Mangaluru: Mangaluru Police Commissioner Shashi Kumar on Tuesday said that discussions with experts will be carried out regarding imposing restrictions on stalls by Muslims during temple festivals.

Speaking at a press conference earlier today, he said that they are in talks with temple administrators and the Tahsildar in this regard. However, no final decision has been made, he said.

He added that, further discussions will be carried out with complaints from respective people.

Following the Hijab row and the state-wide strike by Muslims earlier last week as a response to Karnataka High Court’s verdict, the Hindutva groups’ have reportedly urged the temple administrators to exclude stalls by Muslims during temple festivals.

According to the reports, some temples in the city have visibly declared the exclusion of non-Hindu participation in the festivals in the temple festival fair. Also, some temples here have put up banners displaying the exclusion of non-Hindus on temple festivals.

Mangaladevi temple, Mulki Bappanadu Durgaparameshwari temple and Puttur Mahalingeshwara temple have claimed for excluding non-Hindus from their ongoing festivals.

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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.