Which Indian state has most Waqf properties? Not Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, West Bengal, it is…
Waqf is a non-governmental body that owns the largest number of land and properties in India.
IAF parajump instructor dies after parachute malfunctions during demo skydiving in Agra
A para jump instructor from the Indian Air Force’s Akash Ganga Skydiving team died after sustaining injuries during a demonstration drop in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra on Saturday.
Trump admin suspends lawyer in case of Maryland man mistakenly deported for failing to ‘zealously advocate’
The Trump administration has placed a Justice Department (DOJ) lawyer on leave for not “zealously advocating” its position in the case involving a Salvadoran man living in Maryland who was mistakenly deported last month. Attorney General Pam Bondi’s office placed Erez Reuveni, who argued for the government, in Friday’s hearing in which a judge ruled Maryland father Kilmar Abrego Garcia must be returned to the U.S. by Monday, on indefinite paid leave, Fox News has learned. “At my direction, every Department of Justice attorney is required to zealously advocate on behalf of the United States,” Bondi told the New York Times in a statement. “Any attorney who fails to abide by this direction will face consequences.” Fox News Digital has reached out to the DOJ for comment. JOHN YOO URGES TRUMP ADMIN TO ‘WORK OUT A DEAL’ TO RETURN MISTAKENLY DEPORTED INDIVIDUALS Reuveni on Friday admitted that Garcia’s deportation was a mistake, according to the New York Times. On Saturday, the Trump administration argued in an emergency appeal that U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis can’t force the administration to return Garcia to the U.S. Xinis on Friday ruled that the government must make arrangements to have Garcia back in the U.S. before Monday at midnight. The Saturday emergency appeal seeks to temporarily stay Xinis’ decision until the government has time to properly appeal the ruling. “Late Friday afternoon, a federal district judge ordered the United States to force El Salvador to send one of its citizens – a member of MS-13, no less – back to the United States by midnight on Monday. If there was ever a case for an emergency stay pending appeal, this would be it,” the government wrote in the emergency appeal reviewed by Fox News Digital. The government also argued that it “does not have control over” Garcia now that he is in El Salvador. “Nevertheless, the court’s injunction commands that Defendants accomplish, somehow, Abrego Garcia’s return to the United States in give or take one business day,” the appeal said, calling it “indefensible.” The filing said that the “lacked the power” to require the government “on the clock, to try to force a foreign country to take a discrete action.” It added, “Abrego Garcia has been found to be a member of a designated Foreign 3 Terrorist Organization, MS-13. Given that status, he has no legal right or basis to be in the United States at all.” VANCE DOUBLES DOWN AFTER TRUMP ADMIN ADMITS ‘ERROR’ SENDING MAN TO SALVADORAN PRISON Xinis on Friday said that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s March 15th expulsion of Garcia violated the Administrative Procedures Act, since it occurred without a judicial proceeding. The Trump administration has acknowledged Garcia’s removal was an “administrative error,” but has also defended it, alleging that Garcia has ties to MS-13. “This individual is an illegal criminal who broke our nation’s immigration laws. He is a leader in the brutal MS-13 gang, and he is involved in human trafficking,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a briefing on Tuesday. “And now MS-13 is a designated foreign terrorist organization. Foreign terrorists have no legal protections in the United States of America. And this administration is going to continue to deport foreign terrorists and illegal criminals from our nation’s interior,” she added. An immigration judge five years ago said Garcia, who came to the U.S. illegally in 2011 and asked for asylum, could not be deported to his home country, over concerns he would become a victim of local El Salvador gang members. His request for asylum was denied, but he was given protection from deportation and ICE didn’t appeal the decision. Garcia’s wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, who is a U.S. citizen, has vigorously campaigned for his return. Garcia had been working as a sheet metal apprentice in Maryland and was arrested in an IKEA parking lot on March 12 while his 5-year-old son was in the car. His lawyers have argued the man had a Department of Homeland Security permit to work in the country, and strongly deny any gang affiliations. They also say that the government has given little evidence to back up its claim. There was no indication how the government would comply, since he is incarcerated in an El Salvador prison under that government’s custody. Fox News’ Cameron Arcand and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Israeli attacks on Gaza kill at least 30 as ground assault expands
