Naveen’s body secured, kept in mortuary: CM Bommai
"Getting mortal remains of student back from Ukraine; evacuation top priority"
Ranebennur, Mar 5: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday said that getting the mortal remains of a student back from war-affected Ukraine and evacuation of the other students were the priority of the government.
The Chief Minister, who met the bereaved family of the medical student Naveen here, handed over a cheque for Rs 25 lakh as compensation and assured his brother of a job. The brother was pursuing Phd.
"Our first duty is to bring back his (Naveen) body back home, we are putting efforts for it. I'm in constant touch with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, officers and the Ukraine Ambassador," Bommai said.
Speaking to reporters after meeting Naveen's parents, he quoted the External Affairs Minister Jaishankar and said the body has been secured and embalmed, kept at a mortuary and that it cannot be brought back now as there has been constant bombing. "He (Jaishankar) said, once the bombing in the region reduces, transportation arrangements will be made. As there is a ceasefire in some parts there might be an opportunity. I will speak to him as soon as I reach Bengaluru, and make all the efforts to insist on getting the body back at the earliest.. It will also depend on the situation there," he added.
Naveen, the 21-year-old medical student, was killed in Russian shelling of Kharkiv city last week.
Hoping for a quick end to the war, the Chief Minister said many students have walked to a safe place about 30 km from Kharkiv and transport arrangements been made. However, there were a few stranded in bunkers in the besieged city and efforts to evacuate them were on.
According to nodal officer and commissioner of Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority Manoj Rajan, 366 people have returned home so far from the war-torn Ukraine.
ಇಂದು ರಾಣಿಬೆನ್ನೂರು ತಾಲ್ಲೂಕಿನ ಚಳಗೇರಿಗೆ ಭೇಟಿ ನೀಡಿ ಇತ್ತೀಚಿಗೆ ಉಕ್ರೇನ್ ನಲ್ಲಿ ಮೃತಪಟ್ಟ ವೈದ್ಯಕೀಯ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿ ನವೀನ ಗ್ಯಾನಗೌಡರ್ ಅವರ ಪಾಲಕರಿಗೆ ಸಾಂತ್ವನ ತಿಳಿಸಿ, ಸರಕಾರದ ವತಿಯಿಂದ 25 ಲಕ್ಷ ರೂ ಗಳ ಪರಿಹಾರದ ಚೆಕ್ ನ್ನು ಕುಟುಂಬದ ಸದಸ್ಯರಿಗೆ ಹಸ್ತಾಂತರಿಸಲಾಯಿತು. pic.twitter.com/tdp05e5Nv9
— Basavaraj S Bommai (@BSBommai) March 5, 2022
Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.
Padma awardees in Odisha to receive monthly honorarium of Rs 30,000
Bhubaneswar, Jan 16 (PTI): The Odisha government will provide a monthly honorarium of Rs 30,000 to each of the Padma awardees of the state from the current month.
The Odia Language Literature and Culture Department issued a notification to this effect on Thursday.
In view of their outstanding contribution to society in various fields, the state government has decided to provide an honorarium of Rs 30,000 to the Padma awardees, the notification said.
All the Padma awardees of the state, who are alive, will receive the honorarium through direct benefit transfer (DBT) mode from January 2025, it said.
The government has asked collectors and culture officers of all districts to submit details of the Padma award winners (who are alive) including the district collector's certificate, bank account details, IFSC code to the Directorate of Odia, Language, Literature and Culture as soon as possible.
In March last year, the previous BJD government had announced a monthly honorarium of Rs 25,000 for the Padma awardees from Odisha. However, it was not implemented yet, an official of the department said.
In November last year, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi had decided to provide Rs 30,000 to the Padma awardees of the state. Accordingly, the formal notification was published on Thursday, he said.
The Padma Award was introduced in 1954. The award is given to personalities for their outstanding contribution in the fields of arts, education, science, sports, social work, public service, medicine, literature, etc.
As per the Padma Awards website of the Ministry of Home Affairs, till now, the President has conferred Padma awards on 105 eminent personalities from Odisha, which includes 90 Padma Shri, 11 Padma Bhushan and four Padma Vibhushan.
