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Indonesia's Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi has confirmed the crash of a Boeing 737-500 plane of Indonesian airlines with 62 people on board that lost contact with the air traffic controller

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Madhav Singh Solanki, senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Gujarat, passes away

Madhav Singh Solanki, senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Gujarat, passes away.

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Won't be silenced: Trump after Twitter permanently suspends his account

Outgoing US President Donald Trump has slammed Twitter for permanently suspending him, vowing that he and his support base would not be silenced.

 

The unprecedented move by the California-based microblogging site on Friday comes after Trump tweeted that he would not attend the inauguration of his successor Joe Biden on January 20.

 

"After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them - specifically how they are being received and interpreted on and off Twitter - we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence," Twitter said in a statement. Read on...

9:56 AM

Trump one of 'most incompetent' presidents in US history: Joe Biden

President-elect Joe Biden has said President Donald Trump was the "most incompetent" presidents in US history.

 

Sidestepping the questions related to impeachment or removal from office in the remaining 12 days, Biden said that quickest way Trump could be removed is his inauguration on January 20.

 

"I have been saying for now well over a year he (Trump) is not fit to serve," Biden said. "He is one of the most incompetent presidents in the history of the United States of America and so the idea that I think he shouldn't be out of office yesterday is not the issue." Read on...

9:23 AM

Donald Trump is an embarrassment, says US President-elect Joe Biden

US President Donald Trump has said that he will skip President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, refusing to fulfill the outgoing president's traditional role in the peaceful transition of power and undercutting his own message just one day earlier on the need for "national healing and unity."

 

President-elect Joe Biden welcomed Trump's announcement that he won't attend the 20 January inauguration, calling it a "good thing."

9:10 AM

Heart-wrenching tragedy in Bhandara, Maharashtra: PM Modi

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Fire accident in Bhandara district hospital, Maharashtra is very unfortunate, says Amit Shah

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The unfortunate incident of fire at Bhandara Hospital in Maharashtra is extremely tragic: Rahul Gandhi

8:29 AM

Ten children die in a fire at Sick Newborn Care Unit (SNCU) of Bhandara District General Hospital

Ten children died in a fire that broke out at Sick Newborn Care Unit (SNCU) of Bhandara District General Hospital at 2 am today. Seven children were rescued from the unit: Pramod Khandate, Civil Surgeon, Bhandara, Maharashtra

8:23 AM

US Capitol violence: Team Trump's official Twitter account suspended

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US Capitol violence: Tweets from Trump's official account 'POTUS' taken down

After the suspension of US President Donald Trump's personal Twitter account and the tweets from his official account 'POTUS' were taken down. 

Minutes after Donald Trump accused Twitter of conspiring with his political enemies to silence him after the social media platform permanently suspended his account, the micro-blogging site on Saturday (IST) quickly deleted new tweets from the US President from an official government account.

 

Trump tweeted, "Twitter has gone further and further in banning free speech, and tonight, Twitter employees have coordinated with the Democrats and the Radical Left in removing my account from their platform, to silence me -- and YOU, the 75,000,000 great patriots who voted for me."

7:48 AM

Reddit bans r/donaldtrump forum for inciting violence

Reddit has banned r/donaldtrump for encouraging and glorifying violence after Wednesday’s mob attack on the US Capitol. 

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Twitter permanently suspends Trump's account after US Capitol violence

Twitter has announced that it had permanently suspended the account of outgoing President Donald Trump due to "risk of further incitement of violence", three days after his supporters stormed the US Capitol and five people died in the violence.

 

The unprecedented move by the California-based social media platform comes after Trump tweeted that he would not attend the inauguration of his successor Joe Biden on January 20. Read on...