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Indian troops kill top rebel commander in Kashmir gun battle

The dead commander, Saifullah Mir, hood on the outskirts of the regional capi- clashes. According to officials, Mir joined was the chief of operations of the tal, Srinagar. He said a gun battle ensued in the rebels’ ranks in 2014 and took charge of region’s largest rebel group, Hizbul which the commander was killed and his the Hizbul Mujahideen as its top operations Mujahideen. suspected associate was captured. commander after Indian troops killed his A top rebel commander was killed by Indian “It is a major success for the security forces’ predecessor Riyaz Naikoo in May. government forces in Indian-administered fight against militancy in the region,” Kumar Both India and Pakistan claim Kashmir in Kashmir’s main city, authorities have said, said. There was no immediate confirmation full but administer separate portions of it, triggering anti-India protests in the dis- from the rebels about the killing. divided by a Line of Control, across which puted region. The dead commander, Saiful- Protests erupt a tenuous ceasefire has been in place since lah Mir, was the chief of operations of the Shortly after the gun battle, anti-India pro- 2003. region’s largest rebel group, Hizbul Mujahi- tests broke out in the neighbourhood. Rebels have been fighting against Indian rule deen, which for decades has spearheaded an Police fired tear gas and shotgun pellets to since 1989. Most Muslim Kashmiris support armed campaign against Indian rule. stop scores of stone-throwing young men the rebel goal that the territory be united eiKashmir Inspector-General of Police Vi- from marching in the area. ther under Pakistani rule or as an independ- call it a legitimate freedom struggle.jay Kumar said security forces launched an The protesters were chanting slogans includ- ent country. India says rebellion in Kashmir Tens of thousands of civilians, rebels and operation of Sunday, acting on intelligence ing “We want freedom” and “Go India, go is sponsored by its western neighbour. Paki- government forces have been killed in the about the presence of Mir in a neighbour- back”. No one was reported wounded in the stan denies the charge, and most Kashmiris conflict. Source: aljazeera.com

US elections 2020: Rashida Tlaib Joe Biden makes history with total votes and Ilhan Omar win re-election received, beating Barack Obama’s record

ers comfortably fended Continued from page 1off primary challenges in August to secure a second term for their Democratic seats. Tlaib and Omar have faced incessant attacks from President Donald Trump as well as criticism from officials in their own party over their outspoken stances against ballots the state received during the coronavirus pandemic. Despite requests from election officials, Republican-controlled state legislatures in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin refused to change their state laws to allow extended pre-processing of ballots before Election Day.. Source: usatoday.com Joe Biden makes history with total votes the Israeli government’s received, beating Barack Obama’s record. Biden eclipsed that mark at 1:30 p.m. ET treatment of Palestinians. With votes still being counted, former Vice Wednesday, according to The New York Muslim-American Congresswomen Rashi- Still, their comfortable re-election demon- President Joe Biden has broken the record Times, and he later later broke the 70-milda Tlaib and Ilhan Omar have won re-elec- strates their appeal to their constituents. In for most votes received by a presidential lion vote threshold. tion to the US House of Representatives, 2018, Tlaib and Omar won their primaries candidate and now has amassed more than President Donald Trump also has a chance with both lawmakers projected to secure an in a large pool of primary candidates. This 70 million.The record was held by Barack to break Obama’s previous record for the overwhelming majority of the votes in their year, they replicated that success when go- Obama, who in the 2008 election received popular vote. By 3:30 p.m. ET, Trump had respective districts in Michigan and Minne- ing against a sole challenger. 69,498,516 votes when he beat John McCain, more than 67.6 million votes. sota. After being elected as the first Muslim Source: middleeasteye.net the late Republican senator. Source: usatoday.com women to Congress in 2018, both lawmak-

Government of canada announces plan to support economic recovery through immigration We are hiring for Halal Butcher

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