Home Minister Dr. Parameshwara opposes insulting communities using old sayings
Bengaluru: In the backdrop of cases being filed against Kannada film star Upendra and Minister SS Mallikarjun for casteist remarks recently, Karnataka Home Minister Dr. G Parameshwara has asked people to stop demeaning specific communities under pretext of using long-standing social adages.
Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, the Home Minister said, “Insulting a community should be halted as it is unjust to do so under any pretext, including using of old sayings and proverbs. I personally cannot tolerate such behavior and statements.”
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Dr. Parameshwara added that he had not seen the video with Minister Mallikarjun's statement, but had only read in newspapers about a complaint being registered against him. He assured that the matters of both Upendra and Mallikarjun would be discussed with Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and legal action would be taken.
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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.
