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Quds Force Commander Qasem Solemani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandi...
( Iran )
Tehran:Major General Haaj Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the second-in-command of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), have been martyred in US airstrikes in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. The IRGC announced in a statement on Friday morning that Major General Soleimani and al-Muhandis were martyred in the attack carried out by US helicopters. The Iraqi pro-government group also confirmed the incident. “The...
Celebrate Birthday of Lady Zainab as International Chastity ...
( Iraq )
Baghdad: One of the prominent religious figure of Iraq Ayatollah Sheikh Mohammad Yaqoobi calls for International Chastity Day on the birthday of Lady Zainab (A.S). Wilayat Times says that Rasa News writes, in a speech in al-Rahman mosque in Iraq, Sheikh Heidar al-Azirjavi, one of Ayatollah Sheikh Mohammad Yaqoobi’s representatives said, “As you know, His Eminance has called for considering a day as the International Chastity Day and best time for this event is the birthday of Lady Zainab (A.S).” “In...
Vijay Kumar takes over as new IGP of Kashmir...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Jammu: Shri Vijay Kumar-IPS took the charge as new Inspector General of Police, Kashmir Zone. He took charge from Shri SP Pani-IPS. Shri Vijay Kumar is a 1997 Batch IPS officer and has served in J&K Police in various capacities in the past. He has served as SDPO Ganderbal, SP Ops Pulwama, SP Awantipora, SP Kulgam, SP Vigilance, DIG Traffic Kashmir, DIG South Kashmir range and IGP Armed Kashmir. He was earlier posted in CRPF during his central deputation as DIG New Delhi Range, IGP CoBRA and...
Taliban kill 17 Afghan soldiers in attack on Military base...
( Afghanistan )
Helmand: Seventeen Afghan soldiers were killed in a Taliban attack on a military base in the southern province of Helmand on Saturday, officials said. The Taliban dug a tunnel into the base in volatile Sangin district and then blew it up before their fighters could attack the compound, Nawab Zadran a spokesman for 215 Maiwand Army Corps in southern Afghanistan told here “There were 18 soldiers in the base at the time of the attack providing security for the people of Sangin. Four soldiers were...
Sheikh Abdullah’s birth anniversary, Martyrs’ Da...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Friday decided to drop ex-Chief Minister Sheikh Abdullah’s birth anniversary and Martyrs’ Day from the list of public holidays for 2020. Also, October 26 will be celebrated as Accession Day for the first time in Kashmir’s history. According to the list of holidays for 2020 issued by GL Sharma, the deputy secretary of the General Administration Department of Jammu and Kashmir, 27 public holidays will be observed throughout the union...
Netanyahu welcomes UAE FM support for Israel-Arab alliance...
( UAE )
Abu Dhabi:Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has immediately welcomed a tweet by the UAE minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation supporting an alliance between the Arab states and Tel Aviv regime. In a post on his official Twitter account on Saturday, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan tweeted a link to a story in The Spectator, a weekly British magazine, titled, “Islam’s reformation: an Arab-Israeli alliance is taking shape in the Middle East.” The article...
Muslims have 150 countries to live, Hindus have only one: Gu...
( India )
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Wednesday said that Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) must be implemented in letter and spirit across the country and said Muslims have 150 countries where they can go, but “for Hindus there is only one country – Bharat”. Wilayat Times reports that JKNS monitoring says, leading a rally in support of CAA at Ahmedabad’s Sabarmati Ashram, Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani said while Muslims have 150 countries where they can go to, “for Hindus there is...
Muslims don’t need to worry about citizenship law :PM ...
( India )
New Delhi: Narendera Modi, the Indian prime minister, has defended his government’s new citizenship law to try and counter the continuing countrywide protests against it, in which some 21 people have so far died in clashes with police. “We passed this bill to help the persecuted (non-Muslims),” Mr Modi declared at a rally in New Delhi on Sunday, where he accused the country’s opposition parties of spreading lies that it had been enacted to snatch away people’s nationality rights. In...
OIC concerned over issues of Indian Muslims...
( Turkey )
Ankara:The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Sunday expressed concerns on the controversial citizenship law affecting the Muslim minority in India. “It expresses its concern over the recent developments pertaining to both the issue of citizenship rights and the Babri Masjid [Mosque] case. It reiterates its call to ensure the safety of the Muslim minority and the protection of Islamic holy places in India,” the OIC said in a written statement. India’s Supreme Court in...
Iran’s ties with India “ancient, historic, unbre...
( Iran )
Tehran:Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called Iran’s ties with India as ancient, historic and unbreakable. Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in his latest tweet on Sunday wrote that it was a pleasure to co-chair the 19th Joint Commission Meeting with his Indian counterpart. Elsewhere he called Iran’s ties with India” as ancient, historic and unbreakable. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held a meeting with his Indian...