Finally Cabinet expansion gets nod: Who’s in, who’s out?
New Delhi/Bengaluru, Dec 21: Finally, AICC president Rahul Gandhi has given green signal to expand the Cabinet of the Congress-JDS coalition government in the state and reshuffle some portfolios.
As per the decision, it is said that the Congress has decided to drop Ministers Ramesh Jarkiholi and R Shankar from the Cabinet.
On Friday, former chief minister SIddaramaiah, DCM Dr G Parameshwar, KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao and working president Eshwar Khandre held talks with Karnataka incharge KC Venugopal in New Delhi and it is said that Venugopal has accepted the list of aspirants.
Meanwhile, the Congress leaders also held talks with AICC president Rahul Gandhi and decided to drop Ramesh Jarkiholi and R Shankar and induct Satish Jarakiholi and MTB Nagaraj in their places respectively. They have also decided to take Raheem Khan from Muslim community and CS Shivalli from North Karnataka region.
The Cabinet would be expanded on December 22. In view of the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, the party leadership has decided to consider the district and caste-wise representation, sources said.
The state leaders would also hold discussion with the party high command on appointing ten parliamentary secretaries and chairpersons to 30 boards and corporations. But it is not yet finalized that who would get the chance.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
