Four hardcore Maoists, including two women, involved in the killing of a C-60 commando during an encounter in February and carrying a cumulative reward of Rs 40 lakh on their heads were arrested in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district on Saturday.
Day: April 19, 2025
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Ann Coulter openly asks Trump to defy court order, says Supreme Court was not elected president
The Supreme Court on Saturday paused the deportations of Venezuelans held in northern Texas for the time being. The court directed the trump administration not to remove the Venezuelans held in the Bluebonnet Detention Center until further order. It was a 7-2 verdict with Justice Thomas and Justice Samuel Alito dissenting. The verdict came in an emergency appeal from the American Civil Liberties Union which contended that immigration authorities appeared to be moving to restart removals under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.
“We are deeply relieved that the Court has temporarily blocked the removals. These individuals were in imminent danger of spending the rest of their lives in a brutal Salvadoran prison without ever having had any due process,” ACLU lawyer Lee Gelernt said in an email.
President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act in March to order officials to immediately detain and remove Venezuelan migrants with alleged ties to Tren de Aragua. The Act has only been invoked three previous times in US history, most recently during World War II to hold Japanese-American civilians in internment camps. The Trump administration contended the Act gave it the power to swiftly remove immigrants it identified as members of the gang, regardless of their immigration status.
Reacting to the verdict, right-wing author Ann Coulter wrote: “Luckily, the Supreme Court wasn’t elected president. Keep deporting the infiltrators, POTUS.”Will the Trump administration defy court order again?
The White House did not issue any statement reacting to the court order though it will not be anything new if they defy the order as the Trump administration already ignored the court order involving Maryland man Kilmar Abrego Garcia. The court ordered the administration to bring back the mistakenly deported man. But the Trump administration made it clear that he would not be brought back. The issue has snowballed into a major political row and Marylan Dem senator went to El Salvador to meet the man, imprisoned in Salvador’s most notorious detention center and even Donald Trump issued a statement mocking him.
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Straight from Shakespeare play: Body language expert on Elon Musk-Giorgia Meloni’s kiss on both cheeks
Elon Musk had a brief meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni when the latter paid a visit to President Donald Trump to negotiate on tariffs. Meloni shared the video of their greeting in which they shared a kiss on both cheeks and wrote: ‘Happy to see my friend back in Washington.” Musk-Meloni is not a new thing as Elon Musk, his mother Maye Musk had to put speculations of their romance to rest by dismissing them publicly.
The video of their meeting, followed by Elon Musk’s strange expression as if he was observing something, keeping his fingers on his chin, rekindled the rumor while body language expert Judi James gave a detailed breakdown of what the gesture suggested.
“Meloni’s charm offensive seems to have worked on Musk judging from his rather old-school gallant response followed by a ‘pleasing’ evaluation gesture that could have come from the stage directions of a Shakespeare play,” she told Irish Star.
“After the kiss on both cheeks, Musk performs a small bow before stepping back to bring one arm across his body in a barrier gesture while his hand is raised to touch his chin. This would constitute an evaluation ritual but the creasing of his face into a rather bashful smile suggests he is impressed with what he sees,” James said.How ‘Meloni-Musk’ started
A photo of the two interacting at the Atlantic Council Global Award ceremony in 2024 started the speculations. But Elon Musk dismissed them and said he went to the event with his mother and returned with his mother. Maye Musk too agreed that this was what happened.
Elon Musk is believed to be in a relationship with Neuralink executive Shivon Zilis, the mother of Elon Musk’s a few children. But this is not stopping Elon Musk from making a ‘legion of kids’ with other women whom he approaches on social media and then makes them sign a non-disclosure agreement. Recently, Ashley St Clair claimed to have mothered Elon’s boy Romulus. Tiffany Fong, an influencer, apparently rejected a similar demand from Musk recently, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Meloni, on the other hand, announced her separation from her partner of nearly a decade, Andrea Giambruno, with whom she has a daughter — in 2023.Adblock test (Why?)
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50501 protest against Trump today: List of cities hosting ‘Hands off April 19’ this weekend
The second phase of the ‘Hands off’ protest against President Donald Trump will be held today across the US as more than 400 rallies are anticipated as part of the mass movement organized by the group 50501 which stands for 50 protests in 50 states and one movement. The first phase of this took place on April 5, and the response was more than what the organizers expected. Many other mass movements took place against Trump since his inauguration on January 20, 2025. One was ‘No Kings Day’ that was held on February 17.
What is special about today’s protest?
After the success of the April 5 protest, the organizers are expecting an even bigger turnout today. In social media posts, the group stated that they want 3.5 percent of the U.S. population—more than 11 million people—to participate. They cite this figure as the threshold for “sustained resistance in order to make a difference.”
