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Monday, August 03, 2009 KUSHINAGAR: Hundreds of families have been affected as the rain swollen River Narayani breaches embankments in Uttar Pradesh’s Kushinagar district. Residents are apprehending that almost 50 villages in the region would be submerged in water if the embankments are completely broken.Further they noted that embankments have not been built properly and there are breaches in them as soon as the water level increases even a little.“Almost 50 villages would be flooded if the embankments are completely broken,” said Manoj Gupta, a resident. Meanwhile, the representatives in the panchayats alleged that when the state’s Chief Secretary had come for a survey of the flood-affected areas, he was not shown the actually affected areas since the officials feared that action might be taken against them.“The Chief Secretary was here but he was made to survey everything else but the areas where the problem actually lies. He was not taken there as that could have led him to take a...

Sunday, July 26, 2009 CARACAS: Honduras deposed president Manuel Zelaya has arrived at the border of the neighbouring country Nicaragua for return to the homeland, when hundreds of supporters of Manuel Zelaya gave him a rousing reception.Mr. Zelaya has vowed to keep up pressure on the interim government. Exiled Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has returned to the country's border with Nicaragua for the second day running, demanding to be allowed home.He says he will set up camp on the Nicaraguan side to keep up pressure on the interim Honduran government. Speaking into a megaphone, he demanded to be allowed to see his family, from whom he has been separated for a month. On Friday, he made a symbolic crossing into Honduras but withdrew minutes later after being confronted by troops. The US, which opposed Mr Zelaya's dismissal and expulsion last month, has described his current attempts to return home as "reckless". The interim Honduran President, Roberto Micheletti, d...

Thursday, July 23, 2009 SAN JOSE: The mediator in the Honduras crisis, Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, on Wednesday proposed a return of ousted President Manuel Zelaya to the Central American nation on Friday. "We ask Congress to return the situation of the executive power... to its state prior to June 28," Arias said. "That implies the return of Manuel Zelaya to the presidency until the end of the current period," he added, on presentation of a document calling for Zelaya's return on July 24.