The coalition government: Congress ministers' portfolios reshuffled
Bengaluru, Dec 28: Bengaluru: The Congress ministers' portfolios have been reshuffled in the coalition government of the state. Following the recent cabinet expansion, eight new ministers have been inducted in the cabinet. Hence, the ministers with more than one portfolios have been relieved of the additional posts.
KPCC state in-charge KC Venugopal has submitted a list to the Chief Minister regarding the reshuffle. Officially, the Chief Minister is yet to announce the account sharing.
New account allocation details are as follows.
The Home Ministry post which was with DCM Dr. G. Parameshwar has been given to newly appointed Minister MB Patil. Apart from DCM, Dr. Parameshwar holds the position of Bengaluru City Development, Law and Parliamentary Affairs, Human Rights, IT-BT and Science-Technology portfolios.
DK Sivakumar - Water Resources, Kannada and Culture, Information and Public Relations
RV Deshpande - Revenue
KJ George - Massive and medium scale industry
Krishna Bhairagowda - Rural Development and Panchayatraj
UT Khader - Urban Development
Dr. Jayamala - Women and Child Welfare, Empowerment of Disabled and Senior Citizens
Satish Jarakihili - Forest and Environment
CS Sivalli - Municipal and Local bodies
MTB Nagaraju - Housing
ETKaram - Medical Education
NH Shivashankar Reddy - Agriculture
Priyank M. Kharge - Social Welfare
Zamir Ahmed Khan - Food and Civil, Minority Welfare and Wakf
Sivananda N. Patil - Health and Family Welfare
Venkataramappa - Labour Department
Rajasekhar b. Patil - Mining and Geology
C Putturanga Shetty - Welfare of Backward Classes
PT Parameshwar Naika - Muzarai
Rahim Khan - youth and sports
RB Thimmapur - Ports and Inland Water Transport, Sugar
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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
