Bengaluru, Aug. 12 -- Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot, on the advice of Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, on Wednesday allocated portfolios to the state Cabinet, with CM Shivakumar retaining Finance and several key departments, including Cabinet Affairs, Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Intelligence, Information, Law, Justice and Human Rights, Parliamentary Affairs and Legislation.

Shivakumar will also hold Agriculture Marketing, Commissionerate of Town and Country Planning, all urban local bodies falling under BDA and BMRDA areas, besides all unallocated portfolios.

BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan has been given Housing, while KH Muniyappa will handle Social Welfare. UT Khader has been assigned Minority Welfare, Haj and Waqf, and Health a...