433 residential schools under Minority dept: Zameer Ahmed khan
Bengaluru, Jan 1: Food and civil supplies Minister B.Z Zameer Ahmed Khan said that total 304 hostels and 129 residential schools were functioning under the Minority Welfare department in the state.
Responding to a question from K Abdul Jabbar at the legislative council here on Tuesday, he said that 19 pre-metric boys hostels, 28 girls hostels, 159 post matric boys hostels, 98 girls post matric hostels, 95 Morarji Desai Residential schools, five Muslim residential schools were there in the state and Rs 2.5 lakh annual income limit was fixed for interested students to get admission into hostels, he said.
If the hostel students met accidental deaths, the family of such students would get Rs 2 lakh compensation, he 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.
