Udupi, December 23: An Innova car parked in front of White Lotus Hotel in the city burnt completely due to suspected short circuit on Sunday. 

Driver Ganesh Gulshan of Basavakalyana brought the tourists in the car belonging to Rider Tours and Travels of Chalan Gowda of Bengaluru. The car was parked before the hotel on yesterday night. On Sunday morning, fire broke out due to short circuit in the car condenser wiring and the car was completely burnt. Fire brigade rushed to the spot and doused the fire.

It is estimated that around Rs 18 lakh loss was incurred due to the accident. The intensity of the fire was so much that the flex board of the South Indian Bank was also burnt. But nothing was happened to hotel building, sources said.

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Islamabad (AP): President Donald Trump says he told top US envoys not to travel to Pakistan to negotiate with Iran, telling Fox News that "they can call us anytime they want.”

In a brief phone interview Saturday, Trump told Fox News that he told US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner “you're not going to be making any more 18 hour flights to sit around talking about nothing.”

Trump also said of the US side “we have all the cards.”

His comments came after the White House said Friday that Witkoff and Kushner would be heading to Pakistan for another round of negotiations with Iran.