50501 said the April 19 demonstration is to protest against what it describes as a “hostile government takeover” by the Trump administration. But it is less of a protest and more about raising awareness on many issues that they think are going wrong in the Trump administration.
“The 50501 movement has called for a National Day of Action, also known as a National Day of Community Action, not a National Day of Protest,” 50501’s national press coordinator Hunter Dunn said. “There are plenty of demonstrations happening around the country as part of the day of action, but the primary focus of the day of action is speaking to the needs of your community.”
In Southern California, this may look like a mutual aid drive to help people who are still suffering from the consequences of the devastating wildfires. In other places, this may look like a demonstration against [Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s] fascistic mass deportation plan (for example, New York City’s march). The goal here is community impact, not attendee numbers.”List of cities where the protests taking place today
Montgomery, Alabama: 10 am at 105 South Court St
Fairbanks, Alaska: 11.30 am at 800 Cushman St
Tucson, Arizona: 8.45 am at 900 S Randolph Way
Little Rock, Arkansas: 11 am at 500 Woodlane St.
Eureka, California: noon at 825 5th St
Denver Colorado: noon at 200 E Colfax Ave
New London, Connecticut: 10 am at 70 Huntington St
Miami, Florida: 10 am at 301 Biscayne Blvd
Atlanta, Georgia: noon at 10th St 10th St Rainbow Crosswalks
Maui, Hawaii: 4 pm at 310 W Ka’ahumanu Ave
Twin Falls, Idaho: noon at 1159 Addison Ave East
Wichita, Kansas: noon at 100 N Broadway
Lexington, Kentucky: 2 pm at 120 North Limestone
Idaho Falls, Idaho: 4 pm at 755 Memorial Drive
Quincy, Illinois: 10 am at 202 N 5th St
Nashville, Indiana: 11 am at 20 E Main St
Le Mars, Iowa: 2 pm at 215 Fourth Ave SE
Boothbay, Maine: noon at 1 Common Drive
Boston, Massachusetts: noon at 24 Beacon St
La Plata, Maryland: 10 am at 200 Charles St
Detroit, Michigan: noon at Hart Plaza
St Cloud, Minnesota: noon at 1300 W Saint Germain St
Kansas City, Missouri: 11 am at W 47th St and Mill Creek Parkway
Hattiesburg, Mississippi: noon at 399 W Pine St
Great Falls, Montana: noon at 125 Central Ave W
Las Vegas, Nevada: 4 pm at 100 Plaza Park
Keene, New Hampshire: noon at Central Square
Lawrence Township, New Jersey: noon at 100 Dave Nevius Way
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico: 11 am at 151 E Riverside Drive
Potsdam, New York: 11 am at Main Street near Ives Park
Rutherford County, North Carolina: 10 am at the intersection of Church and Main Street
Cleveland, Ohio: 4 pm at Cleveland Square
Tulsa, Oklahoma: 3 pm at 7021 S Memorial Drive
Corvallis, Oregon: noon at 120 NW 4th St
Easton, Pennsylvania: 10:30 am at 2151 Emrick Blvd
Providence, Rhode Island: 10 am at 82 Smith St
Charleston, South Carolina: 9:30 am at 180 Lockwood Drive
Pierre, South Dakota: 1 pm at 500 E Capitol Ave
Nashville, Tennessee: noon at 2500 W End Ave
Galveston, Texas: 10 am at 2228 28th St
Park City, Utah: noon at Sullivan Road
Rockingham, Vermont: noon at 2 Church St
Woodstock, Virginia: 9 am at West Reservoir Road
Spokane, Washington: 11 am at 1208 E Mission Ave
Washington D.C: noon at 34th St NW and Massachusetts Ave NW
Lewisburg, West Virginia: 12:30 pm at West Washington Street
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin: 11 am at S Neenah Ave
Cheyenne, Wyoming: noon at 200 W 24th StAdblock test (Why?)
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‘Supreme Court breaching its boundaries’: BJP sharpens attack, targets CJI Sanjiv Khanna
NEW DELHI: After Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar questioned Supreme Court, a BJP leader has added fuel to the fire, saying Parliament should stop functioning if the apex court acts like it. Targeting Chief Justice of India, he said, “Sanjiv Khanna is responsible for all the civil wars happening in this country.”
Taking aim at Supreme Court on Friday, seasoned BJP parliamentarian Nishikant Dubey in a cryptic post on X wrote, “Kanoon yadi Supreme Court hi banayega to Sansad Bhavan bund kar dena chahiye (Parliament should be closed down if the Supreme Court has to make the laws).”
