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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3 officials of private banks arrested in Gujarat in Rs 2,500 crore cyber fraud; 20 held so far
Rajkot (PTI): Three officials of leading private banks were arrested for their alleged involvement in a Rs 2,500-crore cyber fraud racket in Gujarat's Rajkot district, bringing the number of those held so far in the case to 20, police said on Monday.
Those arrested were identified as Maulik Kamani, a personal manager at Yes Bank in Padadhari; Kalpesh Dangariya, a manager at Axis Bank in Jamnagar; and Anurag Baldha, a personal banker with HDFC Bank, Rajkot (Rural) Superintendent of Police Vijay Gurjar said.
Dangariya and Baldha were previously employed with Yes Bank, he added.
Kamani allegedly assisted the earlier arrested accused in opening and managing suspicious accounts. He also helped bypass banking alerts triggered by high-value transactions by submitting additional documentation to keep accounts active, the SP said.
Kamani was allegedly involved in cash withdrawals that were later routed through hawala channels (illegal money transfer system), supported by digital evidence recovered from his mobile device, he added.
Dangariya is accused of facilitating the opening of fraudulent accounts using fake or misrepresented identities, police said.
He also assisted in structuring documentation, including Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC)-related papers, to prevent transactions from being flagged as suspicious, they said.
On the other hand, Baldha opened new accounts after verification and certification processes as part of the racket, Gurjar informed.
All the three accused are in police custody, while others are in jail under judicial remand, SP said.
So far, police have identified 85 bank accounts linked to the racket with 535 complaints filed on the cyber crime portal.
The total transaction linked to the cyber fraud exceeds Rs 2,500 crore, police said.
The earlier fraud amount was pegged by police at Rs 1,500 crore.
