A suspicious bag was found at the protest site of junior doctors in Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical Hospital. Security forces cordoned off the area while junior doctors continued their sit-in over the alleged rape and murder of a young medic, demanding justice and enhanced security measures for women health professionals.

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The BJP has defended PM Modi’s Ganpati celebrations at CJI Chandrachud’s home, reminding the Congress of former PM Manmohan Singh inviting then-CJI KG Balakrishnan to an Iftar in 2009.