Madhusudhan Naik to head Backward Classes panel

Bengaluru: The state government appointed former advocate general Madhusudhan R Naik as chairperson of the Karnataka State Commission for Backward Classes for a three-year term on Friday.

The post was vacant since March 2024 when then chairperson K Jayaprakash Hegde became the Congress’ Lok Sabha election candidate for the Udupi-Chikmagalur segment.

In June last year, the government issued a notification appointing Principal Secretary (Law, Justice & Human Rights) G S Sangreshi as chairperson of the Commission.

However, this was withdrawn and Sangreshi was appointed as the State Election Commissioner. 

Atheeq retires, hands finance charge to Ritesh

Senior IAS officer L K Atheeq retired from his 33-year career as a bureaucrat on Friday.

He handed over the charge to 1996-batch officer Ritesh Kumar Singh, the new principal secretary of the finance department.

From Saturday, Atheeq will continue as the additional chief secretary to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on a contract basis.