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Thousands still under threat in Garhwal
The landslides around the Mandakini river in Rudraprayag have blocked off the collecting waters by forming a dam. One that may well collapse under the strain and unleash floods across Garhwal. Thousands of people had been evacuated from low-lying areas to safer camps. But some of these camps are themselves in danger now.

Army runs airlift sortie before bad weather shuts the sky out
Before bad weather prevented rescue operations in the UP landslide, the army on Saturday managed to airlift six injured men and six dead bodies from the ill-fated Malpa village in Pithoragarh district. Ironically, none of those airlifted so far are pilgrims, but belong to the rescue and relief squad.

SC order adds to Jaya's woes
PMK supremo S Ramadoss has become `unavailable' to her on phone, MDMK leader Vaiko is away in his constituency Sivakasi and Thamizhaga Rajiv Congress and one-time loyalist Vazhappadi K Ramamurthy has sworn by the Vajpayee government. This implies that the AIADMK alliance will continue to support it 'even though the infighting too will continue'.

TN people tired of Jaya-BJP squabbles
The indifference of public, as also of the party cadres, is there for all to see. As for the AIADMK allies, they prefer staying with the BJP if the ongoing tussle does not lead to fresh polls, where alone they prefer Jayalalitha.

Sonia says Congress is willing, but will not bring down Vajpayee government
Asked if the AIADMK chief set the same conditions as she had done in the case of the BJP-led government, the Congress president said the ''question does not arise''.

Swamy tells Mahajan to go ahead and sue Jaya for defamation
The Janata Party leader, who has openly demanded that the AIADMK front withdraw support to the BJP-led government, claimed that defamation cases have become the first refuge for the corrupt to harass public spirited leaders.

Huge morcha petitions President on Srikrishna report
In their memorandum to the President, the activists sought his intervention so that all those indicted in the report were prosecuted, further investigation of the cases was conducted by the Central Bureau of Investigation and the families of all riot victims were fully compensated.

Pak willing to sign CTBT, claims newspaper
Pakistan has agreed, in principle, to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and an announcement to this effect may be made in London when Pakistani Foreign Secretary Shamshad Ahmed meets US Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbot, the Nawai Waqt of Pakistan has reported.

Bangladesh declines to discuss Chetia case
While the government of India's request for the ULFA leader's deportation has not made much headway, the Bangladeshi authorities have apparently sought to give New Delhi a sop by freezing Anup Chetia's bank accounts in Sonali Bank. Indian intelligence agencies estimate that ULFA had over the years extorted over Rs 2 billion from Assamese businessmen.

Vehicles strike put off
The proposed nationwide strike of about three million commercial vehicles from Saturday midnight has been deferred indefinitely following "satisfactory" talks between the government and transporters in Delhi.

And now a Punjabi channel!
Punjabi World, the first satellite television channel catering exclusively to Punjabi viewers, will start beaming from November 1.

South Asians lose jobs as New York mayor mounts offensive on sex stores
"I worked 15 hours a day, mopping dirty floors but I did not mind doing it because at the end of the month, I was able to send about $ 400 home to my mother," says S Parminder, who is in his 30s and who lost his job at a coffee shop when the new owners wanted only white waiters and kitchen boys.

THE REDIFF INTERVIEW

'I have been a hippie all my life'
Protima Bedi is feared to be among the 202 people who perished in Tuesday's tragic landslide in Uttar Pradesh. Sandip Roy-Chowdhury spoke to the hell-raiser-turned-Odissi icon recently. A fascinating glimpse into the life and times of a truly astonishing woman.

THE REDIFF COLUMN

Atal ISN'T ill!
'Sources close to Vajpayee's family reveal that there is nothing wrong with his health. All tests have been done on him. There is no sign of cancer. And he is working more than 14 hours a day,' says Rajiv Shukla.

Nemesis catches up with Bezbourah
When bureaucrats court publicity, trouble ensues. In the past, we have had worthies like policewoman Kiran Bedi and middle-level IAS officer K J Alphons thumbing their nose at superiors and violating regulations. Now it is controversial IAS officer M K Bezbourah who has fallen to the media's seduction. Capital Buzz. Political gossip from the Delhi Durbar.




Bihar: Modi demands dismissal of CBI officers for leaking info on raids


AUGUST 22

BJP's patience runs out, Jaya on the way out of coalition
The prime minister is said to have held back the crucial expansion of his council of ministers this week in order to ensure a final decision on the AIADMK. Many in the coalition believe the Cabinet expansion will now take place after the AIADMK is ousted from the government.

Karunanidhi asks UF to decide on backing Vajpayee government
The Tamil Nadu chief minister wants the United Front to discuss and decide on supporting the BJP-led government if it was threatened. He said his party would take a decision itself if the UF failed to do so.

