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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AIITA welcomes Karnataka’s ban on obscene songs in school events
Bhatkal: The Karnataka unit of the All India Ideal Teachers Association (AIITA) has welcomed the Karnataka government’s decision to strictly ban school children from dancing to obscene songs during educational and cultural programmes in government, aided, and private schools across the state.
AIITA Karnataka State President M. R. Manvi congratulated the government for taking what he termed an important step to preserve the sanctity of education.
“Such decisions to safeguard the dignity of school children and uphold the values of education are the need of the hour. This rule should not be limited to government schools alone but must be strictly implemented in all private educational institutions as well,” he said.
He further urged the government to address other concerns within school programmes.
“The government should not only prohibit obscene dances in the name of school anniversaries, but also ensure that plays and dialogues that incite religious hatred are avoided. Schools should be centres of harmony, not platforms for spreading hatred,” he added.
According to a recent circular issued by the Department of School Education and Literacy, obscene dances are adversely affecting the mental health and moral values of students.
In this regard, schools have been advised to use songs that promote nationalism, positive thinking, the greatness of Kannada culture, and value-based traditions instead of inappropriate content during programmes.
The circular also emphasises that students should be dressed in decent attire.
AIITA also backed the department’s warning that disciplinary action would be taken against head teachers if such guidelines are violated. The association has further demanded that district Deputy Directors of Public Instruction strictly monitor the implementation of these rules.
