K'taka CM allocates portfolios to 7 newly-inducted Cabinet members
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Thursday assigned portfolios to the new inductees in the state Cabinet, while reshuffling departments of some ministers. MTB Nagaraj was made Excise Minister while M Nirani was given the Mines and Geology ministry. JC Madhuswamy was divested of Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Legislation portfolio while Forest Department was taken back from Anand Singh.