Karnataka: Portfolios allocated to new ministers; details here
Bengaluru: In the wake of the completion of the Cabinet expansion for the newly appointed chief minister Basavaraj Bommai, the cabinet of ministers have now been allotted with respective department in their tenure.
Ministers and their Allotted Departments
1 Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai – DPAR, Finance, Intelligence from Home, Cabinet Affairs, Bengaluru Development, and all un-allocated portfolios
2 Govind Makthappa Karajol – Department of Major and Medium Irrigation
3 K.S. Eswarappa – Department of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj
4 R. Ashoka – Department of Revenue (Excluding Muzarai)
5 Sreeramulu – Departments of Transport and ST Welfare
6 V. Somanna – Department of Housing, Infrastructure Development
7 Umesh Katti – Departments of Forest, Food, Civil Supplies, and Consumer Affairs
8 Angara. S – Department of Fisheries, Ports and Inland Transport
9 J. C. Madhu Swamy – Departments of Minor Irrigation, Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Legislation
10 Araga Jnanendra – Home Department (Excluding intelligence)
11 Dr. Ashwath Narayan – Departments of Higher Education. IT & BT, Science, and Technology, Skill Development.
12 Chandrakantagouda Channappagouda Patil – Department of Public Works
13 Anand Singh – Departments of Ecology and Environment, Tourism
14 Kota Shrinivas Poojari – Departments of Social Welfare, Backward Classes Welfare
15 Prabhu Chauhan – Department of Animal Husbandry
16 Murugesh Nirani – Department of Large and Medium Industries
17 Arabail Hebbar – Department of Labour
18 S. T. Somashekhar – Department of cooperation
19 B. C. Nagesh – Department of Primary and Secondary Education
20 Basavaraj Byrati – Department of Urban Development ( Including KUWSDB & KUIDFC)
21 Dr. Sudhakar – Department of Health and Family Welfare
22 K Gopalaiah- Department of Excise from Finance
23 Jolle Shasikala Annasaheb – Department of Muzarai, Haj & Wakf
24 N Nagaraju (MTB) - Departments of Municipal Administration, Small Scale Industries, Public Sector Industries
25 Narayanagowda - Departments of Sericulture, Youth Empowerment, and Sports
26 BV Nagesh - Primary and secondary education and Sakala
27 Sunil Kumar – Departments of Energy, Kannada, and Culture
28 Achar Halappa Basappa – Departments of Mines & Geology in Commerce and Industries. Women & Child Development and Disabled & Senior Citizen Empowerment
29 B. C. Patil – Department of Agriculture
30 Munirathna – Departments of Horticulture & Planning, Programme Monitoring, and Statistics.
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Sameer Ahmed elected President of SKMWA Muscat for 2026–2027
Muscat: Sameer Ahmed, a native of Udupi and currently employed in a private company in Muscat, has been elected President of the South Kanara Muslim Welfare Association (SKMWA), Muscat, for the 2026–2027 term.
The election was conducted during the association’s Annual General Body Meeting held at Al Reef Hotel, Muscat, in the presence of chief guests Adil Shaikh, Monabba, Shareef, and Sahebzada Mehmood.
The newly elected office bearers include Vice Presidents Mohd Arif (Udupi) and Niyaz Mohammed (Mangalore), General Secretary Jaseem Basha (Kundapura), Joint Secretaries Rizwan Ali (Udupi) and Zaheer Hussain (Moodbidri), Treasurer Tajuddin Sheikh (Tonse), Assistant Treasurer Irfan Ahmed (Udyavara), Finance Secretary Mohammed Asif Gafur (Karkala), Assistant Finance Secretary Mohammed Akif Gafoor (Karkala), and Auditor Ashraf Ali (Kaup).
The Core Committee includes Event Coordinators Ansar Katipalla and Adil Moodbidri, and Sports Coordinators Ashpak Basrur and Muneer Ahmed (Sastan).
The programme commenced with a recitation from the Holy Quran by Zaid Asif. The Annual Activity Report for 2025 was presented by Sameer Ahmed, while the financial report was delivered by Mohammed Asif Gafoor and verified by Auditor Ashraf Ali.
Former president Azim was felicitated by Syed Mohiddin Saheb during the event.
The meeting concluded with an address by the newly elected president, followed by a vote of thanks proposed by General Secretary Jaseem Basha. The programme was coordinated by Syed Mohiddin Saheb (Sastan) and Ansar Katipalla.
