We have reserved Rs 100 crore for Kannada literature conference, says Minister Shivraj Thangadagi
Bengaluru: Kannada and Culture Department Minister Shivraj Thangadagi announced that Rs 100 crore has been earmarked for the All India Kannada Literary Conference to be held in Mandya. A proposal has already been submitted to release Rs 30 crore for the event.
Minister Thangadagi addressed the assembly during the question hour of the assembly session.
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Responding to Congress member Ravikumar Ganiga, he stated that the grant release for the conference, scheduled for December 20 and 21, is currently under review. A grant for the conference has been included in the action plan for the year 2024-25.
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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.
