KOLKATA: Junior doctors protesting to seek justice for RG Kar rape-murder victim have emailed President Droupadi Murmu urging her intervention to break the current impasse. Copies of the letter have also been sent to Prime Minister Narendra Modi,

Junior doctors in India's West Bengal state have vowed to keep up a strike in protest at the rape and murder of a trainee doctor unless their demands are met, defying a Supreme Court deadline for Tuesday.

Junior doctors in Kolkata continued their protests on Sept 13 against the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. The protest was held near Swasthya Bhawan in the Salt Lake Area of Kolkata city as doctors chanted slogans demanding justice for the victim.

While protests have died down in other parts of India, doctors in Kolkata say they will hold firm until their demands are met. Protesters have set up camp outside the state's health department headquarters,

Mamata Banerjee on Thursday offered to resign "for the sake of people" and said she also wants justice for the Kolkata rape-murder victim. Banerjee also urged the protesting doctors to return to work,

Welcoming the Bengal government’s “positive response” to hold talks in presence of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, agitating junior doctors Thursday announced their decision to attend the proposed meeting at the state secretariat.

Agitating junior doctors on Wednesday sent an email to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, seeking an appointment to discuss the ongoing impasse arising out of the alleged rape and murder of an on-duty medic at a state-run hospital here last month.