KOLKATA: Indian authorities in Kolkata have sacked the city's police chief and top health ministry officials after furious protests at the brutal rape and murder of a doctor.

Indian authorities in Kolkata have sacked the city's police chief and top health ministry officials after furious protests over the brutal rape and murder of a doctor. The discovery of the 31-year-old doctor's bloodied body at a state-run hospital in the east Indian megacity on August 9 has stoked nationwide anger at the chronic issue of violence against women.

Indian State of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced that Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal will be

Doctors’ protests in India have reframed a terrible case of violence against women into something else entirely, writes Kiran Kumbhar, who practiced medicine in India.

The Indian state of West Bengal has agreed to remove the police chief of its capital, Kolkata, following a meeting with doctors protesting the rape and murder of their colleague. Two other senior officials - the director of medical education and the director of health services - will also be removed,

After days of deadlock, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government on Monday accepted most of the demands put forward by the protesting doctors, demanding justice for the RG Kar rape and murder victim.

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee announced her decision to remove Vineet Goyal as Kolkata Police commissioner (CP) and transfer a section of top officials at the police as well as the state health departments from their respective positions.