MB Patil to get Home, MTB Nagaraj Housing?
List of probable portfolios of new ministers
Bengaluru, December 27: The list of portfolios for the newly inducted eight ministers into the Congress-JDS coalition government is said to be finalized.
It is said that after a much churning, it was decided to give Home portfolio to MB Patil from Dr G Parameshwar, Youth Services and Sports portfolio to Raheem Khan and Housing portfolio to MTB Nagaraj from UT Khader. In the same way, Tukaram would get the Medical Education portfolio which was so far with DK Shivakumar, while PT Parameshwar Nayak would get Muzarai and IT-BT portfolios which were so far with Rajashekar Patil and KJ George respectively and RB Thimmapur would get Skills Development portfolio from RV Deshapande, sources said.
As Ramesh Jarakiholi and R Shankar were dropped from the Cabinet, their portfolios Forest and Environment portfolios were given to Sathish Jarakiholi and Municipal Administration portfolio was given to CS Shivalli, it is said.
But Dr G Parameshwar was again given an additional portfolio of Law and Parliamentary Affairs. But the official list of the portfolios has to be published.
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Three minor sisters die after jumping off ninth-floor in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad (UP) (PTI): Three minor sisters died after allegedly jumping off the balcony of a ninth-floor flat in Ghaziabad early on Wednesday, police said.
Assistant Commissioner of Police (Shalimar Garden) Atul Kumar Singh said the police received information around 2.15 am about three girls jumping off the balcony of the ninth-floor apartment in a tower of Bharat City, located under the Teela Mor police station area.
On reaching the spot, the police found that the girls -- Nishika (16), Prachi (14) and Pakhi (12) -- daughters of Chetan Kumar, had fallen to the ground floor and suffered fatal injuries, the ACP said.
They were rushed by ambulance to a hospital in Loni, where doctors declared them dead on arrival, he added.
The police have initiated legal formalities and are investigating the circumstances leading to the incident, officials said.
