Manik Sarkar's Convoy Attacked, Pinarayi Vijayan Condemns It
NEW DELHI: The convoy of Tripura former chief minister Manik Sarkar was attacked at Bishalgarh on Friday evening. Vehicle of senior CPM leader Narayan Choudhury, who was part of the convoy, was allegedly vandalised by miscreants while Mr Sarkar was addressing a meeting, reports news agency ANI.
Additional police force was deputed outside the office.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan condemned the attack, saying that democratic minds must rise against the undemocratic and fascist forces.
"It is shocking to know about the attack on former Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar and other senior CPM leaders of Tripura. Manik Sarkar is one of the prominent leaders in this country. We condemn this attack. All democratic minds must rise against the undemocratic & fascist forces who have carried out this attack," Mr Vijayan wrote on Facebook.
Manik Sarkar was four-time Chief Minister of Tripura. The 69-year-old Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Politburo member donates his entire salary to the CPI(M), which pays him back a sum of 5,000 rupees as subsistence stipend. He is among key political figures in Tripura, which has been ruled by the Left Front since 1978 with a five-year break between 1988 and 1993, when the Congress and its tribal party ally Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti were in power.
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Daycare chemotherapy centres to be set up in district hospitals, announces Dr. Sharanaparakash Patil
Belagavi: Medical Education Minister Dr. Sharanaparakash Rudrappa Patil on Tuesday said the State government plans to establish day-care chemotherapy centres in all district hospitals across Karnataka to make cancer treatment more accessible.
Replying to a question raised by BJP MLC M.P. Kushalappa during the Question Hour in the Legislative Council, the minister said it was not feasible for cancer patients from various districts to travel repeatedly to Kidwai Memorial Institute in Bengaluru. To address this issue, the government is taking steps to establish cancer care centers in other districts in collaboration with the Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology.
Providing details of cancer treatment at Kidwai, Dr. Patil said that over the past three years, 41,512 cancer patients have received treatment at the institute. Treatment included surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or a combination of these, depending on the type and stage of cancer.
Between 2022 and 2024, a total of 12,781 patients underwent surgery, 14,423 patients received radiation therapy, and over 28,370 patients were administered chemotherapy, he said.
The minister further noted that more than 110 patients were provided bone marrow transplants, an otherwise expensive procedure, free of cost at the institute during the same period.
The proposed day-care chemotherapy centers, he said, would significantly reduce the burden on patients and improve access to timely cancer treatment at the district level.
