Month: January 2025

Trump Fires 4 Officials On 1st Day As President, Warns ‘Thousand More’

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Trump Fires 4 Officials On 1st Day As President, Warns ‘Thousand More’

Washington, United States: US President Donald Trump fired four senior government officials appointed by his predecessor early Tuesday and warned “over a thousand more” faced imminent dismissal in a first post on Truth Social since his inauguration. “My Presidential Personnel Office is actively in the process of identifying and removing over a thousand Presidential Appointees…

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World

Taliban announce the release of two Americans held in Afghanistan in a prisoner exchange

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Taliban announce the release of two Americans held in Afghanistan in a prisoner exchange

Afghanistan’s Taliban government announced the release of two Americans in a prisoner exchange. Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: AP Afghanistan’s Taliban government announced on Tuesday (January 21, 2025) the release of two Americans in a prisoner exchange. The Taliban’s Foreign Ministry in Kabul did not name the two U.S. citizens, but…

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Markets gave up early gains to trade lower; Sensex quotes 309 points lower

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Markets gave up early gains to trade lower; Sensex quotes 309 points lower

Representational image of the BSE Sensex | Photo Credit: Paul Noronha Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty faced volatile trends in early trade on Tuesday (January 21, 2025), surrendering their initial gains to trade lower, following heavy selling in Reliance Industries and Zomato. Traders said the market appears to be awaiting triggers from both global as…

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Business

“Pick Bowlers Who Take Wickets”: BCCI Blasted Over “Defensive” Champions Trophy Squad

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“Pick Bowlers Who Take Wickets”: BCCI Blasted Over “Defensive” Champions Trophy Squad

Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma© AFP Former Indian cricket team batter Aakash Chopra believes that the selection of three spin-bowling all-rounders – Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel – for the Champions Trophy 2025 is a ‘defensive move’. Chopra compared the decision to the squad selection for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and said…

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Sports

U.S. President Trump praises Indian-American Second Lady Usha Vance

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U.S. President Trump praises Indian-American Second Lady Usha Vance

U.S. President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, U.S. Vice-President J.D. Vance and his wife Usha Vance attend the Commander in Chief Ball in honour of Mr. Trump’s inauguration in Washington, U.S. on January 20, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump has said that he would have chosen Usha Chilukuri Vance, J.D….

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World

Maoist Carrying 1 Crore Bounty Killed, Amit Shah Calls It “Major Success”

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Maoist Carrying 1 Crore Bounty Killed, Amit Shah Calls It “Major Success”

New Delhi: A Maoist carrying a Rs 1 crore bounty was among 14 killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Gariaband district last night with Union Home Minister Amit Shah calling the operation a “major success”. Jayaram Reddy, a senior Maoist leader also known as Chalapati, was killed in the exchange of fire…

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Nation

Bengal Seeks Death Penalty For RG Kar Convict

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Bengal Seeks Death Penalty For RG Kar Convict

Kolkata: The Mamata Banerjee government has challenged the trial court’s life imprisonment order against the RG Kar rape-murder case convict in the Calcutta High Court, demanding that he be given the death penalty. Sanjay Roy, a former civic volunteer who worked for the city police, was found guilty and sentenced to life term yesterday by…

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Sourav Ganguly hails Virat Kohli as the ‘greatest white-ball player’ despite his prolonged lean patch

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Sourav Ganguly hails Virat Kohli as the ‘greatest white-ball player’ despite his prolonged lean patch

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Monday (January 20, 2025) refused to read much into Virat Kohli’s prolonged lean run and hailed the batting maestro as the “greatest white-ball player” and “once-in-a-lifetime cricketer”. Kohli struck a second innings century in the opening Perth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy but then managed only 85 runs in…

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