Mandya, May 18: A teacher has been booked on the charge of molesting a nine-year-old girl, sources said on Wednesday. The incident happened in a government primary school in Mandya district.

The matter came to light after the girl refused to go to school. When her parents enquired with other students, they said the teacher used to take her to the toilet where he used to touch her inappropriately.

After the revelation, villagers turned up at the school, demanding action against the teacher who has been suspended. An inquiry has also been ordered, it was stated.

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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.