Medical sources say six killed in an Israeli air strike on Khan Younis and six others in a raid on Beit Hanoon. At least 30 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza, according to medical sources, as the Israeli military said it deployed ground troops to a so-called “security corridor” in the south of the territory. At least six people were killed in an air strike on Khan Younis in southern Gaza and six others in a raid on Beit Hanoon in the north, medical sources told Al Jazeera. Israel has pushed to seize more territory in Gaza since it shattered a weeks-long truce in its war with Hamas in mid-March and resumed its bombardment of the devastated territory. Israel has intensified its attacks since then, saying that it will continue to escalate until the Palestinian group Hamas frees Israeli captives that were seized during the October 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel. Israeli troops deployed to a newly established security corridor across southern Gaza, the military said on Saturday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this week announced the new “Morag Corridor” and suggested it would cut off the southern city of Rafah, which Israel had ordered forcibly evacuated, from the rest of Gaza. Advertisement It was not immediately clear how many forces were deployed, or where exactly the new corridor was located. Morag is the name of a Jewish settlement that once stood between Rafah and Khan Younis, and Netanyahu had suggested it would run between the cities. Maps published by Israeli media showed the corridor running the width of the narrow coastal strip from east to west. Earlier on Saturday, Hamas’s armed wing published a video showing two Israeli captives alive in Gaza, speaking to the camera and describing how they had survived an alleged Israeli strike. Israeli campaign group, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, issued a statement confirming that the family of Maxim Herkin had identified him as one of the two captives featured in the video. Herkin’s family urged the media not to publish the video. Israeli media named the second captive as Israeli soldier Bar Kuperstein. The two men were taken from the Nova music festival and transported to Gaza during the Hamas-led October 7 attack on Israel that killed at least 1,139 people, according to an Al Jazeera tally based on Israeli statistics. Fifty-eight captives remain in Gaza, including 34 whom the Israeli military says are dead. During the six-week ceasefire that ended with Israel’s resumption of air strikes on Gaza on March 18, fighters handed over 33 captives, eight of them dead. Israel’s military response to the October 7 attack has killed at least 50,669 people in Gaza, the majority of them civilians, according to figures from the territory’s Health Ministry that the United Nations considers reliable. Advertisement The United Nations said that at least 100 children have been killed or injured every day in Gaza since the strikes resumed. “Nothing justifies the killing of children,” Philippe Lazzarini, chief of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), posted on X on Saturday. Trilateral meeting As part of the diplomatic efforts for a truce in Gaza, French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday said he would hold a trilateral summit on the situation in Gaza with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Jordan’s King Abdullah II. “In response to the Gaza emergency and during my visit to Egypt at President al-Sisi’s invitation, we will hold a trilateral summit with the Egyptian president and the King of Jordan,” Macron wrote on X ahead of his trip. The French president is expected in Cairo on Sunday evening, where he will hold talks with his Egyptian counterpart on Monday morning. The trilateral summit will be held the same day in the Egyptian capital, according to Macron’s office. On Tuesday, Macron will also visit the Egyptian port of El-Arish, 50km (30 miles) west of Gaza, to meet humanitarian and security workers and demonstrate his “constant mobilisation in favour of a ceasefire”. El-Arish is a transit point for international aid intended for Gaza. Adblock test (Why?)
