Mumbai: The first Air India flight carrying 219 Indian evacuees from Ukraine landed at the Mumbai airport on Saturday evening from Bucharest, Romania, ATC sources said.

Operated with a Boeing 787 aircraft, the AI chartered flight touched down at the Mumbai airport at 7.50 pm.

Union minister Piyush Goyal was at the airport to receive the Indian nationals returning from war-hit Ukraine.

The evacuation flight had left from Mumbai for Bucharest at 3.38 am and landed there around 10.45 am Indian Standard Time.

Indian nationals who reached the Ukraine-Romania border and Ukraine-Hungary border by road were taken to Bucharest and Budapest, respectively, by Indian government officials so that they could be evacuated.

The first evacuation flight AI1944 departed from Bucharest at 1.55 PM (Indian Standard Time) with 219 Indians.h

Welcome back to the motherland!

Glad to see the smiles on the faces of Indians safely evacuated from Ukraine at the Mumbai airport.

Nasheman news

By Faizan RIzwan

Garuda Gamana Vrishaba Vahana, Puksatte Life, Badava Rascal and Ratnan Prapancha bag maximum nominations

The shortlist of nominees for the third edition of Chandanavana Film Critics Academy Awards 2022 were announced on Sunday. Each of the 20 categories of awards has five nominees each, which have been nominated by Kannada film critics and journalists. The Awards night is scheduled for the second half of March.

Badava Rascal, Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana, Puksatte Lifu Pursotte Illa, Ratnan Prapancha and Salaga are the films in contention in the Best Film category while
Raj B Shetty (Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana), Arvind Kuplikar (Puksatte Lifu Pursotte Illa), Tharun Sudhir (Roberrt), B M Giriraj (Kannadiga) and Duniya Vijay (Salaga) are hoping to find favour with critics for the Best Director Award.

Garuda Gamana Vrishaba Vahana, Puksatte Life, Badava Rascal and Ratnan Prapancha are top films nominated in multiple categories. A new trophy was also unveiled by actors Rishi, Ragini Dwivedi and Karnataka Media Academy president K Sadashiva Shenoy. Shenoy, who started as a film journalist was felicitated on the occasion.

The 3rd edition of the Critics Awards has adopted BBMP Swacha Bengaluru – Namma Nagara Namma Hemme (Clean Bengaluru – Our City Our Pride) campaign as its motto. Celebrities in the Awards process were urged to lend their support for the BBMP campaign by Chandanavana Academy founder S Shyam Prasad.

Actor Rishi speaking after launching the trophy said even after a film’s success, recognition through awards gives actors and film makers the added inspiration to do better. He applauded the role of film journalists in his career recalling many incidents. He wished the Chandanavana Film Critics Academy to further encompass bigger roles in the future. Ragini Dwivedi praised the manner in which the film critics were organising the award event transparently and helping in rejuvenating the industry.

In the categories related to acting, Raj B Shetty (Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana), Dhananjay (Badava Rascal), Sanchari Vijay (Puksatte Lifu Pursotte Illa), V. Ravichandran (Drushya 2) and Dhananjay (Ratnan Prapancha) are vying for the Best Actor award while Rachitha Ram (Love You Rachchu), Amrutha Iyengar (Badava Rascal), Ghanavi Lakshman (Hero), Nishvika Naidu (Sakkath) and Ashika Ranganath (Madhagaja) are in contention for the Best Actress awards.

