Shivamogga: In a case of attempted rape on a woman, Shivamogga Police have booked four people for allegedly trying to rape a woman while she was traveling with her ailing husband here in Theerthahalli Taluk.

According to the reports, the woman was traveling back to her village accompanied by her ill husband after visiting the medical facility in Theerthahalli town when two men assaulted them and tried to rape her.

All the accused have been identified as residents of Devaragudi village here.

The woman was allegedly dragged into a rubber plantation after her husband was assaulted and rape was attempted on her. Hearing the screams of the woman, her injured husband who had fallen unconscious reportedly got up and called for help, the complainant added

Alarmed by the calls for help and screams the accused escaped from the crime scene, the complaint stated.

A case in this regard has been registered and further investigations are underway.

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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.