UF reels from Karunanidhi's KO
The CPI-M, considered the main proponent of the UF, is resigned to the fact that the DMK will pull from from the combine. "They have their political compulsions," said CPI-M general secretary Harkishan Singh Surjeet.

CBI mounts extensive raid on Rabri Devi, kin
CBI Joint Director U N Biswas, who has been camping in Patna for the last four days, was personally supervising the raids. The CBI had registered a fresh case of amassing wealth of more than Rs 35,00,000, which was disproportionate to his known source of income, against Laloo Prasad Yadav on Thursday.

Jaya lands Vajpayee another shiner
The AIADMK supremo said the Cauvery river valley authority, headed by Vajpayee, is a "very big fraud" perpetrated on the poor farmers of Tamil Nadu.

Thakre calls on cadre to nip in bud Opposition's 'disruptive tactics'
In his opening remarks to the three-day national executive of the party, which began in Jaipur on Friday, the BJP president said communal peace and order must be maintained at all costs to defeat the Opposition's nefarious design.

Pakistan says US missile landed on its soil, killing five
Government complains cautiously, demonstrators take to the streets.

Minority groups challenge Srikrishna report rejection in Supreme Court
Banded together under the banner of ''Action Committee for the Implementation of Srikrishna Commission Report'', the groups prayed to the apex court to quash the Maharashtra government's decision to reject the report as ''biased''.

SC orders Jaya's trial in land deal scam case
The Supreme Court directed the special judge, Madras to proceed with the trial of the former Tamil Nadu chief minister and her one-time close aide Sasikala Natrajan in the Rs 300 million land deal scam, popularly known as the Tamil Nadu Small Industries Corporation land deal case of 1992.

THE REDIFF COLUMN

Separate = Unequal
'We have spent far too much time disgracing those who say "saala, Muslim hai" and far too little understanding that what it really means is "he's not like me". We are outraged that some judge would perform rites to cleanse his chambers merely because some lower-caste person had occupied it previously, but in truth it is the perception that lower castes are unlike their upper-caste fellow citizens which permits such filthy expressions of faith or social organisation,' says Ashwin Mahesh.

THE REDIFF CHAT

'Yes there is pressure on India to sign the CTBT immediately and unconditionally'
'But we have stated categorically that we will negotiate with key interlocuters in order to arrive at a decision when to adhere to CTBT. This will take time and we will have to show our country the benefit which will accrue to India by adherence to CTBT.' Brajesh Mishra, the prime minister's political secretary, tells the Rediff Chat.

AUGUST 21

Mahajan dares Jaya to name him directly as bribe-taker
On Jayalalitha's charge that he had met officials of the newspaper group involved in FERA violations, the BJP MP said, ''I request that instead of beating around the bush, you should name me through a signed document so that I can take appropriate legal action.''

Vajpayee silent on Mamata demand
The Trinamul Congress chief said Jayalalitha should be ousted from the ruling coalition at the Centre.

Blocked Mandakini threatens UP with bigger calamity than Malpa
Wednesday's landslides have deposited huge chunks of land and boulders into the river to create a dam, which is now causing the water to spread into a nearly seven-km lake. Officials say that if it bursts, it could devour entire villages and affect life in places till Rishikesh.

Congress team meets Advani, seeks MDMA probe against Karunanidhi
The Congress said it was not satisfied with the government's decision to request the Tamil Nadu government to examine the reasons for, and comment on, the failure of intelligence and lack of vigil at the coast. The same state government, led by the same political party, which was responsible for the failure of intelligence and lack of vigil on the coast, is now being requested to examine its own failures and its own lack of vigil, the delegation said in a seven-page memorandum given to the Union home minister.

Congress to launch countrywide agitation on Srikrishna report
Senior party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad pointed out that the agitation was being launched to force the Maharashtra government to initiate action against those who had been adversely named in the report which probed the Bombay riots of 1992-93.

'Mighty tycoons trying to topple UP govt'
Their attempts, however, the chief minister was confident, would not succeed. His government would last its full term.

BJP executive meet will take serious view of Jaya's allegations
The three-day national executive meeting of the BJP begins at Jaipur on Friday.

Vajpayee takes to electioneering, holds out talks offer to Pakistan
The prime minister said the problem with Pakistan was that it wanted to hold talks on only one issue, which was not acceptable.

Kerala, TN fail to thrash out Mullapperiyar row
The bilateral talks between the two states have failed, creating another ticklish issue for the Vajpayee government.

