Hinting at a conspiracy in the Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital fire which claimed two lives, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today alleged it was a "planned incident" to kill innocent people.

West Bengal Government ordered a CID inquiry into the fire in Murshidabad Medical College Hospital which claimed two lives on Saturday.

At least two people have died and several injured after a fire broke out at a government hospital in West Bengal's Murshidabad district.

A 12-year-old girl set herself on fire in shame today after she was allegedly raped by a neighbour in Burdwan district in Ketugram, police said today.

The manager of a private hotel in Purulia was shot dead allegedly by its owner early today, sparking protest by local people who set fire to the lodge, the police said.

A fire broke out near the paediatric ward of West Bengal's largest state-run hospital Seth Sukhlal Karnani Memorial (SSKM) on Saturday night. There was panic but no casualties or injuries, an official said.

A day after industry lobby FICCI urged the West Bengal government to release the seven AMRI Hospital directors who were arrested after a fire killed 93 people at the premises, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the law would take its own course in the case.

Nearly a month after directors of AMRI Hospital were arrested in connection with the devastating fire, industry body Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has urged the West Bengal government to ensure that the jailed directors who are not involved in its day-to-day operations are released.

The West Bengal government Monday started paying compensation to the family members of the victims of AMRI hospital fire which left 93 people dead. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had announced compensation of Rs 300,000 for the family members of the victims. On Monday, family members of 29 victims were handed over the cheques at the Kolkata Police ...

A West Bengal court Friday denied bail to the arrested directors of AMRI Hospital, where a pre-dawn blaze killed over 90 people earlier this month, and remanded six of them to judicial custody till January 5 next year.

Middle-order batsman Manoj Tiwary, who guided India to a 34-run victory over the West Indies in the fifth and final one-dayer here today, dedicated his match-winning century to those who died in a Kolkata hospital fire on Friday.

In a welcome surprise, industrialist Ratan Tata seems to have left behind his Singur face-off with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee by backing her in wake of the fire tragedy at Kolkata's AMRI Hospital.