A soldier is taken to Billawar well being centre after being injured after terrorists attacked a military convoy at Billawar in Kathua on July 8, 2024. | Photograph Credit score: ANI
5 troopers killed, 5 injured as militants assault military convoy in Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir
5 military troopers have been killed and 5 others injured in an ambush by militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Monday. Following the assault, the military engaged the attackers in a gunfight that’s nonetheless ongoing.
Preliminary experiences steered that a military patrol, comprising gentle and heavy automobiles, got here beneath assault from two instructions when the convoy reached Jenda Nallah in Badnota village, which is 124 km from Kathua city. The incident came about round 3.30 pm. The patrol automobiles have been from the Military’s 9 Corps (Rising Star Corps).
Modi says he’ll help peace within the area earlier than talks with Putin
The message Prime Minister Narendra Modi is anticipated to ship is that the answer to the Russia-Ukraine battle is not going to be discovered “on the battlefield,” even when he and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet on July 9 for structured talks and the twenty second annual bilateral summit. The 2 leaders met on Monday night for a private dinner hosted by Putin at his dacha within the Moscow suburb of Novo-Ogaryovo to set the tone for the go to, hugged and talked about Modi’s return to energy for a 3rd time period. At Tuesday’s formal talks, financial points and the query of discharge of Indians “duped” into becoming a member of the Russian military on the Ukrainian battle entrance shall be excessive on India’s want listing.
Marketing campaign ends for partial elections to the Meeting in 13 seats
Campaigning ended on July 8 for the Meeting by-elections to be held on July 10 in 13 constituencies throughout seven states – Bihar, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh.
The by-elections shall be keenly watched, particularly in Himachal Pradesh, the place elections shall be held within the three seats of Dehra, Hamirpur and Nalagarh, vacated by unbiased MPs who joined the BJP. Although the Congress has breached the bulk mark of 35 seats within the Meeting by profitable 4 of the six seats within the by-elections held concurrently with the latest Lok Sabha elections, the BJP is hoping to make a windfall in these three.
Schooling Division requests Supreme Courtroom to not grant bail to Hemant Soren
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) appealed to the Supreme Courtroom on Monday (July 8) in opposition to the state Excessive Courtroom’s grant of bail to Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren in a cash laundering case linked to a land rip-off.
Mahua Moitra alleges BJP minister’s ‘meat passes’ for ‘smugglers’; permits a routine affair, says BSF
After Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra alleged that Union Minister Shantanu Thakur issued passes to “smugglers” alongside the Bangladesh border to move “beef”, Border Safety Pressure (BSF) officers mentioned public representatives have been authorised to approve such passes for native residents and that consumption of beef was not unlawful in West Bengal.
As Mumbai faces deluge, Maharashtra Chief Minister assures precedence aid to residents
On behalf of the Indian Meteorological Division (Bombay), a crimson alert has been issued for the Mumbai metropolis. Conserving in view the protection of scholars, Commissioner and Municipal Administrator Bhushan Gagrani has introduced a vacation for all main, secondary and better secondary faculties and faculties within the Mumbai metropolis on July 9.
Main Russian missile assault in Ukraine kills at the least 20 folks and hits a youngsters’s hospital
A significant Russian missile assault in Ukraine killed at the least 20 folks and wounded greater than 50 on Monday, officers mentioned, with one missile hitting a big youngsters’s hospital within the capital kyiv, the place emergency crews have been looking for victims within the rubble.
Deepender Hooda: BJP and Congress to type authorities with overwhelming majority in Haryana
Haryana Meeting elections are due in three months. The Congress is on a roll with the Lok Sabha election outcomes, the place after a niche of ten years, the get together received 5 out of ten seats. Deepender Hooda, Lok Sabha member and chief of the get together in Haryana, speaks to The Hindu on the teachings of the Lok Sabha elections and expectations from the Meeting elections.
The Centre is making ready to change the standards for granting classical language standing
Amid a clamour for classical standing for a lot of languages, the central authorities has determined to fine-tune the standards for granting this particular tag. The Professional Committee on Linguistics of the Union Ministry of Tradition submitted a report on October 10 final yr, suggesting some tweaks and adjustments within the standards for granting classical standing to any language, sources within the ministry informed The Hindu.
Chopra flogging survivor recordsdata criticism in opposition to CPI(M) and BJP leaders for sharing video
The survivor of the Chopra flogging incident in West Bengal has lodged a police criticism in opposition to CPI(M) state secretary Mohammed Salim and BJP chief Amit Malviya for sharing movies of the incident on social media. The video of the flogging incident went viral on June 30 and was shared by many, together with Salim and Malviya.
Mentor Yuvraj was very completely satisfied once I went out to catch geese, he have to be proud now: Abhishek Sharma
India opener Abhishek Sharma has revealed that his mentor Yuvraj Singh was delighted when he walked out for a duck on his T20I debut in opposition to Zimbabwe right here as the previous fearless all-rounder, for causes recognized solely to himself, felt it was a “good begin”.