US revokes all South Sudan visas, bars future issuance until deportees accepted
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday announced the U.S. will revoke visas held by South Sudanese passport holders will be revoked, and no others will be issued, effective immediately. Rubio attributed the change to “the failure of South Sudan‘s transitional government to accept the return of its repatriated citizens in a timely manner,” according to a statement posted on X. The U.S. Department of State on Saturday wrote in a statement that it is time for the Transitional Government of South Sudan to “stop taking advantage” of the U.S. TRUMP ADMIN ENDS DEPORTATION PROTECTIONS FOR MASSIVE NUMBER OF VENEZUELANS AMID ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN “Enforcing our nation’s immigration laws is critically important to the national security and public safety of the United States,” according to the statement. “Every country must accept the return of its citizens in a timely manner when another country, including the United States, seeks to remove them. “ The department said it “will be prepared to review these actions when South Sudan is in full cooperation.” The East African country is currently on the verge of civil war, with escalating armed conflict, mass displacement and severe food insecurity. The U.S. Embassy in Khartoum suspended its operations, to include visa, passport, and other routine consular services, on April 22, 2023. The move comes after the Trump administration in February ended a deportation shield for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in the U.S. TRUMP REPORTS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ENCOUNTERS AT HISTORIC LOWS DURING FIRST FULL MONTH IN OFFICE The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said it would revoke the statuses of more than 300,000 nationals protected by Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The Trump administration has deported more than 100,000 illegal migrants since taking office, according to a New York Post report citing a DHS official. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for the Republic of South Sudan did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. United Nations South Sudan declined Fox News Digital’s request for comment. Fox News Digital’s Adam Shaw contributed to this report.
‘Hands Off’ protesters rally across US to oppose Trump’s policies
Opponents of US President Donald Trump and his adviser, billionaire Elon Musk, have joined rallies across the United States to protest against the administration’s actions to overhaul the government and expand presidential authority. More than 1,200 “Hands Off” rallies were expected on Saturday, with organisers anticipating the largest single-day mobilisation opposing the administration’s recent initiatives. Protest sites included the National Mall in Washington, DC, where organisers expected more than 20,000 people to attend, and locations in all 50 US states. Reporting from Washington, DC, Al Jazeera’s Mike Hanna said the crowd voiced their discontent over the administration’s sweeping executive actions and the restructuring led by Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The reforms have resulted in the elimination of more than 200,000 federal positions and significant reductions in benefits, particularly within the Internal Revenue Service and Social Security Administration. Advertisement “This is one of the biggest demonstrations we’ve seen since Trump began his second term, and it’s perhaps indicative of the rising frustration among Americans,” said Hanna, who also noted the diverse composition of the protesters, spanning various age groups. “Protest organisers have been saying this is not going to lead to immediate change, but it’s an important moment to show that many Americans oppose what Donald Trump stands for,” said Hanna. In Chicago, thousands of demonstrators rallied in the downtown area. Reporting from the protest site, Al Jazeera’s John Hendren said it was “largely a union crowd”. “These people are concerned about their jobs … These people are mostly citizens, they are Chicagoans and their message to the Trump administration and Elon Musk is ‘hands off’”, he said. International protests Around the world, American expatriates and local supporters assembled in cities including Berlin, Frankfurt, Paris, and London. In Paris, approximately 200 demonstrators, predominantly Americans, gathered at Place de la Republique, displaying banners with messages like “Resist Tyrant,” “Rule of Law,” and “Feminists for Freedom not Fascism.” Timothy Kautz, a spokesperson for Democrats Abroad, emphasised the importance of global solidarity. “We have to show solidarity with all the demonstrations in a thousand cities today in the USA,” he told Reuters. Protesters gather outside the Minnesota State Capitol during the nationwide “Hands Off!” protest against US President Donald Trump and his adviser, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, in St. Paul, Minnesota, on April 5, 2025 [Tim Evans/AFP] Ezra Levin, co-founder of Indivisible, one of the organising groups, speaking to Reuters said, “This is an enormous demonstration that is sending a very clear message to Musk and Trump and congressional Republicans and all the goose-stepping allies of MAGA that we don’t want their hands on our democracy, on our communities, on our schools and our friends and our neighbours.” Advertisement The White House has defended the administration’s actions. Assistant press secretary Liz Huston stated, “President Trump’s position is clear: He will always protect Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid for eligible beneficiaries. Meanwhile, the Democrats’ stance is giving Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare benefits to illegal aliens, which will bankrupt these programs and crush American seniors.” Pro-Palestinian groups also participated in the Washington demonstrations, protesting against the US administration’s support for Israel’s renewed military actions in Gaza and the crackdown on campus protests. Adblock test (Why?)
