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Officials urge Higher Education Secretary to hold consultations before taking a decision; they demand that the ground be primarily used for sports and physical education activities

The State government plans to build the memorial complex for 5 icons on a portion of the University Union Grounds in Chetpet belonging to the University of Madras

Memorial crosses installed in the US have revived erroneous claims of a ‘white genocide’ against farmers in South Africa

The State Government has extended support for a range of cultural and spiritual programmes, while cab operators have offered low-fare rides to and from his memorial about 23 km east of Guwahati

Anna had stayed at the now Thanthai Periyar–Anna Memorial in Erode while working for Periyar’s publication.

Memorial services were held for at least 28 children who were killed after a fire spread to their school in DR Congo.

The China-United States Exchange Foundation has launched a permanent tribute webpage to Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong’s first chief executive, and collected more than 100 reflections from political and business heavyweights around the world. The foundation, established by Tung in 2008, said the webpage, which launched on Monday, included tributes from Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus and Max Baucus, former United States ambassador to China. “This permanent tribute not only placemarks his remarkable...

In New York, the Pentagon and Pennsylvania, solemn ceremonies commemorate the landmark anniversary.

In a week that marks 25 years since 9/11, Americans paused to pay tribute. Six bells tolled to signify six fatal moments in New York, at the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania, with a seventh bell rung this year to commemorate those who later died from 9/11-related illnesses.

In New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania, mourners gathered to remember nearly 3,000 people killed during the hijackings.

Twenty-five years ⁠after the deadliest attack on US soil, Americans paused on Friday to commemorate the nearly 3,000 people killed when hijacked planes slammed into the World Trade Centre, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania – and to wrestle with the consequences of September 11 that reverberate to this day. In New York, family members of the victims, many carrying pictures of their loved ones, joined Vice-President J.D. Vance and four former US presidents at ground zero in Lower...

A quarter-century after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, families returned to the World Trade Center site on Friday to read aloud the names of the dead, marking a milestone anniversary of a tragedy that reshaped America. (Source: Bloomberg)

US President Donald Trump remembered the victims of the September 11 attacks at a ceremony to mark the 25th anniversary.

Former National September 11 Memorial & Museum CEO Joe Daniels reflects on Ground Zero’s transformation 25 years after 9/11, from the devastation and uncertainty following the attacks to the revitalization of Lower Manhattan. He also discusses the Memorial and Museum’s role in preserving the stories of those who were killed and helping new generations understand the tragic events that unfolded. Daniels speaks with Bloomberg's Paul Sweeney and Lisa Mateo. (Source: Bloomberg)

A moment of silence was held as an event to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks began in New York on Friday at a memorial on the site of Ground Zero where the Twin Towers were destroyed.

Twenty-five years after the ​deadliest attack on US soil, Americans will pause on Friday to commemorate the nearly 3,000 people killed when hijacked planes slammed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania. But it is also a moment for the global community to reflect on the legacy of September 11 and the world has changed since, says France 24's Philip Turle.

Zeshan Hamdani, who lost his older brother in the North Tower, is speaking out after push back against New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani attending the 25-year memorial.

A quarter century after the era-defining attacks of September 11, the United States is eager to keep alive the memory of a 2001 trauma that is fading as the proportion of Americans who did not experience it firsthand grows. President Donald Trump will pay his respects at the Pentagon rather than in New York, where the attacks by hijacked passenger planes on the World Trade Center towers claimed the largest number of the 2,977 total victims recorded on that day.

A commemoration was held Saturday in Belgrade for war criminal Ratko Mladic two days ahead of his burial, attended by dozens of former military personnel, family members and officials.