State government appoints Special DC for K-RIDE, officer to take charge immediately
Bengaluru: The state government appointed IAS officer Vasanthi Amar BV as the Special Deputy Commissioner of Railway Infrastructure Development Company Karnataka (K-RIDE) on Monday, adding that the officer will take charge with immediate effect.
K-RIDE, a joint venture between Karnataka and Indian Railways, is a special purpose vehicle meant to implement the Bengaluru Suburban Rail Project (BSRP).
Vasanthi, who is a 2017-batch officer, was reportedly waiting for a posting, prior to which, she was special deputy commissioner-3, Bengaluru Urban District (North), according to a report in Deccan Herald.
Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya is learned to have pointed out that the need to ensure effective management of K-RIDE and also timely completion of the Bengaluru Suburban Rail Project and urged the Karnataka government to appoint an officer as full-time managing director for K-RIDE.
The current MD of K-RIDE, Manjula N, is also Secretary of the Infrastructure Development, Ports and Inland Water Transport Department.
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Niqab incident: Nitish Kumar perhaps revealing his true colours, says J-K CM
Srinagar (PTI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday criticised his Bihar counterpart over the niqab incident and said that Nitish Kumar might be slowly revealing his true nature.
"Nitish Kumar, who was once considered a secular leader, may be slowly showing his true colours," Abdullah told reporters here on the sidelines of a function.
Abdullah said Kumar removing the face veil of a Muslim woman doctor was wrong and cannot be justified by any means.
"We have seen this kind of incident here several years ago. Have you forgotten how Mehbooba Mufti removed the burqa of a legitimate voter inside a polling station? That act was wrong, and this act (of Kumar) is also wrong.
"If the (Bihar) chief minister did not want to hand over the order to her (Muslim woman), they could have kept her aside. However, to humiliate her like this is totally wrong," the Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said.
Kumar stirred a huge controversy after he removed the face veil of a Muslim woman at a function earlier this week.
