'India’s beautiful Triumphal Arch', says Trump with pic of India Gate on social media
New York (PTI): Describing the India Gate in New Delhi as “India’s beautiful Triumphal Arch”, US President Donald Trump said a similar monument in America will be “the greatest of them all.”
The 42 metre high India Gate, an “Arc-de-Triomphe", honours the memory of the 70,000 Indian soldiers who were killed fighting for the British Army during World War I and the Third Anglo-Afghan War.
“India’s beautiful Triumphal Arch. Ours will be the greatest of them all!” Trump said in a post on Truth Social, posting a photograph of the iconic Indian monument.
While talking to reporters onboard Air Force One over the weekend, Trump had said that his administration is considering building an arc, similar to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
“For 200 years, they wanted to build an arc. They have 57 cities throughout the world that have them. We're the only major city, Washington, DC, that doesn’t,” he said, adding that the arc that will be built in Washington “will be the most beautiful in the world.”
Trump said he is setting up a committee for the construction of the arc.
“I'd like it to be the biggest one of all. We're the biggest, most powerful nation. I'd like it to be the biggest one….the arc, I think it's going to be great. We're just setting up a committee now,” he said.
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Man murdered over decade-old personal dispute, accused arrested
Belagavi (Karnataka) (PTI): A 49-year-old man was hacked to death with a machete in this district, allegedly over a personal dispute dating back nearly a decade, police said on Tuesday.
The deceased has been identified as Basappa Hosamani, a resident of Sadoni village, they said.
The accused, Irayya Sangayya Mathapati (32), has been arrested in connection with the murder, police said.
According to the police, the incident occurred on Monday evening in Hoolikatti village of Savadatti taluk.
The crime is linked to an incident that took place about ten years ago, when Hosamani allegedly eloped with the accused's mother and went to Kolhapur in Maharashtra. At the time, accused Mathapati was 18-years-old.
Police said Hosamani had recently returned to the village for some work after leaving the woman in Kolhapur.
Investigators believe the accused, who had been nursing a long-standing grudge over the issue, attacked Hosamani with a machete, inflicting multiple fatal injuries.
After the incident, the accused allegedly informed the police himself and remained at the scene until officers arrived, they said.
A case of murder has been registered at the Savadatti police station, and further investigation is underway.
