The fast-unto-death agitation by junior doctors in support of their demands on the rape and murder of their colleagues in R. G. Kar Medical College & Hospital entered the sixth day on Thursday.

The crucial meeting between the junior doctors and the West Bengal government, which continued after Wednesday midnight, failed to reach any conclusion.

The junior doctors could not get written assurance about the timeline as to when their demands would be fulfilled.

The impasse continued even after over 250 senior doctors, including members of the medico-academic fraternity from state-run medical colleges and hospitals, tendered mass resignations from their services during the last two days.

The much-hyped meeting between the West Bengal government and the junior doctors protesting against the ghastly rape and murder of a fellow medic of R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital remained inconclusive as the junior doctors failed to extract any specific and written commitment from the state government on the timeline by when their demands in the matter will be fulfilled.

After coming out of the meeting that started at around 9 p.m. Wednesday and continued after midnight, West Bengal Junior Doctors' Front (WBJDF) representative Debasish Halder said that the state government representatives wanted the protesting medics to call off their agitation till the end of the Durga Puja festival starting from Thursday, however, "when it came to giving some specific commitments from the state government on our demands, they refused to give us any assurance".

The first Deepawali after Lord Ram Lalla's consecration ceremony in Ayodhya promises to be grand and divine. A divine spectacle will unfold this year as more than 25 lakh earthen lamps will be lit up across 55 ghats in the city.

Under the leadership of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, preparations are in full swing to set yet another world record at this year’s Deepotsav, a globally renowned event. Over 2.5 million diyas are set to light up 55 ghats of Ramnagari on Chhoti Deepawali.

Prof Pratibha Goyal, Vice Chancellor of Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University has been deputed to oversee the exercise. The University administration has planned to deploy 30,000 volunteers to help secure Ayodhya’s place in the Guinness Book of World Records for the seventh time.

This is the first Deepotsav after Lord Shri Ram’s Pran Pratishtha ceremony.

At least four people were killed and three others were injured when the boundary wall of a government transport office collapsed and fell on some huts after heavy rain at Karsingsa on the outskirts of the capital city on Wednesday, officials said.

A Police official said that the boundary wall of the central workshop of the Arunachal Pradesh State Transport Services (APSTS) collapsed early on Wednesday after heavy incessant rainfall for many hours.

The boundary wall of the APSTS collapsed and fell on some huts when the victims were sleeping leading to the fatalities.

Four people, identified as Urmila Biswas, Vikash Biswas, Mukibur Rahman and Pal Biswas., died on the spot, and three others were injured.

With the Tamil Nadu Police’s crackdown at the Samsung India plant in Sunguvarchatram, Sriperumbudur, arresting striking workers and union leaders, tension is mounting in the area.

The workers of the Samsung India plant have been on strike since September 9 this year demanding better wages, improved facilities, and recognition of their trade union.

The police also arrested leaders affiliated with the CPI(M)-backed trade union, Centre for Indian Trade Unions (CITU), in the early hours of Wednesday from their homes.

It may be noted that of the 1,800 workers at the company, 1,000 have joined the strike, while 800 have reported for duty.

The body of the Territorial Army (TA) soldier abducted by terrorists was found on Wednesday in J&K’s Anantnag district.

Officials said the body of the TA soldier, who was abducted from the Shangus area of the Anantnag district, was found in the forest area of Kokernag tehsil in the same district.

Two TA soldiers went missing from the forest area of Kokernag on Tuesday during an anti-terror operation launched by the Army.

“One of them managed to escape from the abductors despite being injured. He was rushed to a medical facility for treatment and his condition is stable now. A massive search operation was launched in the area and the body of the missing soldier has been found in the forests,” officials said.

Eight foreign tourists were injured when their tempo traveller was hit by a truck in Bihar's Jehanabad district on Wednesday morning.

The incident occurred around 7.30 a.m. on the Patna-Gaya four-lane National Highway 83, near Salempur village, under the Kadauna police station.

A speeding truck hit the tempo-traveller from behind after which the tourist vehicle overturned and fell into a pit injuring its occupants.

Officers from the Kadauna police station arrived at the accident site and rushed the injured to Sadar Hospital in Jehanabad.

Of the injured, three were transferred to Patna for advanced medical care.

The fast-unto-death protest of seven junior doctors at Esplanade in Kolkata, over the rape and murder of their colleague in the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College Hospital entered the fifth day on Wednesday that coincides with the occasion of Maha Shashthi or the sixth day of Navaratri.

On this auspicious day of celebration for the people of West Bengal, the protesting juniors will carry out different programmes in support of their demands on the issue.

There will be a blood donation camp at R.G. Kar's premises in memory of the ghastly rape and murder. The protesting junior doctors will also carry the symbolic statue of the victim, “A woman in pain” and visit the different Durga Puja pandals from North Kolkata to South Kolkata distributing leaflets containing their 10-point demands on which they are protesting.

One of the two Territorial Army (TA) soldiers continued to be in the captivity of the abductors after one managed to escape, J&K Police said on Wednesday.

Police said the two TA soldiers were abducted by terrorists from the Shangus area of the Anantnag district on Tuesday.

“One of the abducted soldiers reached home after escaping from his abductors. The other TA soldier is still in the captivity of the abductors. A massive search operation has been launched by the Army and the police to trace the abducted soldier,” police said.

In April 2024, terrorists killed a TA soldier’s brother firing multiple shots at his home in the Kunda village near Sharda Sharief of Thanamandi in Jammu division’s Rajouri district.

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) announced that the Northeast Monsoon is expected to begin by the third week of October, more precisely on October 17.

The weather department has also predicted that the northern districts of the state are likely to receive normal or above-normal rainfall.

Typically, the Northeast monsoon begins around October 20, but the IMD stated that it is common for the monsoon to set in nine days before or after this date.

In their statement, the IMD also mentioned that there will likely be a rainfall deficit in the southern districts compared to the northern ones.