Communal message being circulated using Vartha Bharati's name, mobile number; complaint filed
Mangaluru: A WhatsApp message with communally sensitive content was being circulated on social media by miscreants using the name of Vartha Bharati and the mobile number of VB’s in charge. Reacting to the development, a complaint to Mangaluru Police Commissioner was filed by Vartha Bharati citing miscreants were using the name of the organization to spread hatred and communal tension.
In the complaint, Vartha Bharati urged the police commissioner to identify the people behind the move and to initiate strict action against them.
In the message that is doing rounds across social media platforms, people have been urged to contact to conduct funeral rites of Muslim COVID fatalities. Apart from a leader of a political party, the message has contact details of VB’s CEO urging people to contact them for funeral rites of Muslims and not hand over Muslim bodies to Hindus.
The communal message has nothing to do with the VB newspaper. VB has no relationship with the person mentioned in the message. Neither the newspaper nor any of its representatives have made any such messages and VB strongly condemns messages like these.
The newspaper has filed a complaint with the Mangalore Police Commissioner on Monday, demanding that legal action be taken against the perpetrators of misleading and hate-provoking messages in the society by misusing the mobile number of those in a responsible position.
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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.