THE NOMINEES

1. BEST FILM
   Badava Rascal
   Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana
   Puksatte Lifu Pursotte Illa
   Ratnan Prapancha
   Salaga
2. BEST DIRECTOR
   Raj B Shetty (Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana)
   Arvind Kuplikar (Puksatte Lifu Pursotte Illa)
   Tharun Sudhir (Roberrt)
   B M Giriraj (Kannadiga)
   Duniya Vijay (Salaga)
3. BEST ACTOR
   Raj B Shetty (Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana)
   Dhananjay (Badava Rascal)
   Sanchari Vijay (Puksatte Lifu Pursotte Illa)
   V. Ravichandran (Drushya 2)
   Dhananjay (Ratnan Prapancha)
4. BEST ACTRESS
   Rachitha Ram (Love You Rachchu)
   Amrutha Iyengar (Badava Rascal)
   Ghanavi Lakshman (Hero)
   Nishvika Naidu (Sakkath)
   Ashika Ranganath (Madhagaja)
5. BEST SCREENPLAY
   Arvind Kuplikar (Puksatte Lifu Pursotte Illa)
   Raj B Shetty (Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana)
   Tharun Sudhir (Roberrt)
   Duniya Vijay, Maasthi Upparahalli (Salag)
   Rohit Padaki (Ratnan Prapancha)
6. BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (MALE)
   Pramod (Ratnan Prapancha)
   Rangayana Raghu (Badava Rascal)
   Achyuth Kumar (Puksatte Lifu Pursotte Illa)
   Gopalkrishna Deshpande (Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana)
   Sampath Kumar (Drishya 2)
7. BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (FEMALE)
   Sparsha Rekha (Badava Rascal)
   Umashree (Ratnan Prapancha)
   Thara (Badava Rascal)
   Shruthi (Bhajarangi 2)
   Ester Naronha (Lanke)
8. BEST CHILD ARTIST
   Johnson D’Souza (Roberrt)
   Aadya (Kotigobba 3)
   Pranya P Rao (Rider)
   Master Mithun (Akshi)
   Param Swamy (Mohan Das)
9. BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR
   Charan Raj (Salaga)
   Arjun Janya (Roberrt)
   Mithun Mukundan (Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana)
   Vasuki Vaibhav (Badava Rascal)
   Manikanth Kadri (Love You Rachchu)
10. BEST BGM
    Mithun Mukundan (Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana)
    Poornachandra Tejaswi (Puksatte Lifu Pursotte Illa)
    Arjun Janya (Bhajarangi 2)
    Charan Raj (Salaga)
    V. Harikrishna (Roberrt)
11. BEST LYRICS
    Yogaraj Bhatt (Kannu hodiyake, Robert)
    K. Kalyan (Nee sigovarege, Bhajarangi 2)
    Raghavendra Kamath (Kanavarije, Arjun Gowda)
    Santoshh Ananddram (Pathashala, Yuvarathna)
    Dhananjay (Giniye, Badava Rascal)
12. BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (MALE)
    Vasuki Vaibhav (Agaga Nenapaguttide, Badava Rascal)
    Vijay Prakash (Nenapina Hudugiye, Hero)
    Sancjith Hegde (Keeli Kotta Gombe, Ratnam World)
    Sid Sriram (Hayagide, Tom and Jerry)
    Vijay Prakash (Udupi hotel, Badava Rascal)
13. BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (FEMALE)
    Chaitra Acharya (Sojigada, Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana)
    Shreya Ghoshal (Nee Nadena, Yuvaratne)
    Girija Siddi (Tining Mining, Salga)
    Aishwarya Rangarajan (Baby Dance, Roberrt)
    Anuradha Bhatt (Pataki Porio, Kotigobba 3)
14. BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
    Preetha Jayaraman (Badava Rascal)
    Sudhakar Raj (Roberrt)
    Swamy Gowda (Bhajarangi 2)
    Praveen Shriyan (Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana)
    Advaita Gurumurthy (Puksatte Lifu Pursotte Illa)
15. BEST DIALOGUES
    Santosh Ananddram (Yuvarathna)
    Suman Jadugar and Praveen Kumar (Ninna Sanihake)
    Masthi (Salaga)
    Rohit Padaki (Ratnan Prapancha)
    Shankar Guru (Badava Rascal)
16. BEST EDITING
    Suresh Armugam (Puksatte Lifu Pursotte Illa)
    Prateek Shetty (Hero)
    K.M. Prakash (Rider)
    Praveen Shriyan (Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana)
    Deepu S Kumar (Salaga)
17. BEST ART DIRECTION
    Mohan B Kere (Pogaru)
    Mohan B Kere (Roberrt)
    Ravi Santhehaiklu (Bhajarangi 2)
    Rajesh Sajipa and Vikram Devadiga (Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana)
    Mohan B Kere (Rider)
18. BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
    Bhushan (Baby Dance, Robert)
    Murali ( Karabu, Pogaru)
    A. Harsha (Bhajarangi 2)
    Johnny Master (Feel the Power, Yuvarathna)
    Bhushan (Dava Davaa, Rider)
19. BEST STUNT CHOREOGRAPHY
    Different Danny (Kaliveera)
    Ravi Verma (Bhajarangi 2)
    Vikram (Hero)
    Rama Lakshmana (Roberrt)
    Vinod (Salaga)
20. Best VFX
    Hero
    Bhajarangi 2
    Poguru
    100
    Roberrt

Parmesh S Jain

A Master Plan would be drawn up for uniform development of all areas of Bengaluru,Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said.

