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Tipaimukh Dam Controversy India needn’t worry about aid to Pak: US MJ, Rowe not biological parents: Report |
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UN begins probe into Bhutto killing 54 overseas students died in Oz in 2008,
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Tipaimukh Dam Controversy Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni has delved into the Tipaimukh Dam controversy by suggesting that the government may take action against Indian High Commissioner Pinak Chakravarty for breaching diplomatic protocol. Moni’s comments came amid a heated debated surrounding the Tipaimukh hydro-electric project, with opposition parties and critics becoming increasingly hostile to the proposal. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s assurances of sending a team of Bangladeshi MPs to visit the site has not stemmed the wave of opposition attacks of the proposed dam. Chakravarty had recently termed Bangladeshi critics of the Tipaimukh Dam as “so-called experts” who belonged to a ‘particular group’ having ‘India-phobia’. Reacting to Chakravarty’s critics on Wednesday, Moni said, “Personally, I think Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty might not have acted within his limits.” She warned that the government might also take action against the High Commissioner. “A foreign diplomat has some limitation on what to say and what not…If he had violated diplomatic rules, then actions might be taken against him through proper channel,” she said. Moni’s comments are a turnaround on comments made last week suggesting both New Delhi and Dhaka would cooperate over the matter for a ‘win-win’ situation. She said India had assured Bangladesh that it would not take any steps to harm it. Several experts from Bangladesh warn that the proposed 1,500MW Tipaimukh hydro-electric project on the Barak river at junction of Manipur, Assam and Mizoram, could dry up the rivers Surma and Kushiara in northeastern Sylhet. Opposition groups in India, led by a collection of NGOs named committee against Tipaimukh Dam, claim the dam would submerge tribal land, affect cultivable land and displace thousands on the Indian side in Manipur.
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India needn’t worry about aid to Pak: US Washington, July 1 It has sought to allay apprehensions that Islamabad may use the aid to strengthen its military against India. “As you know, the new focus in terms of our relationship with Pakistan is to dramatically increase economic assistance to Pakistan to help that country overcome some of its economic challenges and to extend the writ of the government to other parts of Pakistan,” assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asia Robert Blake said. “And all of those things should be very much in India’s interest as well,” he said adding, “So I think, people of India should support and agree with what we are trying to do”. On concerns about the use of American aid by Pakistan to build up the military against India, Blake said Islamabad "is increasingly focused on dealing with the extremist problems in its own country”. Terming militancy-hit Pakistan and Afghanistan as “a strategic priority” for the US, he said it intends to consult India “very closely” on meeting its goals in the region. “As you say, Afghanistan and Pakistan is a strategic priority. But I do not want to imply that would come at the expense of India. India would continue to be also a strategic priority for the US. And I think that will come out very clearly during Secretary (of State Hillary) Clinton’s visit” to New Delhi this month, he said. — PTI
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MJ, Rowe not biological parents: Report Los Angeles, July 1 US celebrity website TMZ, which first broke the news of Jackson's death last week, has now come out claiming that Jackson was not a sperm donor of either of his three children. "MJ was not the biological father of any of his children. And Debbie Rowe is not the biological mother of the two kids she bore for Michael. All three children were conceived in vitro, outside the womb," the website claimed quoting multiple sources close to the pop star."Michael was not the sperm donor for any of his kids. Debbie's eggs were not used. She was merely the surrogate, and paid well for her services in the births of Michael Jr and Paris," the website claimed. In another sensational revelation, the 'Us' magazine has claimed that Jackson's Australian dermatologist and Rowe's boss, Arnold Klein is the biological father of Jackson's two eldest children — Prince Michael (12) and Paris Katherine (11). Meanwhile, Debbie Rowe's lawyer Marta Almli denied the paternity comment. He has slammed a British tabloid for allegedly fabricating the interview in which Debbie was quoted as saying that the pop icon was not the biological father she gave birth to. — PTI Public viewing in Neverland
Los Angeles: The legions of Michael Jackson fans who have collected in Los Angeles from around the world will get a chance to pay their final tributes to their idol during the public viewing of King of Pop's body that will be held at his fantasy themed abode, 'Neverland' ranch. Jackson's body will be taken to the ranch, north of Santa Barbara, California, on Thursday in preparation for viewing on Friday and a private memorial service will take place on Sunday, reported CNN. —
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UN begins probe into Bhutto killing
The panel has a six-month mandate and is led by the Chilean Ambassador to the United Nations, Heraldo Munoz. It includes an Indonesian ex-attorney general and an Irish former police official. Bhutto, the first woman to become Prime Minister of a Muslim country, was killed on December 27, 2007 in a gun and suicide attack after addressing an election rally in Rawalpindi, a garrison city near the capital Islamabad. —
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54 overseas students died in Oz in 2008,
says Daily
Melbourne, July 1 The report in 'The Age', which comes amid a series of racial attacks targeting Indian students in Australia, claimed the toll was higher than the federal government had admitted. State and territory coroners, under the National Coroners Information System (NCIS), have refused an application by the daily for data on deaths of overseas students, the paper said. Spokeswoman for Victorian Coroner Jennifer Coate said the information would not be made public because it was not exhaustive. "The nationality and occupation of someone who has died is not required to be automatically recorded," she said.— PTI
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US Cong to celebrate Gandhi’s birth anniversary
Washington, July 1 The resolution (No 603), introduced on June 26, acknowledges the visionary leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, which enhanced the rapidly deepening friendship between the US and India, the world’s oldest and largest democracy, respectively. Sponsored by Florida Congresswoman, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the resolution on Gandhi is co-sponsored by five others: Ed Royce, Jim McDermott, Joe Wilson, Gus Bilirakis and Don Manzullo. — PTI
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16 Indians feared dead as boat capsizes
Dubai, July 1 Five persons, including three Indians, have been rescued after the boat 'Damas Victory' sank about two nautical miles off Doha at around 6.30 am local time yesterday, officials of the Indian embassy in Qatar said over the phone. The vessel, belonged to Dubai-based Demas Marine and was hired by Qatar firm HBK Power Cleaning. —
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