Fraud case a “hard blow” for Le Pen’s presidential bid
Journalist Diane de Vignemont breaks down Marine Le Pen’s fraud conviction, her appeal and what it means for her future. Diane de Vignemont, an independent journalist specialising in French politics and history, analyses Marine Le Pen’s fraud conviction and her presidential ambitions. She may appeal, but what comes next? Adblock test (Why?)
Elon Musk backs ‘free trade zone’ between US and Europe
Elon Musk calls for a US-Europe free-trade zone with zero tariffs while EU plans a response to US import duties. Tech billionaire Elon Musk has called for unrestricted trade between the United States and Europe, advocating for a tariff-free economic zone. The adviser to US President Donald Trump said he supported eliminating trade barriers during a video appearance at a conference hosted by Italy’s far-right League party in Florence on Saturday. His comments came days after Trump announced an array of tariffs on imports to the US, including plans to impose 20-percent tariffs on imports from EU members, including Italy, which has a significant trade surplus with the US. “Ideally, both Europe and the United States should move to a zero-tariff situation, effectively creating a free trade zone between Europe and North America,” he said. Speaking to League leader Matteo Salvini, Musk also endorsed greater freedom of movement between the two regions. “If people wish to work in Europe or wish to work in North America, they should be allowed to do so in my view,” he said, noting that he had shared this stance with Trump. Advertisement Musk has previously voiced support for right-wing European parties, including Salvini’s League and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy and the Alternative for Germany (AfD). Earlier on Saturday, Italy’s Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti, a League member, urged de-escalation with Washington over the tariffs, cautioning against retaliatory measures. The European Union has pledged to respond “in a calm, carefully phased, unified way” to US tariffs on its goods, EU Trade Chief Maros Sefcovic said. Trump has described the latest tariffs as an “economic revolution” and claimed that the measures would bring industry and jobs back to the United States. In the wake of the tariff announcement, US stock markets recorded their worst two-day stretch since COVID pandemic, and international markets were also routed. Several nations have said they would retaliate, raising the risk of a global trade war marked by tit-for-tat tariffs. Adblock test (Why?)
Speaker Johnson moves on Senate’s Trump budget bill as House GOP rebels threaten to defect
House Republican leaders are rallying GOP lawmakers around a plan to enact a broad swath of President Donald Trump’s agenda, after the legislation was passed by the Senate in the early hours of Saturday morning. “More than a year ago, the House began discussing the components of a reconciliation package that will reduce the deficit, secure our border, keep taxes low for families and job creators, reestablish American energy dominance, restore peace through strength, and make government more efficient and accountable to the American people. We are now one step closer to achieving those goals,” Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and his top lieutenants wrote to House Republicans. “Today, the Senate passed its version of the budget resolution. Next week, the House will consider the Senate amendment.” Congressional Republicans are pushing a conservative policy overhaul via the budget reconciliation process. Traditionally used when one party holds all three branches of government, reconciliation lowers the Senate’s threshold for passage on certain fiscal measures from 60 votes to 51. TED CRUZ CLASHES WITH KEY DEMOCRAT OVER ‘SECOND PHASE OF LAWFARE’ THROUGH FEDERAL JUDGES’ ORDERS As a result, it’s been used to pass sweeping policy changes in one or two massive pieces of legislation. Senate Republicans passed a framework for a reconciliation bill just after 2 a.m. ET on Saturday, after hours of debate and votes on amendments to the measure. It’s similar to the version House Republicans passed in late February; but mechanisms the Senate used to avoid factoring in the cost of extending Trump’s 2017-era tax cuts as well as a lower baseline for required federal spending cuts has some House conservatives warning they could oppose the bill. The Senate’s version calls for at least $4 billion in spending cuts, while the House’s