Karnataka DCM DKShi's name dropped from guest list on invite for State Bar Council conference
Bengaluru: The name of Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar has been removed from the list of guests on the invitation for the upcoming inauguration of the Karnataka State Bar Council's two-day state-level lawyers' conference in Mysuru on August 12.
The decision to exclude Shivakumar's name comes in light of the ongoing charges against him and his current status on bail in some ongoing legal cases. BJP legislator Suresh Kumar reportedly wrote a letter to the Registrar General of the Karnataka High Court, expressing concern over Shivakumar's presence on the dais alongside judges while judgments on cases involving him are still pending.
The inauguration of the event is set to be conducted by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. Notable dignitaries in attendance include Supreme Court judge Justice AS Bopanna, High Court Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale, Bar Council of India President Manan Kumar Mishra, and Karnataka Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs HK Patil, who have been designated as the chief guests for the conference.
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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.
