Bangalore, Jun 8: At last Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Saturday allotted portfolios to his 30 ministerial colleagues, besides himself. 

He has retained 10 departments under his purview including Fina-nce, Intelligence, Urban Development excluding BWSSB, Forest, Kannada & Culture, Department of Personnel  & Adminis-trative Reforms.

The chief minister has allotted key portfolios to seniors: Home to Dr V S Acharya, Transport to R Ashok, Power to K S Eshwarappa and PWD to C M Udasi.

No minister for City
 
 
There is no separate minister for Bangalore City development. Barring the BWSSB, the entire urban development has come under the CM.

Given that Karnataka have 34 ministers, Yeddyurappa has three more vacancies in the Cabinet. But he is unlikely to part with Urban Development even after he expands the ministry in future.

However, Bangalore City MLA Katta Subramanya Naidu has been given IT, BT, BWSSB, besides Excise.
Naidu was offered Food and Civil Supplies. But he picked Excise, IT and BT and BWSSB.

When the notification approving the allocation was issued by Raj Bhavan, it was well past midnight on Saturday.

It is said that Eshwarappa was not happy with Power as he was keen on getting Home. However, the CM has appointed his trusted man Acharya as the home minister. Ashok has got what he wanted right from the beginning: Transport.

The final list has proved wrong the speculation that mining giants from Bellary would get Mines, Forest and Transport. The CM has kept Mines and Forest for himself, while Ashok has got Transport. First time MLA Karunakara Reddy has managed to get the plum portfolio of Revenue. His younger brother Janardhana Reddy has been made tourism & infrastructure development minister, while his associate B Sriramulu is health & family welfare minister.

Ministers & Portfolios

Ministers of the state

Arvind Limbavali      Bachegowda       K S Eishwarappa       Govind Karjol

C M Udasi     Karunakar Reddy      Venkatramanappa    Laxman Savadi

Krishna Palemar      Shobha Karandlaje       Sriramulu          Vishweshwara Hegde

      R Ashok                      S K Bellubbi               Basavaraj Bommai          Janardhan Reddy

Krishnaih Shetty     Murugesh Nirani            Revunayak              Goolihatti Shekhar

Shivraj Tangadagi        D Sudhakar            Suresh Kumar                   Dr V S Acharya

B S Yeddyurappa: Cabinet Affairs, Finance, DPAR, Urban Development (excluding BWSSB), Intelligence, Kannada & Culture, Mines, Forest, Ecology & Environment  and Public Enterprises

V S Acharya:  Home

K S Eshwarappa:  Power

C M Udasi:  Public Works

Katta Subramanya Naidu:  Excise, IT,BT, BWSSB, Information,   Science & Technology

R Ashok:  Transport

Murgesh Nirani:  Large and Medium Scale Industries

S Suresh Kumar:  Law & Parliamentary Affairs,    Municipal Administration

Visveswara Hedge Kageri:  Primary and secondary education

Ramachandra Gowda:  Medical Education

Aravind Limbavali:  Higher Education

S A Ravindranath:  Agriculture

Janardhana Reddy:  Tourism, Infrastructure Development

Karunakara Reddy:  Revenue

Govind Karjol:  Minor irrigation, Planning & Statistics B N Bachchegowda:  Labour

Basavaraj Bommai:  Major & Medium Irrigation

Shobha Karandlaje:  Panchayat Raj & Rural development,   Rural Water Supply & Sanitation

B Sriramulu:  Health and Family Welfare

Mumtaz Ali Khan:  Haj, Wakf, Minority Welfare

Revu Naik Belamagi:  Animal Husbandry

Krishna Palemar:  Fisheries, Sports &  Small Savings and Lotteries

Venkataramanappa:  Small Scale Industry & Sericultrure

Krishnaiah Shetty:  Housing, Muzarai

Hartal Halappa:  Food & Civil Supplies

Narendra Swamy:  Women & Child Development

Lakshman Savadi:  Co-operation

S K Bellubbi:  Horticulture

Shivaraj Tangadagi:  Agriculture Marketing & Sugar

D Sudhakar:  Social Welfare

Goolihatti Shekhar:  Youth Services & Textile

Kundapur, Jun 5: Veteran journalist and former chairman of Prasar Bharati M V Kamath exhorted the concerned to make the kind of courses and training being imparted at 'Namma Bhoomi' available all over the country to achieve overall development of the nation. Namma Bhoomi is a rural development institute working for the welfare of rural population.

