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Breach in Tibet lake: China
Shimla, August 12
The panic-stricken residents of 56 villages along the banks of the Sutlej were in for yet another tense night with the Chinese authorities informing the Government of India that a breach had started appearing in the Parchu lake blockade in Tibet and that it could give way any time.
Army personnel take position near Narkanda on the Rampur road in Himachal Pradesh on Thursday in view of the red alert following the bursting of the Parchu lake in Tibet. Army personnel take position near Narkanda on the Rampur road in Himachal Pradesh on Thursday in view of the red alert following the bursting of the Parchu lake in Tibet. — Photo by Anil Dayal

 

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Reports of blasts trigger panic
Rampur, August 12
Palpable panic and fear among the people residing in areas along the Sutlej was all too visible as the feared flash floods in the state could be hours away as China reportedly triggered a controlled blast at the natural dam over the Parchu river this afternoon.
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China urged to give data on lake
New Delhi, August 12
With reports of a "five-metre breach" in the lake in Tibet on the Parchu tributary of Sutlej and its water level returning to "normal," the Centre's core group monitoring the threat of floods has decided to send a team of the Central Water Commission officials to the tributary's entry-point at LAC to measure the flow of water.

India asks Pak to open Wagah-Attari border for trade
New Delhi, August 12
India today made 35-odd path-breaking proposals to Pakistan for boosting bilateral commercial and economic cooperation but the attitude of Islamabad was clear from the fact that it neither responded positively nor did it make a single proposal from its side.

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The Manipur Government today withdrew the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act from seven Assembly constituencies in Imphal areas in spite of the Centre not favouring it, Chief Minister O. Ibobi Singh announced here.

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The last-ditch efforts by Kolkata’s condemned prisoner Dhananjoy Chatterjee to escape the gallows for the rape and murder of a teenaged schoolgirl 14 year ago, was dashed today with the Supreme Court refusing to interfere with the Presidential order dismissing his mercy petition.
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