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Mamata agrees to live coverage of meeting with protesting docs Kolkata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee gave consent for live coverage of the proposed meeting with agitating junior doctors on Monday, paving way for a solution to the week-long impasse.

Visually-impaired musicians strike a chord in Meghalaya Shillong

A troupe of visually impaired musicians is hitting the right notes in this hill state, with night club owners and event managers lining up to hire them, more so after the state election department recently engaged them for pre-poll campaigns.

OPD services affected in Odisha hospitals as doctors go on strike Bhubaneswar

Doctors in several hospitals across Odisha resorted to cease work on Monday in response to a nation-wide strike called by the Indian Medical Association (IMA), in support of their striking colleagues in West Bengal.

Doctors stage demonstrations, boycott OPDs in Jharkhand govt hospitals Ranchi

Doctors at government hospitals in Jharkhand on Monday staged demonstrations, wore black badges and boycotted work at outpatient departments in response to the strike called by the Indian Medical Association (IMA).

Doctors strike paralyzes medical and health services in Bihar Patna

Doctors strike has paralyzed medical and health services in Bihar, where an intense heat wave has claimed 61 lives in the past few days while nearly 100 children have died of suspected acute encephalitis syndrome (AES).

Doctors in Assam join nationwide IMA strike, services hit Guwahati

Medical services were hit on Monday as doctors across Assam joined the daylong strike called by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) in solidarity with their counterparts in Bengal.