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Indian police fire tear gas and water cannons at rally against rape and killing of trainee doctor
KOLKATA, India (AP) — Police in India fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse thousands of protesters demanding the resignation of a top elected official in the country's east, accusing her of mishandling an investigation into a rape and killing of a resident doctor earlier this month. ...
India's top court creates task force on workplace safety after doctor was raped and killed
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s top court on Tuesday set up a national task force of doctors who will make recommendations on safety of health care workers at their workplace, days after the rape and killing of a trainee doctor that sparked outrage and nationwide protests. The Supreme...
Indian doctors demand tougher laws after a colleague was raped and killed at a hospital
NEW DELHI (AP) — Hundreds of doctors protested near India's Health Ministry on Monday to demand stringent laws to protect health care workers from violence and to seek justice for their colleague who was raped and killed at a state-run hospital. The protesting doctors, holding up...
