Udupi: New Deputy Commissioner of Udupi District, IAS Officer G Jagdish on Tuesday took charge from Hepsiba Rani Korlapati who received her transfer orders on Monday.
Jagdish was serving as the CEO of Zilla Panchayath in Kolar District before being transferred as DC of Udupi District. He has earlier served as the Mysuru City Corporation’s Commissioner and was also secretary to the forest minister in Siddaramaiah government between 2013-2018.
Hepsiba Rani on the other hand has not received any notification about her new posting as yet. She took charge as the DC of Udupi in February this year ahead of Lok Sabha Election.

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Dharamsala (PTI): Half-centuries from skipper Axar Patel and David Miller powered Delhi Capitals to a thrilling three-wicket win over Punjab Kings and kept their slim playoff hopes alive in the Indian Premier League here on Monday.
Sent in to bat, Priyansh Arya (56 off 33) and Prabhsimran Singh (18) shared 78 runs off 41 balls for the opening wicket for PBKS.
After their departure, Shreyas Iyer (59 not out off 36 balls) and Cooper Connolly (38 off 27) took responsibility to carry the innings forward as PBKS posted 210 for five.
In reply, DC slipped to 74 for four but Axar (56) and Miller (51) resurrected the chase, while Ashutosh Sharma and Madhav Tiwari completed the task, scoring 216 for seven in 19 overs.
Mitchell Starc (2/57) and Madhav (2/40) picked up two wickets each for DC.
For PBKS, Arshdeep Singh (2/21), Ben Dwarshuis (1/51) and Marcus Stoinis (1/44) were among the wicket-takers.
Brief Scores:
Punjab Kings: 210 for 5 in 20 overs (Shreyas Iyer 59 not out, Priyansh Arya 56; Madhav Tiawai 2/40).
Delhi Capitals: 219 for 7 in 19 overs (Axar Patel 56, David Miller 51; Arshdeep Singh 2/21)
