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She came on my TO ARBEENA & ASIF request from Srinagar to Mumbai to attend the premier of Parinda in 1989 with a single suitcase. She could never return..... News Digest 3 Injured In Tosa ‘Prepare For War': Chinese Maidan Blast Srinagar: At least three people on Tuesday were injured when a shell exploded in the picturesque Tosa Maidan meadow of central President Directs Army Kashmir’s Budgam district. Press Trust of India preparedness, promptly and ef- “An accidental shell blast took fectively deal with all sorts of place in Tosa Maidan (old artil- NEW DELHI: Chinese President complex situations and reso- lery range) Khag area of Budgam. Xi Jinping on Tuesday ordered lutely safeguard national sov- 3 persons are reported to be the military to scale up the ereignty, security and develop- injured, who are being shifted to battle preparedness, visualising ment interests, state-run Xinhua hospital,” a police spokesperson Bukhari Led Advisory worst-case scenarios and asked news agency reported. said. He added that further de- tails will be shared accordingly. them to resolutely defend the His comments came in the According to the reports, the con- country's sovereignty. backdrop of the nearly 20-day Council Mooted For dition of one of the injured was Xi, 66 who is also the General standoff between India and Chi- life threatening. In past, the sce- Secretary of the ruling Commu- na at the Line of Actual Control nic Tosa Maidan meadowP-02 nist Party of China (CPC) and (LAC). Several areas along the J&K: Report head of the two-million-strong LAC in Ladakh and North Sikkim Sopore Youth military with prospects of life- have witnessed major military KO Monitoring Desk tion allows the President to ad- long tenure in power, made the build-up by both the Indian and minister UT through LG, but only Hangs Self remarks while attending a ple- Chinese armies recently, in a SRINAGAR- Newly formed Apni the Parliament has the power to Srinagar: A youth allegedly nary meeting of the delegation clear signal of escalating tension Party leader Syed Altaf Bukhari make law." committed suicide by hang- of the People's Liberation Army and hardening of respective po- Top Army Commanders is all set to be named as head of While as many as 10 to 12 mem- ing himself inside his house in (PLA) and People's Armed Police sitions by the two sides even two To Discuss Ladakh Situation an Advisory Council for J&K. bers will be part of the council, its Sopore town of Baramulla dis- Force during the current parlia- weeks after they were engaged Advisory Council, which will role may well be that of a Cabinet. trict, reports said Tuesday. The op commanders of the Indian Army will carry out an ment session being held here. in two separate face-offs. in-depth review of the tense standoff between Indian and act as a virtual Cabinet will be an- Many former politicians from PDP, 30-year-old Azad Ahmad of Mah- Xi ordered the military to The nearly 3,500-km-long LAC nounced soon, if reports emanating Congress and NC came on board rajpora, Sopore allegedly hanged TChinese troops in several areas of eastern Ladakh at a think about worst-case scenar- is the de-facto border between from New Delhi are to be believed. and new Apni Party came into be- himself inside his home during three-day conference beginning Wednesday. The commanders ios, scale up training and battle the two countries. Usman Majid, Vijay Bakaya, ing with the hope that statehood the intervening night of Monday will also deliberate on the overall situation in Jammu P-02 Sunil Sharma, Sunil Sethi and will be restored. This appears to and Tuesday. The youth was found hanging inside his room Chowdhary Zulfikar Ali being be part of a larger deal with the by his family members following ‘What’s Happening sworn in as early as late June, ac- Centre that once the advisory which they rushed him the Sub- Ladakh Face-off: PM Discusses cording to a report by IANS. council takes over the functioning District hospital Sopore where At Border’ Quoting former Secretary Gen- of the UT, at an appropriate time eral of the Lok Sabha, P.D.T. Acha- the UT will be granted statehood doctors declared him brought Situation With Top Military Brass ongress leader Rahul Gan- rya IANS report said: "The advi- once again, the report further dead. A police officer said that a