Later today, Dubey said that the Supreme Court is responsible for inciting religious wars in the country. “The Supreme Court is going beyond its limits. If one has to go to the Supreme Court for everything, then Parliament and State Assembly should be shut,” he added.
“How can you give direction to the appointing authority? The President appoints the Chief Justice of India. The Parliament makes the law of this country. You will dictate that Parliament? How did you make a new law? In which law is it written that the President has to take a decision within three months? This means that you want to take this country towards anarchy. When the Parliament sits, there will be a detailed discussion on this,” he further said.
The BJP leader also criticised the apex court over Article 377, saying, “there was an Article 377 in which homosexuality is a big crime. The Trump administration has said that there are only two sexes in this world, either male or female. Whether it is Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, Jain or Sikh, all believe that homosexuality is a crime. One fine morning, the Supreme Court said that we abolish this case.”
“Article 141 says that the laws we make, the judgments we give, are applicable from the lower court to the Supreme Court. Article 368 says that Parliament has the right to make all laws and the Supreme Court has the right to interpret the law,” he added.
Opposition slams Dubey’s statement
Congress MP slammed Dubey’s remark saying that “BJP is trying to weaken the Supreme Court.” “Constitutional functionaries, ministers, BJP MPs are speaking against the Supreme Court as the Supreme Court is saying one thing that when a law is made, you should not go against the basic structure of the constitution and if the law is against the constitution, we will not accept it. Deliberately, the Supreme Court is being targeted as in many issues like electoral bonds, the Supreme Court has said that what has been done by the government is unconstitutional,” he added.
‘His attack on the Supreme Court is not acceptable’
“This is a defamatory statement against the Supreme Court. Nishikant Dubey is a person who continuously demolishes all other institutions. Now, he has attacked the Supreme Court. I hope that the Supreme Court judges will take this into notice as he is not speaking in Parliament but outside it. His attack on the Supreme Court is not acceptable,” Congress leader Manickam Tagore told ANI.
Congress MP Imran Masood also criticised BJP leader’s statement and said it was “unfortunate.”
“The kind of statements that are coming against the Supreme Court are very unfortunate…This is not the first time that the Supreme Court has given a decision against the full majority government…This frustration is incomprehensible,” Masood said.
Advocate and Congress leader Salman Khurshid said, “It is a matter of great sadness if an MP questions the Supreme Court or any court. In our legal system, the final word is not of the government, it is of the Supreme Court. If someone does not understand this, then it is a matter of great sadness.”
AAP spokesperson Priyanka Kakkar said, “He has made a very shoddy statement. I hope that tomorrow only, the Supreme Court will initiate suo-moto contempt proceedings against BJP MP Nishikant Dubey and send him to jail. Whenever any judge gives a judgment in favour of the BJP, they are sent to the Rajya Sabha, and now, when a judge gave an instruction that the law should be followed and governors should not sit indefinitely on bills, the BJP has used all its resources to defame the judges and attack the Supreme Court.”
BJP defends Nishikant’s remark
BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP and senior advocate Manan Kumar Mishra said, “On the Manipur issue, the Supreme Court took a suo motu cognisance, but we are seeing that several parts of West Bengal are burning, but the eyes of the Supreme Court are closed. The entire country is looking at the Supreme Court that the SC would give direction to the Govt to impose President’s rule in West Bengal, but the Supreme Court is silent.”
Dubey’s remarks came amid hearings on several pleas ongoing in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the Waqf (Amendment) Act. Parliament passed the Bill in the first week of April.
Meanwhile, Centre has decided not to implement some of its contentious provisions till the next date of hearing after court raised several concerns over them.
The timing of Dubey’s remark is also noteworthy as Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar recently voiced strong disapproval of Supreme Court’s judgement after it set a timeline for the President to take decision on the bills sent to her.
“We cannot have a situation where you direct the President of India and on what basis?” Dhankhar questioned SC while speaking to the sixth batch of Rajya Sabha interns at the Vice-President’s Enclave on Thursday.
“There is a directive to the President by a recent judgement. Where are we heading? What is happening in the country? We have to be extremely sensitive. It is not a question of someone filing a review or not. We never bargained for democracy for this day. President being called upon to decide in a time-bound manner, and if not, becomes law,” Dhankhar added.
“President being called upon to decide in a time-bound manner, and if not, it becomes law. So we have judges who will legislate, who will perform executive functions, who will act as super Parliament, and absolutely have no accountability because law of the land does not apply to them,” he further said.
However, opposition parties lauded court’s observation over the Waqf Act and direction to President.Adblock test (Why?)
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‘Easter truce’: Putin announces temporary ceasefire with Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday announced an Easter truce in the war with Ukraine starting this evening and lasting till midnight on Sunday, reported news agency AFP.
