Kannada Sahitya Sammelan: Procession kicked off
Dharwad, Jan 4: The procession of the 84th Kannada Sahitya Sammelan to be held for three days here was kicked off on Thursday morning.
Revenue and District Minister RV Deshpande hoisted the national flag, Kannada Sahitya Parishat president Dr Manu Baligar hoisted Parishat flag and district Kannada Sahitya Parishat president Dr Lingaraj Angadi unfurled Kannada flag to start the Sammelan officially.
Later, the busts of KCD premises founder Sir Siddappa Kambali, Aratala Rudre Gowda and Rodda Srinivas Raya were garlanded. Sammelan president and noted playwright Dr Chandrasekhar Kambala, District Minister RV Deshpande, Municipal Administration Minister CS Shivalli, Deputy Commissioner Deepa Cholan, Parishat state president Dr Manu Baligar, ZP president Chaitra Shirura, MLA Srinivas Mane and Amrutha Desai garlanded the portrait of Goddess Bhuvaneshwari.
Later, Sammelan president Dr Chandrasekhar Kambara and his wife and Parishat state president Dr Manu Baligar were taken out on a procession in a decorated horse cart. DC Deepa Cholan, ADC Ibrahim Mygura, city corporation Commissioner Shakeel Ahmed and others were present.
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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.
