Congress to get Energy portfolio?
Bengaluru, June 5: Though JDS earlier wanted to keep Energy portfolio with it, it has planned to give it to the Congress.
It is said that Deve Gowda has thought of giving the Energy portfolio to Congress leader DK Shivakumar who played a major role in the formation of the JDS-Congress coalition government, as the Congress leader’s anger might cause problem to the existence of the government.
But JDS senior MLA HD Revanna and his wife Bhavani Revanna have declined to give up the Energy portfolio. It is said that they have demanded Bengaluru Urban Development portfolio to him if the Congress wanted Energy portfolio. But former chief minister Siddaramaiah is lobbying to get Bengaluru Urban Development portfolio to his close aid KJ George.
It is said that both the parties might once again sit together to finalise the sharing of portfolios.
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Online fraud: Hotel chef from Udupi cheated of over Rs 1 lakh by WhatsApp contact
Udupi: Udupi City Police have registered a case of online fraud after a 62-year-old hotel chef was allegedly cheated of Rs 1.13 lakh by a woman who befriended him on WhatsApp, claiming to be based in London.
The victim, identified as Pandu Kariappa Poojary, a resident of Kuthpadi in Udupi, was working at a hotel in Mangaluru.
He reportedly came into contact with a woman identifying herself as Emilda William on WhatsApp. During their interactions, she told Poojary that she planned to start a cosmetics and hotel business in India and would meet him during a visit to Mangaluru.
On April 7, Emilda sent Poojary a flight ticket from London to Delhi via WhatsApp. The following day, Poojary received a phone call from a woman who informed him that Emilda had arrived at Delhi airport carrying a demand draft worth Rs 5 crore along with other items. The caller allegedly asked him to pay Rs 70,000.
Subsequently, Poojary also received a call from Emilda, who was reportedly crying and spoke about the situation. Believing the claims, he transferred a total of Rs 1,13,300 in phases using a scanner. He later realised that he had been cheated.
