Month: January 2025

How Irish solidarity with Palestine forced the closure of the Israeli embassy

January 20, 2025 admin

On December 15, 2024, Israel pulled down the shutters to its embassy in Dublin. Israel’s Foreign Minister accused Ireland of “anti-Semitic rhetoric” and of crossing “every red line” in their relations. Ireland’s Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Simon Harris of the Fine Gael party was quick to reject that accusation, while asserting Ireland’s stance of a…

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Trump says to declare national emergency at border, use military

January 20, 2025 admin

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump attend an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event in Washington, on January 20, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Donald Trump said Monday (January 20, 2025) he will issue a raft of executive orders aimed at reshaping how the United States deals with citizenship and immigration. The 47th president…

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Hyderabad student fatally shot in Washington

January 20, 2025 admin

Family members of Ravi Teja, who was killed in a shooting incident in Washington DC, mourns his death in Hyderabad, on January 20, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI A 26-year-old student from Hyderabad has been shot dead in Washington, United States. The victim, identified as K. Ravi Teja, hailed from R.K. Puram in the Chaitanyapuri….

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Trump names acting defence secretary with Hegseth not yet confirmed

January 20, 2025 admin

Robert Salesses, deputy director of the Pentagon’s Washington Headquarters Service. File | Photo Credit: Reuters President Donald Trump has named an acting defence secretary because his choice to lead the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, has not yet been confirmed by the Senate. Robert Salesses, deputy director of the Pentagon’s Washington Headquarters Service, will fill in as…

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Hamas says next hostages will be released on January 25 as scheduled

January 20, 2025 admin

A Palestinian sits near destroyed homes, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Jabalia Refugee Camp, northern Gaza Strip, on January 20, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Hamas said on Monday (January 20, 2025) it would next release hostages held in Gaza on Saturday, after an official with the Palestinian militant group had said…

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Probe ordered as seven die in suspected hooch tragedy in dry Bihar

January 20, 2025 admin

The Bihar government has ordered a probe into the death of seven persons allegedly after drinking spurious liquor in West Champaran district. The incident occurred at Maithya village under the Lauriya police station in Bettiah. In the last three days, five persons have died, whereas the first death took place on Thursday. Relatives have cremated…

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Rising from the ashes: inside Bihar school run from cremation ground

January 20, 2025 admin

A class under way on the premises of Mukti Dham, a crematorium at the Sikandarpur locality in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district. | Photo Credit: Amit Bhelari A 31-year-old teacher, Sumit Kumar, has been educating over 100 slum children at a cremation ground in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, since 2017. Mr. Kumar’s initiative, Appan Pathshala, has transformed the lives…

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Donald Trump returns to presidency declaring ’the golden age of America begins right now’

January 20, 2025 admin

President Donald Trump delivered a 30-minute speech from the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, his second inaugural address to the American people. Here is a transcript: Vice President Vance, Speaker Johnson, Senator Thune, Chief Justice Roberts, justices of the United States Supreme Court, President Clinton, President Bush, President Obama, President Biden, Vice President Harris and my fellow…

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HC directs Chandigarh administration to hold mayoral polls after January 29

January 20, 2025 admin

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday (January 20, 2025) set aside the Chandigarh administration’s notification for holding the mayoral polls of Chandigarh Municipal Corporation on January 24. The Bench of Justices Sureshwar Thakur and Vikas Suri directed the UT administration to issue a fresh notification for holding the mayoral polls after January 29….

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Police get five daysâ custody of Chendamangalam murder accused

January 20, 2025 admin

The Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, North Paravur, on Monday (January 20) granted the Ernakulam Rural police five daysâ custody of Rithu Jayan, 27, the alleged accused in the Chendamangalam triple murder case. A 17-member investigation team led by Munambam Deputy Superintendent of Police S. Jayakrishnan is probing the case registered by the Vadakkekara police….

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