He was delivering the  keynote address at the convocation function organized by 'Namma Bhoomi'  here on Wednesday June 4 for presenting degree certificates to the students of the institute. Gandhiji always pursued the path of restraint in his fight for freedom and used the ordinary spindle, 'Charaka' to spread the message of simple living, self sufficiency and also to inspire people to fight for freedom. Now, 'Namma Bhoomi' has been striving to bring into practice the principles Gandhiji preached us long back.

Agreeing that India was poor in the past, Kamath observed that poverty continues to stalk the country even now, after even half a century since attaining independence. No doubt, there has been improvement in things like supply of electricity, roads and education. But the end is not in sight for the sufferings of a huge chunk of India's population.

'We have been at our wits end to find a proper solution for the problem of poverty. I am glad that 'Namma Bhoomi' has found the right solution for poverty alleviation,' said M V Kamath. He urged the outgoing eighty graduates not to forget but to follow what is taught and be a model for the others to emulate.

Raju Poojary, president, Udupi zilla panchayath, presided over the function. Varadesh Heregange, senior lecturer, Manipal Institute of Communication also spoke on the occasion.  Damodar Acharya, secretary of the institute, delivered introductory speech. Shivananda Shetty, coordinator of Namma Bhoomi welcomed the audience. Institute assistant coordinator Umesh Mallya proposed the vote of thanks. Two of the outgoing graduates, Revana Siddappa and Amita shared their experiences during the training period. At the end, the students of the institute gave an impressive demonstration of Yogasanas.

The victory rally that commenced from Kokkarne on Monday afternoon arrived here at 6.00 pm after passing through Santekate, Karje, Petri and Kunjal,  The motor rally was attended by over a  thousand  party activists who celebrated the  BJP's  election victory.  The traffic on National Highway 17 was hindered for over  an hour.

Kundapur, Jun 2: The board of directors of Rosary Cooperative Society here organized a function to bid farewell to Fr Antony Lobo with a grand felicitation.

Fr Antony has been transferred to Suratkal church. He was serving as the honorary adviser to Rosary Society for the last three years.

During the function, vice-president of Rosary Society Vinay Pais thanked Fr Lobo for finding a suitable plot and constructing a building for the society during his tenure. In recognition of his selfless services, the president of the society honoured him with a memento. The programme was presided over by A J Buttello, president of the society.

Henry Dias, former vice-president and Cypriyan Menezes, director, praised Fr Antony Lobo for his services. Society secretary Pascal D'Souza recited a farewell song penned by him. Directors Roque John Caravello and Joseph Fernandes were present on the dais.

Fr Lobo thanked the board of directors and the staff of the Rosary co-operative society for their co-operation and requested them to continue to extend the same to his successors in the days to come. Director Felix D'Silva proposed the vote of thanks.       

Delivering an address after accepting the reception and citation handed over to him, Acharya said that the state government does not suffer from lack of funds for noble causes, as he found out during his 20 months regime as a minister in the state. 'The government kitty had Rs 36,000 crore when we took over, which swelled to Rs 52,000 crore by the time our term came to an end, he revealed.

Dr Acharya said he was not greedy for any position and that he was willing to work without any portfolio in the cabinet, if the government finds it hard to allocate any portfolio to him. There is a possibility to entrust the ministry of home to me, and I will work honestly and dutifully, irrespective of which portfolio I get allotted with, he added.

Our priority is not to enjoy power, but to turn the state into a welfare state during our five year rule. We want to work and set high standards for running the government to the next government. The BJP started conquering the hearts of the people by storming to power in Udupi municipality in 1968, he recollected.

Atal Behari Vajpayee, the then leader of the opposition had announced in the year 1997 in the Lok Sabha that Udupi was the first municipality in the country to have banned the practice of carrying human soil on heads. The previous President of India Dr A P J Abdul Kalam too had congratulated me for having opened six government medical college within a span of 20 months during my tenure. The refinement that my elders provided me and the blessings of well meaning people like you could make this happen, he said with humility.

Registrar of Manipal Academy Dr K K Pai who handed over citation to Acharya said, that Dr Acharya, considering his capacity and knowledge, is fit to be a minister. Sri Lakshmivarateertha Swamiji of Shiroor Math and Sri Raghumanyateerta Swamiji of Bheemanakatte Math delivered benedictory addresses. Bannanje Govindacharya too spoke highly of Acharya.

Sri Sugunendrateerta Sripad who accorded the feliciation by handing over a memento noted that power plays hide and seek with those who aspire for it, but comes seeking those who are not greedy of it. He wished that the Almighty will bless Acharya with the necessary boons to function still better.

Erya Lakshinarayan Alva and Prof Heranje Krishna Bhat were present. Prof M L Samaga read out the citation. Prof Sripathy Tantry welcomed and Gopalacharya compered the programme.