India report: Protests intensify nationwide after medic's alleged rape and murder in Kolkata

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GURUGRAM, INDIA - AUGUST 18: Around 500 people participate in candlelight vigil and peaceful protest over the rape and murder of a doctor in Kalkata at the Parking ground of Leisure Valley Park at sector-29 near Huda Market, on August 18, 2024 in Gurugram, India. (Photo by Parveen Kumar/Hindustan Times/Sipa USA ) Source: SIPA USA / Hindustan Times/Hindustan Times/Sipa USA

• Doctors in India unite across borders to protest alleged rape and murder case in Kolkata (east India)
• The Supreme Court of India takes suo motu cognizance of the Kolkata case, and proceedings will start on Tuesday
• The governor of the southern Indian state of Karnataka accorded sanction to prosecute Chief Minister Siddaramaiah
• The opposition parties up their ante as UPSC allows lateral entry for 45 Indian Administrative Service posts

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