Karnataka CM effects cabinet reshuffle once again, reallocates portfolios to certain Ministers
Bengaluru, Jan 25: In yet another cabinet rejig, the third in less than a week, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Monday reallocated portfolios to three ministers.
Minister J C Madhuswamy has now been assigned Tourism, Ecology and Environment departments.
He was given Medical Education, Kannada and Culture departments, when the portfolios were first reallocated on January 21, while being divested of Law, Parliamentary Affairs, Legislation and Minor Irrigation portfolios.
On the very next day, January 22, when minor changes were made and portfolios were reallocated, Madhuswamy, who was sulking after major portfolios were taken back, was given Haj and Wakf Department along with Medical Education, while he was relieved of Kannada and Culture.
Minister Anand Singh has been given the charge of Infrastructure Development Department and Haj and Wakf.
He was on January 21 assigned Tourism, Environment and Ecology departments, while being divested of the Forest Department.
Health Minister K Sudhakar has been reassigned with the Medical Education Department as an additional charge, which was divested from him last week.
Sudhakar had been sulking ever since he was divested of the Medical Education portfolio, and had even warned that separating the two departments could impair the states Covid-19 vaccination effort.
According to sources close to Madhuswamy and Anand Singh, the two ministers are upset over the portfolios assigned to them.
Reports suggest that both are even contemplating resigning as ministers and are expected to take a decision after the Republic Day celebrations on Tuesday, even as efforts are on to pacify them.
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Hezbollah leader vows not to disarm, criticises Lebanese government’s move
Beirut: Hezbollah deputy leader Naim Kassem on Friday (August 15, 2025) vowed that the Iran-backed group would not lay down its weapons, criticising the Lebanese government’s recent decision to disarm the group by the end of the year, according to a report published by The Hindu. Speaking during a televised address marking a Shiite religious event, Kassem said the move “serves Israel’s interests” and endangers the lives of “resistance fighters and their families.”
Kassem argued that the government should instead have “spread its authority and evicted Israel from Lebanon,” adding that it is “serving the Israeli project.” He warned that if the ongoing crisis escalates into internal conflict, the government would be responsible. While Hezbollah and its Shiite ally, the Amal movement, have not yet called for street protests, Kassem cautioned that if such a decision is made, demonstrators “will be all over Lebanon and head to the U.S. embassy.”
Last week, the Lebanese government approved a U.S.-backed plan to disarm Hezbollah and implement a ceasefire with Israel, a move urged by the international community following the 14-month Israel-Hezbollah war that ended in November.
Kassem insisted that Hezbollah will only discuss a national defence strategy concerning its weapons once Israel withdraws and halts near-daily airstrikes, which have killed many of its members since the war. “The resistance will not hand over its weapons as the aggression continues and occupation remains,” he said, adding that the group is prepared for a prolonged battle if necessary.
The war has weakened Hezbollah, causing significant loss of life among its leadership, displacing over 1 million people in Lebanon, and inflicting reconstruction costs estimated at $11 billion by the World Bank.
