Who gets which portfolio? List of portfolios of coalition government announced
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Bengaluru, June 8: Portfolios of the ministers in the JD-S-Congress coalition government in Karnataka were allocated on Friday, two days after the ministry was expanded.
"Governor Vajubhai Vala has allocated the portfolios to all the 27 cabinet ministers, including the Deputy Chief Minister of the Congress, on the advice of Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy," said Raj Bhavan in a communique.
According to the notification, Kumaraswamy will hold 11 portfolios, including Finance, Energy, Textiles, Infrastructure Development, Public Enterprises, Information and Public Relations, and Personnel.
Deputy Chief Minister G. Parameshwara has been allocated three portfolios -- Home, Bengaluru City Development and Youth Empowerment and Sports.
H.D. Revenna (JD-S), the elder brother of Kumaraswamy and second son of party supremo H.D. Deve Gowda, got Public Works Department (PWD) excluding Ports and Inland Transport.
The portfolios allocated to the other ministers are:
R.V. Deshpande (Congress) - Revenue excluding Muzrai and Skill Development, Entrepreneurship and Livelihood.
Bandeppa Khashempur (JD-S) - Co-Operation.
D.K. Shivakumar (Congress) - Major and Medium Irrigation and Medical Education.
G.T. Devegowda (JD-S) - Higher Education.
K.J. George (Congress) - Large & Medium Scale Industries and IT, BT & Science and Technology.
D.C. Thammanna (JD-S) - Transport.
Krishna Byregowda (Congress) - Rural Development & Panchayat Raj, Law, Justice and Human Rights and Parliamentary Affairs and Legislation.
M.C. Manguli (JD-S) - Horticulture.
N.H. Shivashankara Reddy (Congress) - Agriculture.
S.R. Srinivas (JD-S) - Small Scale Industries.
R.L. Jarakiholi (Congress) - Municipalities and Local Bodies.
Venkatrao Nadagouda (JD-S) - Animal Husbandry and Fisheries.
Priyank Kharge (Congress) - Social Welfare.
S. Puttaraju (JD-S) - Minor Irrigation.
U.T. Abdul Khader (Congress) - City Corporations, excluding BBMP and subjects pertaining to Bengaluru City and Urban Development Authorities and Housing.
Sa Ra Mahesh (JD-S) - Tourism and Sericulture.
Zameer Ahmed Khan (Congress) - Food and Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs.
N. Mahesh (BSP) - Primary and Secondary Education.
Shivanand Patil (Congress) - Health and Family Welfare.
Venkataramanappa (Congress) - Labour.
Rajashekhar Basavaraj Patil (Congress) - Mines & Geology and Muzrai.
C. Panduranga Shetty (Congress) - Backward Classes Welfare.
R. Shankar (KPJP) - Forest, Ecology and Environment.
Jayamala (Congress) - Women & Child Development and Kannada & Culture.
The 27-member ministry has 15 ministers from the Congress, including Deputy Chief Minister and 10 from JD-S, including the Chief Minister, and one from its ally Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and one Independent.
As Karnataka can have a maximum 34-member ministry under the Constitutional provisions, there is still space for seven ministers. As per the coalition agreement, six of these posts are reserved for Congress and one for JD-S.
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
— Bareilly Police (@bareillypolice) November 24, 2024