He was speaking after launching various development projects including 250 bed multi speciality hospital at Munnekolalu,a flyover in Varthur ward,a 150ft wide road and a police station at Marathahalli in Mahadevapura assembly constituency.

All the civic amenities could be provided to people only if there is planned growth of Bengaluru.

Basic infrastructure needs to be developed for core Bengaluru,7 erstwhile CMC areas of the city need 110 villages by providing mutual linkages and coordinated development.

The Master Plan is being drawn up with an ambitious determination to ensure a uniform level of infrastructure and amenities for all the areas, Bommai said.

Mahadevapura to be the best area of Bengaluru

Referring to massive growth of Mahadevapura and development of infrastructure in the area, Bommai said, from software to enterprises of all sectors and housing complexes, Mahadevarapura has it all.

Various civic works including Cauvery 4th phase and UGD are going on in the area.Mahadevapura is set to become the best area in Bengaluru in the coming days.

The new multi speciality hospital would bring a new era of good health services in the Northeastern part of the city.

It would be on par with the Bowring, Victoria and KC General hospitals. it is being planned to link the elevated road to Varthur road, Bommai said.

Nagarothana Yojana

Under the Nagarothana Yojana Rs.6000 cr has been provided for development of Bengaluru. Storm Water Drains are being remodelled at a cost of Rs.1500 cr.

More than 20 STP plants need to function properly to ensure that only treated water is let into the drains. Instructions have been issued in this regard, Bommai said.

Bengaluru is the Knowledge Hub

Bengaluru has attained a new high in its stature. For the contemporary world India means Bengaluru.

Such is Bengaluru’s fame, especially in IT and BT, startups and R & D.The 21st century is the Knowledge Century.

Where there is knowledge there is power. Bengaluru is now the Knowledge Hub of the world.There are more than 180 R & D centers in Bengaluru.

There is no other city in the world with so many R & D centers. Development of Mahadevapura is very important as it houses the maximum number of IT units in Bengaluru, Bommai said.

New India from New Karnataka,New Karnataka from New Bengaluru

The Cauvery 4th phase drinking water project is in final stages of completion.UGD works too would be completed along with it and instructions have been issued in this regard.

Authorities have been instructed to complete the extended 2nd phase of Bangalore Metro works before 2024 and start preparations for the next phase.

Hebbal Ring Road to Mahadevapura flyover Metro link would be provided.The Goraguntepalya junction too would be decongested and elevated roads would be built.

All necessary programmes and projects would be implemented to retain Bengaluru’s international fame.

We need not make Bengaluru another Singapore. Only Bengaluru could be an ideal model for Bengaluru.

We have to build the city based on its environment.New India From New Karnataka, New Karnataka from New Bengaluru is our slogan,Bommai said.

Parmesh S Jain

Appropriate measures are being taken to bring home Karnataka students stranded in Ukraine, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said.

Speaking to media persons in Vidhana Soudha he said,many Indian students are stranded in Ukraine as the war broke out between Ukraine and Russia when the students were heading to the airport.

About 100 students are stranded in two buses. More than 10 of them are Kannadigas.We are getting complete information about them.We are in constant touch with the Indian Embassy in Ukraine.”

“The Indian Embassy in Ukraine has issued suitable guidelines for the safety of Indian students.

Action is being taken to bring them back safely once the flight services resume. We are in constant touch with the Foreign Secretary and I will discuss it with our External Affairs minister too,” Bommai said.

About 200 Indians returned home from Ukraine last week under the shadow of war.

The students are returning in batches and this is the last batch.

Karnataka students would be brought home safely, Bommai said replying to a question on the stranded students.

