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Major rivers across the country touch danger level

      Shimla/Vadodara/Garhmukteshwar: As major rivers in Himachal Pradesh are flowing above the danger level, flood alert in some areas of the state like Rohru and Chamba is still continuing. Rivers including Pabbar, Sutlej, Ravi and Beas are overflowing and caused lot of damage in Chamba district. The area has been totally cut off due to landslides caused floodwaters. Many highways like Pathankot-Chamba, Chandigarh-Manali are closed because of damage being done by the flood. Other roads including Chamba-Jot and Tisa road in the state have been cut off. Meanwhile in Gujarat where the flood had claimed 132 lives so far, the flood waters is receding but for the people this is just the beginning of their troubles. Several top officials have over the past week reviewed the flood situation in the state.

Prime Minister likely to project India's green face at G-8 (Go To Top)
by Ashok Dixit

     New Delhi: When Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh heads for Gleaneagles, Scotland on Air India One today (11.30 a.m.) to attend the crucial sixth summit of the Group of Eight (G-8) developed nations as a special invitee, he might use his three-day stay in Britain to project India's "Green Face" and update the international community on New Delhi's recent moves to promote the use of bio-mass energy in various sectors. The Indian delegation is expected to arrive in London at about 4 p.m. (GMT) (8.30 p.m. IST), and after an overnight stay, will proceed to Gleneagles on the morning of July 7. On arrival, the Prime Minister is expected to go into talks with leaders of the G-5 grouping -- India- Brazil, Mexico, China and South Africa before taking part in the G-8 deliberations. The groundwork for this visit from July 6 to 8 has already been laid with Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran having already communicated to his counterparts in foreign governments to consider the possibility of having

      Briefing the media on Tuesday evening, Saran said that India's focus would primarily rest on the theme of global economy, climate change and sustainable development. He said that members of the G-5 -- India, Brazil, Mexico, China and South Africa -- would be meeting on the sidelines of the G-8 moot to come up with an action plan on both to energy and climate change issues. Emphasis, he added, would be put on projecting the viewpoints of developing countries to developed countries. Ellaborating, Saran said that as far the global economy issue was concerned , the G-5 would be insisting on giving due recognition to the importance of global growth of developing countries, and that developed nations should avoid protectionist measures. The resultant deliberations at Gleneagles hopefully would have a salutary effect on the WTO summit in Hong Kong in December, he added. Saran also placed emphasis on the need for developing countries to have larger supplies of energy and assured energy security. An effort would be made to reiterate that the responsibility for reducing greenhouse emissions rests with the developed countries, and that India was still of the view that this calamitious scenario would show no visual change for at least the next decade.

     The Indian delegation at the summit would seek collaborative research and development effort for new technologies i.e. partnerships between the developed and developing nations. On the sidelines, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to have several bilateral meetings, out of which the one with British Prime Minister Tony Blair has been confirmed, he said. Some G-8 countries (which includes the USA, Britain, Germany, Italy, France, Canada and Japan, Russia), and several other associate members like South Africa, Mexico and Brazil, claim that India has the potential to emerge as a world-leader in the bio-mass sector.

Another 'Mukhtaran Mai' ordeal in Pakistan  (Go To Top)

     Islamabad: Another `Mukhtaran Mai' ordeal was enacted in Pakistan last month when at least 11 people reportedly kidnapped a married woman and gang raped her in order to take revenge after her nephew eloped with a young girl. The accused reportedly gang raped the woman for her alleged role in the girl's elopement. According to The News, Fauzia Bibi (25), a resident of Chiniot, was raped, tortured and humiliated for three consecutive days last month before the case was reported to the police. The report said that on the fateful day last month, around 11 armed persons, including Anwar, Akbar, Ghulam Ali, Sajid and others, reached her house on horses, dragged her out of her bed and forcibly took her away. They also thrashed her uncle Nawaz when he resisted them. Thereafter, they took her to a deserted farmhouse on the bank of the river Chenab where she was gang- raped. Later, they left her at Ghulam Ali's house, and shut her there for two days. A police party recovered her from there, the paper said.

London to host 2012 Olympics (Go To Top)

     Singapore: London will host the 2012 Olympic Games. IOC (International Olympic Committee) president Jacques Rogge announced this a short while ago in Singapore after by as many as 111 member nations of the IOC finally decided the host country. It will be the first time the Olympics would be held in the UK since 1948. Earlier, the Committee had finalised Paris and London as two possible venues for the Games, even as Moscow, New York and Madrid were successively eliminated in the first three rounds of voting. The process of finalisation of the host country for the 2012 Olympics took nearly two years. Paris had been favourites throughout the campaign, but London's hopes were raised after an impressive presentation by Lord Coe, the bid chairman. Coe said: "This is just the most fantastic opportunity to do everything we ever dreamed of in British sport." The dramatic news delighted flag-waving supporters who had gathered in London's Trafalgar Square.

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