dhi on Tuesday asked the case has been registered. NEW DELHI: In the midst of ern Ladakh, though officials Cgovernment to come clear sory council in an UT helps the claimed. “In fact, this is part of a escalating border tension be- maintained that the agenda on what is happening at the LG in the day-to-day administra- larger deal with the state''s politi- UBGL Grenades tween Indian and Chinese of the pre-scheduled meeting border with China in Ladakh tion. The real power is vested in cal class”, it added. Recovered During CASO troops in eastern Ladakh, was to discuss the ambitious and be more transparent. the LG. The head of the advisory Quoting sources report said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi military reforms and ways to council cannot get the power of Bukhari has been parked in Delhi Kupwara- Police and army on Amid a standoff between Indian Tuesday recovered two UBGL on Tuesday held a meeting boost India's combat prowess. and Chinese troops in Ladakh, the CM. The advisory council also and is likely to return to Srinagar to grenades during a cordon and with National Security Adviser The meeting came hours Gandhi refused to say anything cannot make laws. The Constitu- start consultations with PAGE 02 search operation here at Zun- Ajit Doval, Chief of Defence after the top four generals more till he understood the facts. reshi area of Kralpora, reports Staff General Bipin Rawat and briefed Defence Minister Ra- "I think, on the India-China said. They said that, upon re- the three service chiefs with a government sources said. jnath Singh about the situation issue, we would like to see QUOTING SOURCES REPORT SAID ceiving specific inputs, a joint focus on bolstering India's mili- The military brass is learnt in Pangong Tso lake, Galwan some more transparency on that Bukhari has been parked in Delhi and is likely cordon and search operation tary preparedness to deal with to have apprised Modi about Valley, Demchok and Daulat what is going on. It becomes to return to Srinagar to start consultations with very difficult for us to have a was launched by Army’s 14 external security challenges, the evolving situation in east- Beg Oldi where the PAGE 02 party colleagues on the form and shape of the SIKHLI and Special Opera- position without understand- tions Group (SOG) of Police at ing the facts," he told reporters new altered polity of the UT. ChaupanMohalla, Zunreshi. PEOPLE IN THE MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT SAID THE when asked about the issue at a During the operation, they virtual press conference. prime minister was briefed about the situation in Ladakh. There was no official "The government should make it said, two UBGL grenades were comment or details available about the meeting. recovered in the area. clear to the people of India, P-02 Panel Submits Report To End 3 'Stalkers' Arrested Seniority Dispute Of KAS Officers In Awantipora Srinagar: Police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested three 90-Year-Old Man Dies Of Covid-19, Toll Rises To 24 India, Pak Troops youth who were stalking and Observer News Service Exchange Fire harassing a minor girl in south Kashmir’s Awantipora. Along LoC Irfan Ahmad Najar, Tawseef SRINAGAR– A 90-year-old man, Ahmad Joo of Wuyan and Mu- who had tested positive for CO- Press Trust Of India VID-19, died at Sher-i-Kashmir dasir Ashraf of Chandhara were JAMMU: The troops of India and arrested by police on the basis Institute of Medical Sciences Pakistan on Tuesday exchanged of a complaint by the father of a (SKIMS) Soura Tuesday morning heavy gunfire along the Line minor girl alleging his daughter taking the coronavirus death toll was being harassed and stalked in Jammu and Kashmir to 24, of- of Control (LoC) in Jammu and by the trio since one month, a ficials said. Kashmir's Rajouri district. police spokesperson said. P-02 A resident of Khaloora in Kulgam Pakistan Army on Tuesday re- district of south Kashmir , the no- sorted to firing and shelling on Press Trust Of India tions of favouritism, illegal promo- Horse Sent To Home nagenarian was referred to SKIMS forward areas along the LoC in tions and backdoor appointments, Rajouri district, drawing befitting Quarantine In Rajouri Soura from GMC Anantnag yester- “The patient was then shifted JAMMU: A high-level official panel official sources said on Tuesday.