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Dr Pramod N (third from left) treats a patient at Singhu border in Delhi
BALLARI: A doctor from Ballari offered his medical expertise to farmers in the national capital, many of whom are senior citizens battling the winter in North India.
Dr Pramod N, an alumnus of Vijayanagara Institute of Medical Sciences (VIMS), said he flew to Delhi on January 28, a day after he received a call from the Medical Service Centre seeking his services at the site of the farmers’ protest. “Reaching Singhu border was difficult with police prohibiting entry to outsiders in the wake of the Republic Day violence. Security had been beefed up all along the way. I rode the Metro to Jahangirpur and shared autorickshaw rides, but we were dropped considerably far from Singhu border. I walked for 3km, with my doctor’s card helping me to negotiate with cops,” he said.
Visva Bharati students allege house arrest ahead of Amit Shah visit Birbhum police chief denied issuing such orders
Four Visva Bharati students were reportedly put under house arrest by district police starting Sunday morning to stem what police sources termed “potential security breaches” by student leaders aimed at Union home minister Amit Shah’s road show, though the Birbhum police chief denied having issued such orders.
Undergraduate economics students Falguni Pan and Somenath Sow, the latter of whom is also an SFI leader, and research scholars and All India Democratic Students’ Organisation (AIDSO) leaders Amit Mondal and Beauty Saha were all identified and rounded up by police personnel between Saturday night and Sunday morning, and reportedly confined to their homes and student accommodations, with the police even providing them breakfast and lunch in order to keep them