version mandates a floor of $1.5 trillion to $2 trillion. Both bills also include Trump priorities on border security, energy, and new tax policies like eliminating penalties on tipped and overtime wages. “If the Senate’s ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ budget is put on the House floor, I will vote no,” Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, wrote on X. “In the classic ways of Washington, the Senate’s budget presents a fantastic top-line message – that we should return spending back to the pre-COVID trajectory (modified for higher interest, Medicare, and Social Security) of $6.5 Trillion, rather than the current trajectory of over $7 Trillion – but has ZERO enforcement to achieve it, and plenty of signals it is designed purposefully NOT to achieve it.” But House GOP leaders insist that the Senate’s passage of its framework simply allows the House to begin working on its version of the bill passed in February – and that it does not impede their process in any way. “The Senate amendment as passed makes NO CHANGES to the House reconciliation instructions that we voted for just weeks ago. Although the Senate chose to take a different approach on its instructions, the amended resolution in NO WAY prevents us from achieving our goals in the final reconciliation bill,” the letter said. “We have and will continue to make it clear in all discussions with the Senate and the White House that—in order to secure House passage—the final reconciliation bill must include historic spending reductions while protecting essential programs.” GOP DEFECTORS HELP SENATE ADVANCE RESOLUTION TO CANCEL TRUMP TARIFFS DESPITE WHITE HOUSE VETO WARNING House GOP leaders have pointed out that passing a framework is just the first step in a long process, one that just lays out broad instructions for how money should be spent. Now that similar frameworks have passed the House and Senate, the relevant congressional committees will work out how to achieve the final reconciliation policy goals under their given jurisdictions. “We have made it clear the House will NOT accept nor participate in an ‘us versus them’ process resulting in a take it or leave it proposition from the Senate,” House leaders warned. “Immediately following House adoption of the budget resolution, our House and Senate committees will begin preparing together their respective titles of the reconciliation bill to be marked up in the next work period.” The letter reiterated Johnson’s earlier goal of having a bill on Trump’s desk by the end of May. House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, called the Senate’s resolution “unserious and disappointing,” noting it only mandated $4 billion in “enforceable cuts.” He vowed to work with congressional leaders to find the best path forward, however. “I am committed to working with President Trump, House leadership, and my Senate counterparts to address these concerns and ensure the final reconciliation bill makes America safe, prosperous, and fiscally responsible again,” Arrington said.
AI and doxxing sites: Trump vs antiwar activists
Over the past month, hundreds of international students in the US have either been detained, deported, or stripped of their visas for protesting Israel’s war on Gaza. The Trump administration’s crackdown is being described as an assault on political dissent – one that has been enabled by mainstream news outlets and pro-Zionist pressure groups. This story is about more than just visas. It’s about who gets to speak in Trump’s America. Contributors:Adolfo Franco – Republican strategist and lawyerEric Lee – Immigration lawyerYumna Patel – Editor-in-chief, MondoweissPrem Thakker – Reporter, Zeteo News On our radar: The German government is attempting to deport four foreign students – none of whom have been charged with a crime – over their pro-Palestinian activism. Ryan Kohls reports. For the past five months, Serbia has been in the grip of historic protests against President Aleksandar Vucic’s government. Young people have led the way, demanding political reform. But in doing so they’ve faced a powerful adversary – not only in government, but in its collection of loyalists in the media. Meenakshi Ravi reports from Belgrade on the narrative they have been spinning and the pushback they are getting from Serbian citizens. Advertisement Featuring:Snjezana Milivojevic – Professor, University of BelgradeVesna Radojevic – Reporter, KRIKSuzana Vasiljevic – Media adviser to the president of Serbia Adblock test (Why?)