Ukraine crisis: All efforts on to evacuate people stranded in Kharkiv and Kyiv, says Bommai
Bengaluru(PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday said all efforts are on to evacuate people from the state, who are stranded in besieged cities like Kharkiv and Kyiv in Ukraine, and that his administration is in constant touch with Ministry of External Affairs and Indian Embassy there.
The CM said he is trying to gather information regarding bringing back the remains of Naveen Shekharappa Gyanagoudar, a 21-year-old medical student from Haveri district in the state, who was killed in a Russian shelling in Kharkiv city last week.
"Many people have been evacuated (from Ukraine), some are unable to move and are stranded at places like Kharkiv and Kyiv. Embassy officials are tracking and tracing them and are coordinating, according to officials they will evacuate people from such places as soon as bombings reduce," Bommai said.
He said he was in contact with the Ministry of External Affairs and the Indian Embassy in Ukraine.
"We are in touch and coordinating with central Ministers who have been deputed to countries bordering Ukraine, to oversee the evacuation," he added.
Bommai said he will visit Naveen's residence at Ranebennur today to console the family members. The government has decided to give a solatium for the family
Responding to a question on bringing back Naveen's body, he said, "I'm gathering information, shelling is still on there, so I'm trying to gather the right information."
Meanwhile, Nodal Officer and Commissioner Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA) Manoj Rajan said, a total of 366 people from the state have returned so far from the war-torn Ukraine, under "Operation Ganga".
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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.
