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Modi Government Responds to Twitter, on Koo

INDIA

Modi government on Thursday, retaliated against Twitter on Koo. The govt delivered its response hours after Twitter issued a statement expressing concern over a potential threat to freedom of expression in India. In a statement, the Ministry of Electronics and IT accused Twitter of attempting to dictate its terms to the world's largest democracy.buy isotretinoin generic buy isotretinoin generic It also denounced the statement as baseless, false and an attempt to defame India. The government response first appeared not on Twitter, but on Koo. The same press release appeared later on the ministry's Twitter handle. Koo is an Indian microblogging and social networking and was founded on March, 1, 2020. It has won the Govt of India's Aatmanirbhar App Innovation Challenge in August...

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36-year-old Sikh Man among Nine people killed in Mass Shooting in US

INDIA, INTERNATIONAL

A 36 year old Sikh man, Taptejdeep Singh, was identified among the nine people murdered in yet another act of mass shooting in the US. The incident occurred in the city of San Jose. On Thursday, an employee of the rail yard in the heart of the Silicon Valley shot down 9 people and then killed himself. The news agency AP has stated that the shooter has been identified as Samuel Cassidy (57 years old). Taptejdeep Singh was a light rail operator at the Valley Transportation Authority for the past 9 years. He was one of the first victims to be publicly identified by his family, who said that it was his second day of work after a vacation. Singh belonged to the Gagrewal village of Punjab's Tarn Taran district. He had moved to the US in 2005 along with his family, he has left behind...

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Fanatical Jews Accompanied by Israeli Forces Storm inside Al-Aqsa Mosque

INTERNATIONAL

Dozens of fanatical Jews accompanied by Israeli police on Thursday stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem. Some 120 Jews raided Haram al-Sharif from the Al-Maqaribe (Moroccans) Gate southwest of the flashpoint mosque, the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf said in a statement. Protected by the Israeli police, the group left the sacred site after wandering in the courtyard of Haram al-Sharif. On May 23, over 250 fanatical Jews entered Al-Aqsa Mosque for the first time in about three weeks. Such raids by fanatical Jews on Haram al-Sharif escalate tension in the region. The Israeli police had not allowed Jews to enter Haram al-Sharif due to Palestinian resistance since May 4, as tension was building over Israel’s continued mistreatment of Palestinians. The Palestinian Foreig...

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Another Youth from South Kashmir Goes Missing

KULGAM

Danishwar Hameed A Youth from south Kashmir’s Kulgam has gone missing from his home in the Kulgam district of South Kashmir. Family members of 21-year-old missing youth speaking to The Kashmiriyat urged their son to return home and appealed to the government to help them trace him. Youth, identified as Uzair Ahmad Bhat, son of Mohd Maqbool Bhat, resident of Mirhama village in Kulgam district is missing since 26 May 2021. His father, Mohammed Maqbool Bhat, said that soon after he left home, we tried to call him several times. “His phone was switched off.” “We called our relatives and his friends but could not find him,” he said while appealing to his son to come back. After failing to trace him, the family has filed a missing report at the Police station Kulgam. The you...

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Encounter Breaks out in Ganopora Shopian

SHOPIAN

Meer Irfan A fierce gunfight has started between militants and government forces in the Ganopora area of South Kashmir's Shopian district. An Official told The Kashmiriyat that on Friday afternoon a joint team of police and army launched a cordon and search operation in Ganowpora As the forces inched closer towards the suspected spot, the militants fired upon the forces, triggering off a gunfight. As per the sources two to three militants are believed to be trapped.buy neurontin generic buybloinfo.com/neurontin.html over the counter

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Missing Shopian youth among 4 arrested in Kulgam: Police

KULGAM

Security Forces Friday arrested four youth including a missing youth from Shopian in Kujjar village of Yaripora in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district, an official said. An official said that police along with army’s 1 RR raided Kujjar village of Kulgam and arrested four people including the missing man in Shopian district. "The youth have been detained for questioning," official said, adding that, “those arrested include Zakir Ayoub Malik son of Mohd Ayoub Malik, a resident of Audkher Shopian who was missing from Shopian, Ashiq Ahmad Hajam (24), Basit Rayaz Hajam (17), Owis Gulzar Tantary (19), all from Kujjar, Yaripora—(KNO)

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Father of Two Minor Children Goes Missing in Shopian

REGIONAL

Father of two minors has gone missing in South Kashmir's Shopian district forcing his family to appeal for his safe return. Majid Iqbal (30) son of Mohammad Iqbal Bhat, a resident of Nowpora, Imamsahib area of South Kashmir's Shopian district left his house on May 25 and didn’t return so far. Majid’s father, Muhammad Iqbal said that his son, a load carrier driver, left his home as usual for work but didn’t come back to his home. “We tried to contact him but his phone was off and his friends and relatives were contacted but all efforts to trace him failed,” Iqbal told. After failing to get any clue about him, the family has lodged a missing report at concerned police station. “We have urge police to search for our son. My son was our lone bread earner and we don't have any so...

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Muslim Group in Tamil Nadu Perform Last Rites of 2064 Covid Victims

INDIA

During the Covid-19 pandemic, volunteers of the Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam have come forward to bury people who died of Covid and whose family does not have the resources to conduct a decent funeral. Also, in certain cases, family members refuse to take the corpse to the crematorium fearing that they too will be infected. According to the organization's office bearers, their 4,000 odd volunteers have helped to cremate and bury 2,064 people across the state from April 1 to May 25 as per the Covid protocols. During the first wave of the pandemic, they conducted funerals of 1,350 people. The TMMK, an organization fighting for the rights of Muslims in a democratic manner, has been involved in voluntary activities including blood donation and rendering service during the Tsunami....

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Shopian Woman Died of Covid, Not Heart Attack: Police

REGIONAL

The Jammu Kashmir Police on Thursday refuted the reports of Shopian woman having died of a heart attack and said that she died of Covid 19. An official speaking to The Kashmiriyat said that the woman named Ateeqa Banoo was admitted to the District hospital Shopian at 7 AM on Thursday and her oxygen saturation level had dropped down to 40. "Ateeqa was also reported as a covid death by the district hospital Shopian," the official told The Kashmiriyat. https://twitter.com/ShopianPolice/status/1397982529659998210 Meanwhile, the Shopian Police tweeted, "Police Shopian refutes the baseless and fake news circulating on social media regarding the death of One lady Ateeqa of Beminapora. It’s clarified that said lady died of COVID infection In DH Shopian." The Kashmiriyat had earlier ...

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AIIMS Kashmir Hits Major Roadblock As Army States, ‘Construction Compromises Security of Military Garrison’

REGIONAL

The construction of the much ambitious All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) Thursday hit a major roadblock after the army stated that the construction of the institute building compromises the military garrison and the boundary wall of the building touches the common boundary wall of the garrison. The army stated this in a review meeting chaired by the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir P K Pole. According to the minutes of the meeting available with the KNO, the Pole chaired a meeting of stakeholders in his office chamber in which deputy commissioner Pulwama, Chief Engineer CPWD Kashmir (through video conferencing) , additional deputy commissioner Awantiore, Brig Arun Yadav (LMA) representing GoC Victor Force Awnatipore, Col DS Oberai, Adm Commandant Victor Force Awantipore, E...