“Today from 1800 (1500 GMT) to midnight Sunday (2100 GMT Sunday), the Russian side announces an Easter truce,” Putin said in televised comments, while speaking to Russian chief of staff Valery Gerasimov. Both nations also swapped hundreds of prisoners in the largest exchange since the war.
Russia’s ministry of defense said that 246 Russian service members were returned from territory controlled by Kyiv, and that “as a gesture of goodwill” 31 wounded Ukrainian prisoners of war were transferred in exchange for 15 wounded Russian soldiers in need of urgent medical care.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr said that 277 Ukrainian “warriors have returned home from Russian captivity.”
Putin’s announcement comes a day after US secretary of state Marco Rubio warned that Washington could walk away from its push to broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine within days, unless progress becomes visible soon.
Speaking in Paris after high-level discussions with European and Ukrainian leaders, Rubio said the Trump administration was assessing whether the effort remains viable. “We’re not going to continue with this endeavour for weeks and months on end,” Rubio said.
“So we need to determine very quickly now, and I’m talking about a matter of days whether or not this is doable in the next few weeks. If it is, we’re in. If it’s not, then we have other priorities to focus on as well”, he added.
The Russia-Ukraine war, which began with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, has become Europe’s largest military conflict since World War II. Rooted in longstanding tensions over Nato expansion, Ukraine’s growing ties with the West, and Russia’s desire to assert control over what it considers its historical sphere of influence, the conflict has led to widespread destruction, civilian casualties, and a deepening global geopolitical divide.
While initial rounds of peace talks were held in the early months of the war, including meetings in Belarus and Turkey, they failed to produce lasting outcomes, largely due to disagreements over territorial sovereignty, security guarantees, and Russia’s demands regarding Ukraine’s neutrality. International efforts, including mediation attempts by Turkey, China, and the United Nations, have made limited progress amid continued hostilities.
Occasional humanitarian ceasefires, prisoner exchanges, and grain export agreements—such as the Black Sea Grain Initiative brokered by the UN and Turkey—have provided temporary relief but not a path to comprehensive peace. As of now, both sides remain entrenched, with Ukraine demanding full territorial restoration and Russia holding on to occupied regions, making a negotiated resolution elusive.Adblock test (Why?)
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Hyderabad horror: SC man stripped, beaten, forced to lick feet in viral video
HYDERABAD: Petbasheerabad police booked six people for allegedly stripping and assaulting a 26-year-old SC man in Gundlapochampally on March 26, when he went to broker peace between a couple. They even made him “lick their feet”. A video of the accused beating up victim Tarun Kumar is viral on social media. All six are on the run.
In the video, Tarun, a private employee, can be seen thrown at the accused’s feet, stark naked, and being mercilessly beaten. Following a complaint by Tarun, police booked a case under sections 118 (1) (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons), 352 (criminal intimidation) r/w 3 (5) of BNS and SC & ST (POA) Act against six accused on April 13.
In his complaint, Tarun stated he had gone to meet the husband of his family friend’s sister. “Vineeta, a resident of Bowenpally, had filed for divorce from her husband, K Kiran Kumar Yadav. Later, she changed her mind and requested me to talk to her husband to not sign the divorce papers. I went to Gundlapochampally to talk to Kiran Kumar,” Tarun stated, adding that the move upset Kiran. “He called his friends and together they assaulted me with sticks. They stripped me and, while recording videos on their cellphones, continued the assault. They also abused me referring to my caste,” Tarun alleged.
Apart from Kiran Kumar Yadav, a Rapido rider from Gundlapochampally, Tarun also named Pavan, Laddu (from Bowenpally), Jayanth Yadav (from Suchitra), Sohel (from KPHB Colony), and Tarun Goud (from Amberpet) in his complaint.
“They have been sharing my nude video with friends to insult me. Please initiate appropriate legal action against the accused,” the complainant urged the police, adding that he could not report the crime immediately as he fell sick due to the assault.
In the medico-legal record of CC Shroff Memorial Hospital in Barkatpura, where the victim was treated, it is mentioned that Tarun had “abrasions all over his back, both shoulders, left leg, chest, and abdomen”. He also had a laceration on his abdomen, the report added.
Maheshwar Reddy, SI, Petbasheerabad, said, they were trying to locate the accused.Adblock test (Why?)
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Florida Shooting LIVE | Horrifying Shooting On Campus | Phoenix Ikner | Florida University Shooting
At least two people were killed and six others sustained injuries in a shooting at Florida State University (FSU) on Thursday afternoon, officials said.
The gunman, identified as 20-year-old Phoenix Ikner, opened fire near the student union building around lunchtime. Ikner is a student at FSU and the son of a veteran Leon County police officer.
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