The coalition government: Congress ministers' portfolios reshuffled
Bengaluru, Dec 28: Bengaluru: The Congress ministers' portfolios have been reshuffled in the coalition government of the state. Following the recent cabinet expansion, eight new ministers have been inducted in the cabinet. Hence, the ministers with more than one portfolios have been relieved of the additional posts.
KPCC state in-charge KC Venugopal has submitted a list to the Chief Minister regarding the reshuffle. Officially, the Chief Minister is yet to announce the account sharing.
New account allocation details are as follows.
The Home Ministry post which was with DCM Dr. G. Parameshwar has been given to newly appointed Minister MB Patil. Apart from DCM, Dr. Parameshwar holds the position of Bengaluru City Development, Law and Parliamentary Affairs, Human Rights, IT-BT and Science-Technology portfolios.
DK Sivakumar - Water Resources, Kannada and Culture, Information and Public Relations
RV Deshpande - Revenue
KJ George - Massive and medium scale industry
Krishna Bhairagowda - Rural Development and Panchayatraj
UT Khader - Urban Development
Dr. Jayamala - Women and Child Welfare, Empowerment of Disabled and Senior Citizens
Satish Jarakihili - Forest and Environment
CS Sivalli - Municipal and Local bodies
MTB Nagaraju - Housing
ETKaram - Medical Education
NH Shivashankar Reddy - Agriculture
Priyank M. Kharge - Social Welfare
Zamir Ahmed Khan - Food and Civil, Minority Welfare and Wakf
Sivananda N. Patil - Health and Family Welfare
Venkataramappa - Labour Department
Rajasekhar b. Patil - Mining and Geology
C Putturanga Shetty - Welfare of Backward Classes
PT Parameshwar Naika - Muzarai
Rahim Khan - youth and sports
RB Thimmapur - Ports and Inland Water Transport, Sugar
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Odisha: Normalcy returns to violence-hit Malkangiri; internet services fully restored
Malkangiri (PTI): Normalcy returned to Odisha’s Malkangiri district on Monday, nearly a week after around 200 villages were damaged in violent clashes in a village, with the district administration fully restoring internet services, a senior official said.
Additional District Magistrate Bedabar Pradhan said internet services, suspended across the district on December 8 to curb the spread of rumours and misinformation following the clashes, were restored after the situation improved.
The suspension had been extended in phases till 12 noon on Monday.
The administration also withdrew prohibitory orders imposed under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita within a 10-km radius of MV-26 village, where arson incidents were reported on December 7 and December 8.
Though the violence was confined to two villages, tension had gripped the entire district, as the incident took the form of a clash between local tribals and Bengali settlers following the recovery of a headless body of a woman on December 4, officials said.
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The violence broke out after residents of Rakhelguda village allegedly set ablaze several houses belonging to Bengali residents, forcing hundreds to flee. The headless body of Lake Podiami (51), a woman from the Koya tribe, was recovered from the banks of the Poteru river on December 4, while her head was found six days later at a location about 15 km away.
Officials said the district administration held several rounds of discussions with representatives of the tribal and Bengali communities, following which both sides agreed to maintain peace.
Relief and rehabilitation work has since been launched at MV-26 village, with preliminary assessment pegging property damage at around Rs 3.8 crore.
A two-member ministerial team headed by Deputy Chief Minister K V Singh Deo visited the affected village, interacted with officials and locals, and submitted a report to the chief minister.
So far, 18 people have been arrested in connection with the violence, the officials said, adding that despite the withdrawal of prohibitory orders and restoration of internet services, security forces, including BSF and CRPF personnel, continue to be deployed to prevent any untoward incident.
On Sunday, Nabarangpur MP Balabhadra Majhi visited MV-26 and neighbouring Rakhelguda villages, and held discussions with members of both communities as part of efforts to rebuild confidence and restore peace.
More than two lakh Bengali-speaking Bangladeshis were rehabilitated by the Centre in Malkangiri and Nabarangpur districts in 1968, and they currently reside in 124 villages of Malkangiri.
