Karnataka state government orders transfer of 21 IAS officers
Bengaluru: The Karnataka state government has ordered the transfer of 21 IAS officers with immediate effect. This follows the transfer of 25 IPS officers on July 3.
Assistant Secretary of the State Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department, Yukesh Kumar S., has mandated that all transferred officers report to their new assignments immediately.
List of Transferred IAS Officers:
- Dr. Ram Prasath Manohar V. as Additional Secretary to the Urban Development Department and Chairman of the Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board.
2. Nitesh Patil as Director of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
3. Dr. Arundhathi Chandrashekar as Commissioner for Panchayath Raj.
4. Jyothi K. as Commissioner for Textile Development & Director of Handlooms & Textiles.
5. Sridhara C. N. as Director of Social Audit, Rural Development, and Panchayat Raj Department.
6. Dr. Rajendra K. V. as Director of Tourism and Managing Director of the Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation.
7. Chandrasekhar Nayaka L. as Additional Commissioner for Commercial Taxes (Enforcement).
8. Vijaymahantesh B. Danammanavar as Deputy Commissioner of Haveri District.
9. Govinda Reddy as Deputy Commissioner of Gadag District.
10. Raghunandan Murthy as Commissioner of Treasuries, Bengaluru.
11. Dr. Gangadharaswamy G. M. as Deputy Commissioner of Davanagere District.
12. Lakshmikanth Reddy G. as Deputy Commissioner of Mysuru District.
13. Nitish K. as Deputy Commissioner of Raichur District.
14. Mohammad Roshan as Deputy Commissioner of Belagavi District.
15. Shilpa Sharma as Deputy Commissioner of Bidar District.
16. Dileesh Sasi as Chief Executive Officer of the Centre for E-Governance.
17. Lokhande Snehal Sudhakar as Managing Director of Karnataka Vidyut Karkhane Limited.
18. Shreeroopa as Commissioner of the Department of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services.
19. Gitte Madhav Vitthal Rao as General Manager (Rehabilitation & Resettlement), Bagalkote.
20. Hemanth N. as Chief Executive Officer of Zilla Panchayath, Shivamogga District.
21. Nongjai Mohd Ali Akram Shah as Chief Executive Officer of Zilla Panchayath, Vijayanagara District.
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We will move court again to resist voter deletions: Mamata
Kolkata (PTI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday hit out at the BJP and the Election Commission over voter deletions during the SIR exercise and said her party will move a court again to resist the removal of electors from the rolls.
Her comments came after nearly 91 lakh voters' names were deleted from the electoral rolls following the completion of the Special Intensive Revision in the state.
“You will not be able to defeat the TMC by deleting names. We will move a court again to resist the exclusion of names," Banerjee said while attacking her principal challenger BJP over the roll revision exercise.
Banerjee had in February argued in the Supreme Court as she sought an intervention in the SIR process.
The EC figures, which pushed the total deletion to over 90.83 lakh names from the original voter base of 7.66 crore in October 2025, showed that the proportion of removal of electors now remains at over 11.85 per cent.
Criticising the poll panel over the SIR process, she also said, "We will fight legally to get the names included on the list as per the Constitution. If people cannot cast their votes, what is the need to frame the tribunal? And then you are saying that the list has been frozen. What is this? We will challenge it and try to understand it."
Addressing a poll rally at Arambagh in Hooghly district, the TMC supremo accused the saffron party of trying to manipulate the electoral rolls and offering money to woo voters.
Banerjee also charged the Election Commission with intimidating people over the phone.
“It (EC) is working at the behest of the BJP. It is calling people over the telephone to threaten and intimidate them,” she claimed.
Later, while speaking at a rally in Balagarh in the same district, Banerjee warned that voting for the BJP would effectively mean "giving up fish, meat, and speaking in Bengali".
“People are not allowed to eat eggs, fish, or meat in the BJP-ruled states like Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra. The same will happen here if the BJP comes to power," Banerjee claimed.
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