Indian student killed in Kharkiv shelling
The Hindu
The student was a native of Chalageri in Karnataka's Haveri district, a Karnataka government official said.
An Indian student was killed in shelling in Kharkiv city of war-hit Ukraine on Tuesday morning, the Ministry of External Affairs said.
"With profound sorrow we confirm that an Indian student lost his life in shelling in Kharkiv this morning," it tweeted. The ministry said it is in touch with the family of the student.
"We convey our deepest condolences to the family," it said.
The student was a native of Chalageri in Karnataka's Haveri district, a Karnataka government official said.
"A student Naveen Shekarappa Gyanagoudar, a native of Chalageri in Haveri district, died in the shelling," the Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority commissioner Dr Manoj Rajan told PTI.
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