Karnataka government issues order on use of loudspeakers at religious places
Bengaluru: Karnataka Government on Tuesday issued fresh orders on the installation and usage of loudspeakers at religious places across the state amidst the controversy that has gripped the state over the last few weeks.
The order was issued after CM Bommai held a meeting with top officials of the police department, Law Department, and Home Department regarding the matter.
The order stated that Karnataka Government Order dated 12.8.2002 will be strictly implemented henceforth and all the users of loudspeakers or public address systems shall obtain written permission from the Designated Authority within 15 days.
“Those who don’t obtain should voluntarily remove or should be removed by the Designated Authority.” the order added.
“A committee shall be formed at different levels to decide the application for the loudspeaker, public address system. The following committees shall decide the permission to be given.
“In all Police Commissionerate areas – Assistant Commissioner of Police, Jurisdictional Executive Engineer of the City Corporation, and a representative of Pollution Control Board.
“In all other areas, DySP, the jurisdictional Tehsildar, and a representative of Pollution Control Board.” the order said.
All the premises using loudspeakers and public address system should follow the regulations of the order and obtain written permission from the authorities and the order should be implemented with immediate effect, it stated.
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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.