Parmesh S Jain

Upset over financial crisis, a 39-year-old employee of a private company killed his seven year old daughter before ending his life.

The incident took place in Bommasandra on Wednesday and the deceased have been identified as Vijay Kumar and daughter Sameeksha.

His wife had went to garment factory for work when the incident took place and Hebbagodi police with senior officer visited the spot.

After visiting the spot he said,A 39-year-old man strangled his seven year old daughter to death before ending his life at their house in Hebbagodi due to health and financial problems . 

The incident took place on Wednesday evening and the deceased have been identified as Vijay Kumar and his daughter Sameeksha and she was studying second standard.

He further said Kumar hails from Tamilnadu, was residing in Bommasandra.

He was running a fabrication workshop and shut down after incurring huge loss in business  during covid. 

Probe revealed that Vijay Kumar was unemployed since then and suffering from multiple ailments. He decided to end life and even called back his eldest daughter aged 12 year staying with her relatives in Mysuru,with a plan to kill them and end his life,but due to some reasons,she did not returned home.

On Wednesday,Vijay Kumar strangled seven-year-old Sameesksha with a wire and hanged himself while his wife Chandrakala had gone to work in a garment factory.

She returned from work and found the bodies before alerting the police.

There was a suicide note and based on the statement of Chandrakala the police have registered a case of murder against Vijay Kumar and also charged him with suicide .

The family had come to the city 20 years ago and Kumar was living separately while his parents, who work in the railway department,were staying in Electronic City.

(Those in distress or those having suicidal tendencies can call Arogya Sahayavani Ph.: 104 for help.)

Parmesh S Jain

Citizens’ involvement and officers’ responsibility is important to get rid of garbage problem in BBMP limits.

Garbage problem needs to be addressed in a systematic manner,said honorable retired justice, Chairman of NGT Monitoring Committee for Solid Waste Management,Karnataka,Subhash B Adi.

Addressing a meeting today,on the Implementation of Solid Waste Management Rules-2016 and the managing, transportation and the processing of solid waste in BBMP limits,he said that,Bengaluru is a major city not only as the capital of the state but also in the view of the nation.

Needed steps should be taken to solve the garbage problem in the city.The officials of BBMP, with understanding the rules of solid waste management,should move forward to implement all those rules in all the zones with peoples’ involvement.

All the citizens in the city, understanding their responsibility,should segregate waste (dry & wet) before giving it to waste collectors.

It should be examined that whether the people are aware of their responsibilities in connection with the solid waste management.

About 40% (more than 100kg of waste) of the waste comes from bulk generators.In this connection, the authorities need to keep track of how many people are registering for waste collection,how much waste is being collected and where the waste is being disposed of, he said.

He also said that a survey of garbage disposal sites, number of shops / apartments, type of shops, garbage collected and so on should be made available in BBMP.

BBMP Marshals must monitor the bulk generators in the city.If the waste is not properly collected and transported,penalty should be imposed.

All garbage processing plants in the city must function properly.The Environmental Pollution Control Board must regularly inspect the water and air near the garbage processing plants, he said.

He also instructed the authorities to take precautionary measures to ensure that the garbage processing shall not cause any problem to the local people.

In the city,there should be proper penalties for garbage disposal on the sidewalk,and in private places.

Awareness should be created among the people regarding the proper disposal of waste. Awareness workshops,with regard, should be conducted if necessary, he said.

BBMP Chief Commissioner,Gaurav Gupta said that the BBMP zonal joint commissioners need to push more with regard to garbage collection and disposal.

It is necessary to enforce their powers to identifying and fining the garbage throwers and also the involvement of people in solid waste management.

Make Micro planning for waste disposal in the city.More and more penalties should be imposed if not complying with the solid waste management rules.Citizens should be more aware of the sorting of garbage (dry and wet), he said.

Srinivasulu,member of the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board,said that imperative action should be taken against the garbage disposers in the BBMP Limits.

He said that it is needed to take steps to establish a buffer zone around the waste treatment plants.

Special Commissioner (Solid Waste Management) Dr.Harish Kumar,Joint Commissioner (Solid Waste Management) Sarfaraz Khan,Joint Commissioner of All Zones, Superintendent of Solid Waste Division Basavaraj Kabade and other concerned officials were present.