Navyug company complains against DC, SP: Udupi DC
Padubidri, November 19: Udupi Deputy Commissioner Priyanka Mary Francis said that the Navayug Company has complained the state government against the DC and the SP alleging that the officers have not been cooperating with the company in collecting toll on the National Highway.
Speaking to reporters at Hejamadi on Monday, the DC said that the National Highway Authority of India and the Central Highway Department have given permission to the Navayug company to collect the toll fee. The company has also moved the arbitration against the state government. If it was proved, the state government has to pay penalty worth crores, she said.
She noticed that autos and private vehicles were being parked in service roads constructed at Padubidri, Katapadi and other places and she would bring this to the notice of the SP, she said.
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Lebanon appoints new representative for talks with Israel, rejects linkage to Iran
Beirut: Lebanon’s has moved to underline its independent position in ongoing regional developments, amid attempts to link the country to the broader conflict involving Iran, the United States and Israel.
President Joseph Aoun, while announcing the appointment of former US ambassador Simon Karam as Lebanon’s representative in talks with Israel, made it clear that Karam would be the sole representative for Lebanon and that there would be no substitute.
The move comes in response to what the Lebanese officials see as efforts by Iran to tie Lebanon’s situation to the wider regional conflict. Iran had indicated that there would be no ceasefire involving the US, Israel and Iran unless it also included a ceasefire in Lebanon.
Some groups, including Hezbollah and its supporters, had expressed support for linking the situations, citing concerns that the Lebanese government has limited leverage in negotiations with Israel. Lebanon is not formally a party to the conflict, and its army is considered weak.
However, others, including Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, have opposed this approach. They view Iran’s stance as an attempt to influence Lebanon’s internal affairs and see it as undermining the country’s sovereignty.
Officials backing the government’s position say the move is aimed at reaffirming Lebanon’s sovereignty and ensuring that decisions about peace and ceasefire within the country are not dictated externally.
They also see it as a safeguard, so that any breakdown in talks between the US, Israel and Iran does not automatically lead to renewed conflict in Lebanon.
