Mangaluru, Jan 9: A young photographer died in a road accident occurred near Padil on the outskirts of the city on Wednesday.

The victim has been identified as Ganesh (28) of Yeyyadi. He hailed from Chikmagaluru. He was residing at a rented room at Yeyyadi. He was a partner of a photo studio in the city. The accident occurred when he was returning to Mangaluru after completing the photography of a marriage programme at Sajipa Narayana Guru Mandir.

His friend Sandesh was riding the scooter and he was a pillion. A container lorry had overtaken the scooter from the rear and one side of the container touched the scooter which lost its control and fell on the road. Both Sandesh and Ganesh fell on the road. But Ganesh sustained head injuries.

Though Sandesh tried to stop the vehicles to take Ganesh to the hospital for more than 10 minutes, no one stopped the vehicle. Later, an auto driver stopped the vehicle and carried him to a private hospital. But the doctors declared him brought dead.

Mangaluru traffic south police registered a case.

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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.