DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2024, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 20 PAGES DOVALANDWANGTOMEET early for boundary talks JOURNALISM OF COURAGE `7.00 (`8 BIHAR & RAIPUR, `12 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 IMPORTANTTOHANDLE differences, disputes: Modi BOTHATKEYPHASEINOUR progress... world watching: Xi Modi-Xi handshake Peace on border our priority: Modi, Xi after first bilateral in 5 years SHUBHAJIT ROY NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 23 TAKING THE first step to revive bilateral ties frozen ever since Chinese incursions in eastern Ladakh over four-and-a-half years ago triggered a military standoff along the Line of Actual Control,PrimeMinisterNarendra Modi and President Xi Jinping held talks Wednesday and underlinedthat“maintainingpeace onbordershouldbeourpriority” and “mutual trust, mutual respect and mutual sensitivity should be the basis of our ties”. While both Modi and Xi emphasised the “importance of properly handling differences and disputes”, Xi also called for “more communication and cooperation” and said “people in our two countries and the CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 The first steps THE BORDER patrolling pact and the bilateral meeting between the leaders of the two countries are the first steps aimed at eventual disengagement and de-escalation. At the same time, the two sides hope to revive ties frozen since the start of the standoff. IN CONVERSATION Union Minister for Communications and Development of North Eastern Region Jyotiraditya Scindia in conversation with Vandita Mishra, National Opinion Editor, The Indian Express, and Rishi Raj, Executive Editor, The Financial Express, at the Express Adda in New Delhi on Wednesday. Renuka Puri PM Narendra Modi meets Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan on Wednesday. ANI We support dialogue & diplomacy, not war... no double standards on terror: PM SHUBHAJIT ROY NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 23 CALLING FOR “single-minded, firm support of all” to “counter terrorism and terror financing” andmakingclearthat“thereisno placefordoublestandardsonthis serious matter”, Prime Minister NarendraModitoldleadersofthe BRICS grouping Wednesday that India supports “dialogue and diplomacy, not war”. In his statement at the BRICS leaders’ summit in Kazan, Modi framed the challenges of the time: “Our meeting is taking place at a time when the world is facing several pressing challenges such as wars, economic uncertainty, climate change and terrorism. The world is talking about the North-South divide and the East-West divide. Preventing inflation, ensuring food security, energy security, health security, water security are matters of priority for all countries in the world. And in this era of technology, new challenges have emerged such as cyber deepfake, disinformation.” And, in that context, he said, “At such a time, there are high CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 BUSINESS AS USUAL BY UNNY CCTV FOOTAGE OF VALLEY ATTACK Militants had M4 carbine, AK-47; at camp for 7 mins MAHENDER SINGH MANRAL MANISH SAHU BAHRAICH, OCTOBER 23 NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 23 CCTVFOOTAGEoftheOctober20 terror attack on employees of a construction firm in Kashmir’s Ganderbal district shows two militants, carrying an AmericanmadeM4carbineassaultrifleand anAK-47,spendingaroundseven minutes at the workers’ camp CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Hit by violence, Bahraich village now on edge over bulldozer threat CCTV footage of one of the two militants at the site INTHEBahraichneighbourhood that witnessed communal violence on October 13, the threat of bulldozers looms large. Daysaftertheviolence,23residents of Maharajganj village received a demolition notice from the Uttar Pradesh Public Works Department (PWD), asking that CONTINUED ON PAGE 2