Lodge-cum-restaurant gutted in fire in Manipal
Manipal(PTI): A private lodge and a restaurant attached to it at Manipal in Udupi district was gutted following a fire in the early hours of Friday, police said.
A short circuit is suspected to be the cause of the blaze which engulfed the restaurant-cum-bar attached to the lodge, situated near the Manipal Institute of Technology.
Fire service personnel rushed to the spot and doused the fire.
Furniture, liquor bottles and other items were fully destroyed in the fire, police said, adding the loss is estimated to be worth lakhs of rupees.
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Trump says suspect was armed with multiple weapons at WH correspondents' dinner
Washington (PTI): President Donald Trump is addressing reporters at the White House after he and other top leaders of the United States were evacuated from an annual dinner of White House correspondents on Saturday night after a shooting incident outside the ballroom.
Trump said the suspect was armed with multiple weapons before stopped by Secret Service. One officer was shot, but he was protected by a bulletproof vest.
“He was shot from very close distance with a very powerful gun, and the vest did the job,” Trump said.
