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Oct172020 by News DeskNo Comments

Biden Targets Michigan as Early Voting Surges, Trump Tries to Shore Up Florida

INTERNATIONAL

U.S. President Donald Trump sought to boost his standing in the battleground state of Florida on Friday by reaching out to seniors, while rival Joe Biden blasted Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic on a tour of the swing state of Michigan. The two men are focusing their campaigns on the closely-fought states that are expected to determine the winner of the Nov. 3 election. After spending the day in Florida, Trump held a rally in Georgia, traditionally a Republican stronghold. Early voting is shattering records, with more than 23 million Americans having already cast ballots. Trump, a Republican, lags in opinion polls and the latest figures from his campaign show he is also behind in fundraising as the race intensifies with 18 days to go before Election Day. Trump and the...

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2nd Largest City of Azerbaijan Hit with Missile attack, 12 people Killed, 40 Wounded

INTERNATIONAL

On Saturday, 12 civilians (including children) were killed and more than 40 were wounded in the city of Ganja due to shelling by Armenia. The Azeri Prosecutor General's office said that two shells hit apartment buildings in the country's second largest city. There has been no official reaction from Armenia as yet. All negotiations are off as Azerbaijan did not negotiate with Armenia.

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‘Congress is Solely Devoted to the cause of Hindus and detrimental to Muslims’- The Legacy Called Sir Syed Ahmed Khan

WRITE-UPS

Aligarians (students of Aligarh Muslim University) world-wide on 17th of October every year observe the Sir-Syed Day, hundreds of Kashmiri students in their respective districts also gather to observe the day. Allama Iqbal believed that, “The real greatness of the man (Sir Syed) consists in the fact that he was the first Indian Muslim who felt the need of a fresh orientation of Islam and worked for it.” While in the words of Jawaharlal Nehru, “Sir Saiyad was an ardent reformer and he wanted to reconcile modern scientific thought with religion by rationalistic interpretations and not by attacking basic belief. He was anxious to push new education. He was in no way communally separatist. Repeatedly he emphasized that religious differences should have no political and national significance”...

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BJP Gathers Against ‘People’s Alliance’ in Jammu

REGIONAL

Reacting to the alliance made by National Conference (NC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Jammu Kashmir, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) held a meeting of its senior leaders and heads of various social and religious organizations at BJP headquarter, in Trikuta nagar Jammu Along with BJP leader's some Prominent organizations also took part in the meeting and their representatives were All J&K Rajput Sabha Th. Narain Singh, All J&K Brahmin Pratinidhi Sabha Shakti Dutt Sharma, All J&K Mahasha Sadar Sabha Dr. M L Rao, All J&K Shree Guru Ravidass Sabha K K Digra, All J&K Sant Kabir Dass Sabha , Faqir Chand Bhagat, All J&K OBC Sabha, Brahmjot Satti, J&K Batwal Sabha, Azaib Singh, West Pakistani Refugees, Labha Ram Gandhi, ST Sabha, Haroon Choudhary and var...

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Patient Accuses Doctor of ‘Slapping, Maltreatment’ for Asking to Check his X-Rays

REGIONAL

Sajad Hameed A patient's attendant Muneer Ahmed Khan, a resident of Batpora area in Kunzer, Baramulla on Saturday morning levelled serious allegations against a doctor posted at Primary Health care Centre in Kunzer Baramulla. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat, Muneer Ahmed said that his cousin, Ashiq Khwaja met a minor road accident early on Saturday morning, after which his cousin rushed him to the hospital. "I got him x-rayed, and sought the help of the available doctor to check the x-ray, however. the available doctor was talking over the phone inside his car," Muneer said. He alleged that upon calling the doctor many a times, he perhaps got irritated and slapped Muneer and also abused him. "I do not know the exact reasons for me being slapped by the doctors," Muneer told The Kash...

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Pulwama Boy Shines in NEET, Secures Over 96 Percent Points

PULWAMA, REGIONAL

A teenager from South Kashmir’s Pulwama district his parents and entire Kashmir proud by securing over 96 percent points, in the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) exams. A resident of Narwah Village of Ratnipora, Pulwama, Khan Basit Bilal (18) S/O Bilal Ahmad Khan, has secured 695 points out of 720. Khan Basit gave credits of success to Allah and his parents besides teachers while adding that any dream can come true if one works hard, while speaking to news agency - Kashmir News Observer (KNO). “I was expecting that I will qualify NEET. However, I never thought I will qualify it with such a percentage. Entire credit goes to teachers of Mission E Coaching Centre who showed me the right track as to how NEET can be cracked,” Basit said. He added that he studied from da...

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1 Militant Killed in Ongoing Gunfight in Anantnag

ISLAMABAD

Waris shah One Militant has been killed in the ongoing encounter broke out between militants and Government forces in Larnoo area of Kokernag belt in South Kashmir’s Islamabad (Anantnag) district. Earlier, An official told The Kashmiriyat that a joint team of Indian Army’s 19 RR, CRPF and Jammu Kashmir Police on Saturday morning launched a cordon and search operation on a tip-off about the movement of militants in this Anantnag area. He said that as the joint teams of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired, which was retaliated, triggering an encounter. During the exchange of gunfire, one Militant has been killed, who is yet to be identified. The Government Forces are still conducting searches at the site of the encounter, Sources told ...

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Inhabitants, Not Tourists Will Survive in Kashmir- Sajad Lone

REGIONAL

The Chairman of Jammu Kashmir People’s Conference Sajad Lone on Friday credited the BJP for uniting all J&K parties in an unprecedented alliance to demand the restoration of the former state’s special status. He said as “inhabitants and not tourists” they will outlast the central government, reported NDTV. The decision to scrap Jammu Kashmir’s constitutional autonomy by the Centre was “short-sighted and borne out of hatred”, NDTV quoted Lone as saying, a day after the regional outfits came together to fight unitedly for the restoration of the Article 370 of the Constitution. Lone said he “felt like a stranger” after being released from year-long detention and seeing “outsiders” had taken over the reins of Jammu Kashmir. Lone, a former minister in the erstwhile BJP-PDP governm...

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Governments Will Change, But We Will Not Give up on Restoration of Article 370, Says Omar Abdullah

REGIONAL

Former Chief Minister and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah in his first interview to India Today TV has made it clear that “no government lasts ever,” and that “we will not give up” on restoration of special status for JK. The declaration came in two parts; the first emerged a day before the Centre revoked the special status of J&K on August 4, 2019, reaffirming J&K identity. The second came on August 22, this year, after the Abdullahs were released from detention. Six political parties signed the Gupkar II Declaration to renew their resolve to adhere to the 2019 declaration that was signed. It demands for the restoration of Articles 370 and 35-A. The six political parties are the National Conference, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Indian National Cong...

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Locals Rescue CRPF Personnel Injured During Road Accident in Kashmir’s Bandipora

CULTURE

In yet another amazing display of humanity, locals from Nusoo area of Bandipora in North Kashmir rescued dozens of CRPF men who met an accident in the area on Friday morning. Eyewitnesses told The Kashmiriyat that a gypsy of 3 Bn of CRPF met an accident in the wee hours of Friday morning resulting in death of one CRPF man and injuries to three others. As soon as the news of the accident spread in the area, locals from nearby areas in huge numbers reached the spot of the accident and rescued the CRPF troopers from the spot of the accident. Locals also helped the CRPF personnel to reach the hospital and many provided water and first-aid to the injured personnel. This is not the first incident of its type. In the past too, locals from various localities of Kashmir have helped t...