US eases immigration laws
The Immigration and Naturalisation Service, which has been facing a barrage of criticism from lawyers and members of the congress, has announced measures to cut by half the time immigrants must wait to become US citizens.

Navy joins women's lib!
The Cabinet Committee on Security has approved the induction of women as short service commission officers into all branches of the Indian Navy. Till now, women were eligible only for supporting branches like education, logistics, law and air traffic control.

Govt bans sex calls
Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited has, in public interest, blocked access to a series of international numbers being used to provide sex calls, Communications Minister Sushma Swaraj announced today.

THE REDIFF INTERVIEW

'Sena-BJP will hand over Maharashtra to us on a platter'
'I meet hundreds of people every day, who come to see me not because they want anything from me or the Congress. They come to me because they want to offer themselves. Their time, their energy, their commitment to the party. That is how I know what will happen. That is why I am predicting a resounding victory for the Congress in the next elections.' Newly-appointed chief of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee, Prataprao Bhosle, on the change in tide for his party.

THE REDIFF SPECIAL

Nuclear deal on the cards
'While the US publicly rejected the idea of a deal, the fact that it agreed to talks with India suggest it was reconciled to some sort of bargain. The high level talks and the speed at which the meetings were held indicate that Washington understood that something beyond the normal course of diplomacy was required.' Kanti Bajpai on the Indo-US dialogue, which enters a fourth round next week.

THE REDIFF COLUMNS

Spitting at the moon
'If Jayalalitha wants to pick a fight, let her begin with the two renowned doctors of economics -- her current ally Subramanian Swamy and her once-and-future ally Manmohan Singh, not Javed Choudhary. In any case, what is the point of making silly accusations against the home minister and the PMO? It annoys all concerned without particularly helping Jayalalitha herself,' says T V R Shenoy.

Do you want more crying?
'Justice Srikrishna's report raises a number of questions for any of us who care about India. Do we truly want to be free of murderous riots? Do we truly want an India ruled by law? Do we really want no more corrupt, criminal leaders to rule us? If I answer "Yes", I will have to view Justice Srikrishna's report for what it is: an unusually thorough, fair examination,' says Dilip D'Souza.



Delhi: NGO chief attacked
Goa: BJP not to join ministry
Maharashtra: Writ plea filed against CM's son-in-law
Punjab: K P S Gill's conviction upheld

TODAY'S WEATHER

Heavy showers in Andamans again
Heavy rains are likely to occur at isolated places in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, west Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh during the next 48 hours.

AUGUST 20

UP totters under three more landslides
With 200 more ITBT personnel trekking to Malpa, authorities hope that a breakthrough will be made in rescue operations on Thursday. Meanwhile, reports from Rudraprayag say a landslide has claimed at least 25 lives there. And in Dehra Dun and Pauri, four and seven people respectively have been killed in similar incidents.

Jaya's aide writes back to the PM, suggests 'closing the entire matter'
With the reply, Jayalalitha has put the ball back in the BJP's court, full and proper. Earlier, she had expected the prime minister to sack the AIADMK's Minister of State for Personnel Kadambur R Janardanam, for going public on his grievances over non-consultation on the Bezbaruah transfer, and to use it as a legitimate ruse for withdrawing support to the Vajpayee government.

Pawar's moves rattle Sonia
Even as rebellion against the A B Vajpayee government picks up momentum from its rainbow partners, Sonia and Pawar are jostling for future power in the Congress.

BJP finds Jaya's manner "unfortunate and unbecoming"
The BJP described as ''most unfortunate and unbecoming'', an ally in the coalition government levelling ''unfounded charges'' against the Prime Minister's Office.

BJP front will need only three votes if Jaya ditches it and DMK steps in
If the six-member DMK group chose to support the government, its tally could swell to 267, five short of the simple majority of 272 in a 544-member Lok Sabha.

Thambidurai rules out cracks in AIADMK front
Asked about Pattali Makkal Katchi leader S Ramadoss's assertion that there was no question of withdrawal of support to the Vajpayee government, the Union law minister said the former and MDMK general secretary Vaiko had said they would abide by whatever decision Jayalalitha took in this regard.

Fernandes fears more Pak firing on LoC during NAM meet
The defence minister said past trends had shown that Pakistan increased firing at Indian positions on the border whenever an international summit or talks were on.

Abdul Kalam urges LCA scientists not to get disheartened
The scientific advisor to the defence minister advised the aeronautical scientists not to be frightened by the sanctions imposed by the United States and instead, strive hard to meet the deadline for inducting the multi-role Light Combat Aircraft into the air force.

BJP, Sena smoke the peace pipe
After the marathon meeting of the joint coordination committee of the alliance on Wednesday, Sena chief Bal Thackeray announced that all differences between the two alliance partners have been resolved amicably, with the acceptance of all the demands put forward by the BJP.

