Top 5 news at 1pm on October 3: Baramulla army camp attacked; SC sentences Yadav cousins in Nitish Katara case and other stories

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday convened a high level security meeting with Army, Air Force and Navy chiefs to discuss the security situation after the suicide attack on BSF and 46 Rashtriya Rifle camp in Baramulla district in Kashmir late on Sunday night. Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said on Monday that the National Security Advisors of both India and Pakistan have spoken over phone and are all set to reduce tensions on the Line of Control (LOC). Here are the top five stories of the hour:

1. Watch: Baramulla army camp attacked; Defence Minister meets with Army, Air Force and Navy Chiefs

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday convened a high level security meeting with Army Chief Dalbir Singh, Air Force Chief Arup Raha and Navy Chief Sunil Lanba to discuss the security situation after the suicide attack on BSF and 46 Rashtriya Rifle camp in Baramulla district in Kashmir late on Sunday night. 

2. Sartaj Aziz: India and Pakistan's National Security Advisors looking for peaceful solutions along LOC

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said on Monday that the National Security Advisors of both India and Pakistan have spoken over phone and are all set to reduce tensions on the Line of Control (LOC). The statement comes in the aftermath of India's successful surgical strikes which had heightened tensions amidst the nations.

3. Nitish Katara murder case: Supreme Court sentences Vikas and Vishal Yadav to 25 years in prison

Supreme Court sentenced Vikas Yadav and his cousin Vishal Yadav to 25 years in prison each on Monday regarding the sensational 2002 Nitish Katara murder case. Furthermore, their associate Sukhdev Pehalwan has been convicted to 20 years in prison. The 2002 Nitish Katara murder case had shook the nation due to the sheer brutality attached to it.

4. Pakistan violates ceasefire again in Kashmir’s Poonch district

Violating the ceasefire again, Pakistani troops on Monday opened fire on forward areas along the LoC in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir. This is the third ceasefire violation in the past 16 hours and the 8th ceasefire violation since surgical strikes. Pakistan had on Sunday resorted to firing and shelling along the LoC in forward areas in Pallanwala belt of Jammu district. 

5. Bring Back Sepoy Chandu Babulal Chavan Safe: Indian DGMO speaks to his Pak counterpart for soldier's safe return

Indian Director General Military Operations (DGMO), Ranbir Singh on Monday talked to his Pakistani counterpart again for the return of Sepoy Chandu Babulal Chavan, the soldier who had inadvertently crossed the Line of Control hours after Indian Army’s surgical attack in Pakistan occupied Kashmir on Thursday.