Gadag: In an incident of robbery that occurred in Sharanabasaveshwara Nagar of Betageri in the city, miscreants reportedly attacked a staff member of a petrol bunk using chilli powder and physically assaulted him, before making away with his bag.

The three miscreants reportedly entered the Shrisai petrol bunk late at night by breaking open the glass of a room and found the personnel Fakeeresh sleeping there. They threw chilli powder into his eyes, attacked him with a chair and the table in the room and allegedly threatened to kill him.

The robbers then broke open the drawer in the petrol bunk but, on finding it empty, they are learned to have taken Fakeeresh’s bag of money.

Betageri Police, who have registered a case, are investigating. They have also visited the petrol bunk as part of the probe.

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Beijing (PTI): Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump had an in-depth exchange of views on major issues concerning the two countries and the world, and reached a series of new common understandings, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said Friday.

Xi and Trump, who is on a three-day visit to China, met twice on Thursday and discussed a range of bilateral and global issues.

Trump is due to leave on Friday after a luncheon meeting with Xi.

Summing up the outcomes of Trump’s visit to Beijing, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said the two presidents had an in-depth exchange of views on major issues concerning the two countries and the world and reached a series of new common understandings.

They agreed on a new vision of building a constructive China-US relationship of strategic stability to provide strategic guidance for bilateral relations over the next three years and beyond.

The two presidents also agreed to promote the steady, sound and sustainable development of China-US relations, and bring more peace, prosperity and progress to the world, said a statement by the ministry’s spokesperson.

Trump visited China at the invitation of Xi.

The two presidents are meeting in person again for the first time since their Busan meeting last October, and it is the first visit to China by a US president in nine years, the statement said.

On Thursday, President Xi held a welcome ceremony and a banquet for Trump, held talks and visited the Temple of Heaven with him.