Amid cabinet reshuffle buzz, Union Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot appointed Karnataka Governor
New Delhi: Union Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot was on Tuesday appointed as Karnataka Governor and Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel was named as the Governor of Madhya Pradesh, according to a Rashtrapati Bhavan communiqu .
Gehlot is the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment. President Ram Nath Kovind has approved the appointment of a few Governors and changes in portfolios of some others. The announcement comes amid reports of Union Cabinet reshuffle.
Hari Babu Kambhampati and Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar have been appointed as Governors of Mizoram and Himachal Pradesh respectively, it said.
Kambhampati succeeds P S Sreedharan Pillai, who has been transferred and appointed as Governor of Goa, the communiqu said.
Arlekar replaces Bandaru Dattatraya who has been transferred and appointed as Haryana Governor, it said.
Satyadev Narayan Arya, Governor of Haryana is transferred and appointed as Governor of Tripura, the statement said.
Tripura Governor Ramesh Bais has been transferred and appointed as Governor of Jharkhand, it said.
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Three trampled to death by wild elephants in Jharkhand's Ramgarh
Ramgarh (PTI): Three persons, including an elderly man, were trampled to death by wild elephants in two separate incidents in Jharkhand's Ramgarh district on Friday, police said.
Both incidents happened within the Gola police station limits. One incident occurred at Banda village, where two persons died, while the second took place at Murpa village, where an elderly man was trampled to death by wild elephants, they said.
"Three people were killed by wild elephants on Friday at two different locations. All three were male. The bodies of the deceased have been recovered and are being sent for post-mortem examination at a government hospital," Officer in-charge of Gola police station, Abhishek Kumar, told PTI.
The deceased have been identified as Dheeraj Kumar (26) of Talatand in Patratu, Jugal Bhuiyan (30) of Murpa village, and Samdev Saw (73) of Murpa village, another police officer said.
"We have provided Rs 25,000 each to the victims' families as immediate relief, while the rest of the compensation will be given after completion of some official formalities," said DFO, Ramgarh, Nitish Kumar.
The Jharkhand government provides Rs 4 lakh as compensation in case of death caused by an elephant.
