Delhi portfolios announced: New CM keeps finance, WCD; Verma gets PWD, water
New Delhi, Feb 20 (PTI): Newly-appointed Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Thursday announced allocation of portfolios among the Council of Ministers, keeping with her finance, services, vigilance, revenue, and women and child development, among other portfolios.
Gupta has been assigned a total of 10 portfolios, the highest among all ministers. Her responsibilities also include the general administration department, land and building, information and public relations, and administrative reforms.
Addressing her first press conference as the chief minister after chairing a Cabinet meeting, Gupta said her colleague Parvesh Verma has been allotted PWD, water, legislative affairs, irrigation and flood control, and gurdwara elections portfolios.
Ashish Sood got home, power, urban development, education, higher education, training and technical education.
Kapil Mishra has been made the minister for law and justice, labour and employment, art, culture, language and tourism, while Manjinder Singh Sirsa has been allotted the industries, forest and environment, and food and supply portfolios.
Pankaj Singh has been allocated health, transport, and information technology departments, while Ravinder Indraj has been made minister for social welfare, SC and ST welfare, cooperative and elections, Gupta said.
Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena has approved the allocation of portfolios, a notification issued by the general administrative department said.
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Nora Fatehi apologises before NCW over 'Sarke Chunar' row, vows support for orphan girls
New Delhi (PTI): Actor Nora Fatehi on Thursday appeared before the National Commission for Women in connection with a controversy surrounding the song 'Sarke Chunar' and apologised, saying there was "no intention to offend anybody."
Speaking to reporters after the hearing, Fatehi said she had been put in a situation unintentionally but acknowledged her responsibility as an artist.
"It was just a situation that I was put in, and there was no intention to offend anybody. But of course, I have to be responsible as an artiste. I definitely apologise, we have done everything in writing. They have been so kind and helpful," she said.
The actor also said she has decided to sponsor the education of a few orphan girls.
"It's really important for us to give back to society. So, I decided that we should sponsor a few orphan girls, their education, so that is the goal after this matter," she said.
Earlier, Fatehi distanced herself from the Hindi version of the song, saying she had shot the Kannada version and that her permission was not taken for its use in Hindi.
The Hindi version of the song, released on March 15 on YouTube, triggered outrage among a section of the public over its allegedly explicit lyrics.
Following the backlash, the makers removed the Hindi version from YouTube, though it continued to circulate across platforms. The lyricist, singer and director have also issued apologies.
'KD The Devil' is a Kannada film, dubbed in four languages, including Hindi.
