The junior doctors agitating over the RG Kar Medical College rape and murder case in Kolkata on Monday called off their hunger strike after a two-hour-long meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the state secretariat Nabanna.

Agitating junior doctors on Monday evening withdrew their weeks-long hunger strike over the RG Kar incident, hours after a meeting with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

At the meeting, Banerjee repeatedly urged the junior doctors to end their fast, stating that most of their demands had been addressed, while rejecting the one for removing the state health secretary.

Junior doctors ended their prolonged hunger strike over the RG Kar incident after meeting with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Despite receiving some assurances, the doctors criticized the government's attitude.

Junior doctors in Bengal have issued a 72-hour ultimatum to the state government to implement their 10-point demands, threatening a daylong health strike on Tuesday if unmet. The strike could affect both state and private healthcare services and is planned despite some legal constraints on senior doctors participating.

KOLKATA: The fast-unto-death by agitating junior doctors in West Bengal entered the 15th day on Saturday over demands for justice for the deceased postgraduate trainee of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital and workplace security.

Junior doctors in West Bengal are on the 15th day of a fast-unto-death. They demand justice for a deceased colleague and better workplace security. Six doctors have been hospitalised. If no action is taken by October 21,

Doctors in West Bengal threaten a statewide strike on October 22, demanding justice for a deceased colleague allegedly raped and murdered in August. They seek immediate action from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee,