PARIS: The French soccer federation pledged to file a complaint with FIFA over “racist and discriminatory remarks” by Argentina players in post-match chants about France’s team after their Copa America title win. Argentina beat Colombia 1-0 on Sunday at Miami Gardens, Florida. A video posted on Instagram by Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernandez, who plays for […]
NEW DELHI: India needs to increase its annual addition of EV-ready workers from 15,000 to 30,000 to achieve full localization of EV components by 2030, as per a study by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers. SIAM’s ‘EV Skill Gap Study’, which was released on Tuesday, stated direct job creation due to the advent of […]
Jammu: Four Army personnel, including a captain, were killed in a fierce gunfight with heavily armed militants in Doda district, the third major incident in Jammu region in three weeks. Captain Brijesh Thapa from Darjeeling, Naik Dokkari Rajesh from Andhra Pradesh, and Sepoys Bijendra and Ajay Kumar Singh from Rajasthan suffered fatal injuries in the […]
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said he is “deeply saddened” by the loss of lives and asserted that the security forces are committed to eliminating the scourge of terrorism in the region. Chief of Army Staff Gen Upendra Dwivedi also briefed Singh on the anti-terror operation in Doda district. Singh also expressed sympathy with […]
New Delhi: The opposition parties, meanwhile, attacked the Centre, with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi saying such horrific incidents one after the other are extremely worrying and the Army soldiers and their families are bearing the brunt of “BJP’s wrong policies”. Political parties in Jammu and Kashmir including two main regional parties — the National Conference […]
Leh/Jammu: General Officer Commanding of Leh-based Fire and Fury Corps Lt Gen Hitesh Bhalla on Tuesday reviewed the security situation along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Union territory of Ladakh, army said. Lt Gen Bhalla, who took over command of the strategically based XIV Corps on July 1, visited forward posts of ‘Forever […]
SRINAGAR: Three tourists died and a minor was injured when a vehicle in which they were travelling skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge on Zojia pass on the Srinagar-Ladakh highway on Tuesday. The accident took place at Panimatha near captain morh on the Zojila pass when a Sumo vehicle skidded off […]
NEW DELHI: The Central government has notified the appointments of Jammu & Kashmir High Court Chief Justice N Kotiswar Singh and Madras High Court Acting Chief Justice R Mahadevan as judges of the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court Collegium had on July 11 recommended the appointments of the two judges. The apex court will now […]
NEW DELHI: The government has convened an all-party meeting on July 21 ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament which will start next Monday, the Parliamentary Affairs Ministry said. The meeting, which will be held at 11 am on Sunday, has been called by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju, the ministry said in a statement. […]
BOLPUR (WB): Describing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as a man who has “significantly gained maturity” over the years, Nobel laureate economist Professor Amartya Sen felt the leader’s true test would be how he led the Opposition in Parliament during the current regime of Narendra Modi-led NDA government. The nonagenarian also opined that Rahul’s ‘Bharat Jodo […]