Padubidre, Jan 15: The Karntaka Rakshana Vedike's indefinite hunger strike against the collection of toll from the local vehicles at Hejamadi, and against the alleged unscientific work; has entered the ninth day on Tuesday. During the hunger strike, a protester fell critical on Tuesday morning.

KRV district president Ansar Ahmad, president of Kapu unit Syed Nizamuddin, Razak Kanchinadka, who led the protest, had started a hunger strike from Monday morning. They had decided to fast for 100 consecutive hours.

Medical officers of Padubidre primary health center examined Syed Nizam on Tuesday and said that blood pressure and diabetes was high. In this backdrop, the police visited the spot and tried to take Nizam to the hospital. But he said "I will not move from this place for any reason. The district administration has not yet responded to our protest. The district in-charge minister and the DC must come to the spot."

Then the police tried to convince and took all the three to the hospital. Subsequently, Sulaiman continued the hunger strike.

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Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he has not yet considered whether he would continue the ceasefire involving Iran, while also claiming the United States holds the advantage in negotiations.

Speaking to reporters, Trump said he was prepared to make a deal with “whoever is running the show” in Iran.

“They are fighting with each other, there’s tremendous infighting. They’re probably fighting for leadership in many cases. I think they’re fighting not to be leader because we knocked out two levels of leaders,” he said.

Trump added, “When they want they can call me. We have all the cards, we’ve won everything.”

Referring to ongoing negotiations, he said, “They gave us a paper that should’ve been better. And, interestingly, immediately when I cancelled it [envoy trip to Pakistan], within 10 minutes we got a new paper that was much better.”

“We talked about they will not have a nuclear weapon, very simple … They offered a lot, but not enough,” he added.

When asked whether he would continue the ceasefire, Trump replied, “I haven’t even thought about it.”

The remarks come as uncertainty remains over the future of the temporary truce and broader negotiations between Washington and Tehran.