New train sanctioned on Guruvayur-Thrissur route: BJP state chief
Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): BJP state president Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Saturday said that the central government has sanctioned a new train service on the Thrissur-Guruvayur route as requested by him last year.
In social media posts on X and Facebook, Chandrasekhar thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnav for sanctioning the new train service.
The BJP state president said that thousands of daily commuters and devotees travelling to Guruvayur Temple will benefit from this new service.
"Once again, the Modi government has delivered a practical solution that directly improves everyday life in Kerala.
"This is what #PoliticsOfPerformance looks like. Only the BJP/NDA can deliver development for all Malayalees," he said in his posts.
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US VP JD Vance says Lebanon not part of ceasefire, calls it ‘misunderstanding’
Budapest/Washington: US Vice President J D Vance has said that Lebanon was never included in the ceasefire understanding with Iran, describing the confusion as a “legitimate misunderstanding”.
Speaking to reporters before departing from Hungary, Vance said, “I think the Iranians thought that the ceasefire included Lebanon and it just didn’t. We never made that promise.”
He stressed that the United States had not included Lebanon in the scope of the ceasefire at any stage.
His remarks come amid continued Israeli strikes in Lebanon, where more than 200 people were reported killed, even as ceasefire talks between Iran and the US move forward.
Vance said Israel had “offered … to check themselves a little bit in Lebanon because they want to make sure that our negotiation is successful”.
He warned that if Iran allows the situation in Lebanon to affect the negotiations, it could derail the talks.
“If Iran wants to let this negotiation fall apart in a conflict where they were getting hammered over Lebanon, which has nothing to do with them and which the United States never once said was part of the ceasefire, that’s ultimately their choice,” he said.
