Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada MP and BJP Karnataka Chief Nalin Kumar Kateel on Wednesday visited the families of two Mangaluru students who were stuck in Ukraine but were later evacuated to Romania.

Speaking to the families of the students Anusha and Sakshi Sudhakar here in Bejai, Kateel added that all the other students will also be evacuated and that he is in constant touch with the students in Ukraine.

According to the government data, 12 out of 18 students of Dakshina Kannada who are stuck in Ukraine, are from Mangaluru.

“Some of them have been evacuated and have already left for India while some are still stuck in bunkers,” Kateel said adding that the government will take every necessary action to ensure the safe evacuation of all the students.

Urging the families to stay strong, Kateel also expressed condolences to the family of Naveen, a Karnataka student who was killed in Ukraine on Tuesday.

Kateel stated that Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraja Bommai has appointed the nodal officer for further enquiries. He added that the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Pralhad Joshi, and Minister of External Affairs Jai Shankar are also doing the needful in bringing the Indian students back home.

Vedavyaasa Kamath, Member of Legislative Assembly, Jagadeesh Shenava, Vijay Kumar Shetty, and others were present during Kateel’s visit to the families of students.

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New York/Washington, May 7 (PTI): US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said India has “agreed” to drop its high tariffs “to nothing”.

“I mean, India as an example, has one of the highest tariffs in the world. We’re not going to put up with that, and they’ve agreed already to drop it. They’ll drop it to nothing. They’ve already agreed. They would have never done that for anybody else but me,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.

Trump and visiting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke to reporters as they met in the Oval Office to discuss the US-Canada trade.

“So we’re going to put down some numbers and we’re going to say our country is open for business and they’re going to come in and they’re going to pay for the privilege of being able to shop in the United States of America. It’s very simple. It’s very simple,” he added.

In the past, Trump has called India “tariff king” and a “big abuser”.

Last month, Trump had said that negotiations with India over a bilateral trade deal are “coming along great” and he thinks “we’ll have a deal with India”.