Siddaramaiah meets PM Modi, Rajnath Singh; Urges Defence Minister to hold airshow during Dussehra
New Delhi: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday had a congenial meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Parliament House. This meeting marks Siddaramaiah's first interaction with the Prime Minister since assuming office for the second time as Chief Minister.
During the meeting, Siddaramaiah and Prime Minister Modi discussed the release of outstanding grants from the central government to the states under various schemes. The Chief Minister emphasized the importance of timely disbursement of these funds to support the development and welfare programs in Karnataka.
In addition to the meeting with the Prime Minister, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah also had a separate meeting with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. During this interaction, he made a special request to hold an air show during the upcoming Mysore Dussehra celebrations.
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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.
