1. PM Modi, President Jinping to 'sit together' 5 times in next 20 days
After the successive failures of a series of talks at various levels to improve the situation across the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh, now all hopes for a resolution between India and China rest on the top leaders—Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping as they participate under different 'umbrella' platforms for as many as five times in the next 20 days, writes senior journalist Sanjib Kr Baruah.
2.15th Finance Commission submits report for 2021-26 to President
The Fifteenth Finance Commission (XVFC), led by Chairman NK Singh, submitted its report for the period 2021-22 to 2025-26 to the President of India, a government statement said here on Monday. Members of the Commission, Ajay Narayan Jha, Prof Anoop Singh, Dr Ashok Lahiri and Dr Ramesh Chand along with Secretary to the Commission, Arvind Mehta accompanied the Chairman to submit the report, titled "Finance Commission in Covid Times", to the President.
3. Ram Mandir Trust Chief hospitalised after health worsens
The president of Ram Janambhoomi Trust Mahant Nritya Gopal Das was admitted to Medanta hospital in Uttar Pradesh after he complained of chest pain and breathlessness. Das had tested positive for COVID-19 on August 7, two days after the ground-breaking ceremony of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. He had shared the dias with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other dignitaries during the Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan.
4.How long the sons of India will continue to become martyrs?:Captain Ashutosh Kumar's father
Three Indian Army soldiers and a Border Security Force (BSF) troopers were killed near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Sunday. The Army was trying to foil an infiltration bid in the Machil sector on Saturday night. The four were killed while neutralising three terrorists during the anti-terror operation from across the border in Jammu and Kashmir.
5.Bhopal: 4 children killed, 2 injured as mud mound caves in
Four children were killed and two others injured after a mound of mud caved-in at Barkhedi village under Sukhi Sevania police limits in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal district on Monday. According to sources, the incident took place this when seven children of the same village were digging out mud from ground near a canal.
