Uppinangady, Jan 1: District Minister UT Khader on Tuesday visited the houses of three students who drowned in the Nethravathi river yesterday and consoled the family members.

Amidst an emergency meeting being held at Mangaluru, the Minister visited the family of Perne Biliyur Shaheer and met Shaheer father Ismail and parents of two other students and consoled.

The Minister promised of constructing a retention wall along river bank near the government college. He also got the information from the investigating officer on the incident. The Minister also directed the revenue officials to get them compensation as per law.

Dakshina Kannada District Wakf Committee member Rasheed Vittla, Era gram Panchayat president Razaq Kukkaje, Mangaluru taluk Panchayat member Jabbar Boliyar, Kinya gram Panchayat vice president Siraj Kinya and others accompanied the minister.

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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.