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Trump mocks Nikki Haley’s first name. It’s his latest example of attacking rivals based on race

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he campaigns at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. August 12, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

Atlanta (AP): Donald Trump used his social media platform Friday to mock Nikki Haley ‘s birth name, the latest example of the former president keying on race and ethnicity to attack people of color, especially his political rivals. In a post on his Truth Social account, Trump repeatedly referred to Haley, the daughter of immigrants from India, as “Nimbra.” Haley, the former South Carolina governor, was born in Bamberg, South Carolina, as Nimarata Nikki Randhawa. She has always gone by her middle name, “Nikki.” She took the surname “Haley” upon her marriage in 1996. Trump, himself the son, grandson and

Supreme Court imposes Rs 1 lakh cost on lawyer for PIL challenging Rahul Gandhi’s restoration as LS member

New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday imposed a cost of Rs one lakh on a Lucknow-based advocate who challenged the restoration of Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi’s Lok Sabha membership. A bench of Justices BR Gavai and Sandeep Mehta found the petition to be frivolous and a waste of judicial time. Advocate Ashok Pandey challenged the restoration of Gandhi’s Lok Sabha membership, who was disqualified after court sentenced him to two years’ imprisonment in the criminal defamation case over ‘Modi surname’ remark. Gandhi was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment, which disqualified him as an MP from

Senior IPS officer Daljit Singh Chaudhary appointed SSB chief

New Delhi, Jan 19 (PTI) Senior IPS officer Daljit Singh Chaudhary was on Friday appointed as the director general of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), a Personnel Ministry order said. Chaudhary, a 1990 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, is presently working as a special director of the General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved his appointment as the DG, SSB for a period up to November 30, 2025 i.e. the date of his superannuation, the order said. The SSB guards India’s frontiers with Nepal and Bhutan.

Five people killed in India’s northeastern Manipur – media

Jan 19 (Reuters) – At least five people were killed in the latest violent attacks in India’s troubled north-eastern state of Manipur, media reported on Friday. Four people from the Meitei community were killed by armed men on Thursday while they were tilling a farm, the Hindustan Times newspaper reported, while another Meitei was killed in a separate gunfight in the Imphal West district of the state. The media did not say who the attackers were. At least 180 people have died since fierce fighting broke out between members of the majority Meitei and minority Kuki communities in the state

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