Goa CM to prove majority by September 9
Former chief minister Pratapsing Rane plans to move the Supreme Court against the order of the Goa bench of the Bombay high court, upholding his dismissal by the governor.

SC rules to let Ram Shri live
The first woman to be sentenced to death in independent India will not go to the gallows. Her punishment has been commuted to life imprisonment.

HC clears public screening of Swami Vivekananda
The court order said the producer and the director have agreed to display a clip in the beginning and at the end of the film stating that the story was a dramatised version of the life of Swami Vivekananda based on director G V Iyer's interpretation.

Indoor pollution is more lethal: study
The study revealed that for every death attributed to outdoor pollution, two fall victim indoors, with women and infants being the worst affected.

Victim accused of sending racist material to himself
A Sikh policeman who said he'd received racist hate mail through the Metropolitan Police internal post system was arrested after his superiors claimed he had sent the material himself

Recollections of a Kailash-Mansarovar yatri
"Given a chance, I would like to go for it again," says former prime minister I K Gujral's son Vishal, who had a narrow escape while returning from the pilgrimage barely a week ago.


What caused the landslide?
A cloudburst, high in the reaches of the Himalayas, may have been the cause of it all.


THE REDIFF SPECIAL

Nrityagram prays for Protima's return
The dance village is waiting in a pall of gloom for official confirmation of the news before offering tribute or even speaking of Protima Bedi as if she were no more. Surupa Sen, protege and fond student of the dancer, said in her thick voice, ''For gods' sake we don't know for sure, and I do not believe Gaurima is no more.''

THE REDIFF COLUMNS

Stop the bullies!
'From when did police officers get the right to pre-censor plays? Who are these culture cops? Who gave them the right to intervene in your and my rights as a free citizen of India? Today, it is theatre and music. Tomorrow, it will be books and magazines. Next they will put up net nannies to stop us visiting Internet sites where you and I want to go,' says Pritish Nandy.

Beware the Hindu Taliban!
'In the months ahead, there will be assaults against all citadels which resist the Hinduisation of the country, whether these are places of religious worship or the clergy and followers of a minority community or academic and cultural institutions, including museums,' feels Darryl D'Monte.



Maharashtra: Godse playwright files petition seeking formal ban order



The Englishman who started it all...
An old story, we are about to feed you, readers. About an Englishman called A O Hume. And his Indian National Congress.


TODAY'S WEATHER

Showers in Andamans, Nagaland
Heavy rains are likely to occur at isolated places in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, hills of west Uttar Pradesh, plains of Uttar Pradesh, coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema during the next 48 hours.

AUGUST 19

180 feared killed in UP landslide, Protima Bedi among dead
More than 180 persons, including 60 pilgrims to Kailash-Mansarovar, are feared killed in one of the worst landslides in Uttar Pradesh. The calamity occurred in Malpa village of Pithoragarh district, about 60 kilometres from Dharchula on the Indo-Tibet border, early Tuesday.

BJP boycotts Maharashtra cabinet meeting in protest against Sena's policies
Top leaders of the two warring sides are expected to meet on Wednesday in an effort at damage control. The latest incident, in fact, is just another in a long chain of simmering differences between the alliance partners.

Court order on Bezbaruah's transfer is fresh ammo for Jaya
The BJP leadership is now reconciled to the fact that Jayalalitha will withdraw support to the coalition government, and the issue has cast its shadow even on the BJP's national executive meeting which is slated to begin in Jaipur on Friday.

BJP hurls another challenge at Jaya
BJP sources, meanwhile, said the party had made up its mind not to give into threats by any of its allies and was ready to face any consequences. ''There is no point in running the government like this,'' the sources said, referring to some ''undue'' demands raised by its allies recently. "The maximum will be another election, we are prepared for it.''

TMC asks DMK not to treat it as bonded labour
Relations between the Tamil Maanila Congress and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in Tamil Nadu, never too warm to begin with, hit a new low.

Karunanidhi charges Jayalalitha with destabilising Vajpayee's government
Asked if he thought the BJP government should be brought down, the Tamil Nadu chief minister said any elected government should be allowed to complete its full term so that its performance could be evaluated. It was not correct to bring down governments within six months or one year of their assumption of office, since such attempts would undermine the democratic fabric of the country's polity.

Court stays Goa disqualifications
Petition of former chief minister Pratapsingh Rane challenging the authority of the governor to dismiss him also thrown out

Rajendra Singh isn't sick, won't be stepping down: RSS official
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's Vidarbha Sahasanghchalak Vinayakrao Phatak has described as a figment of imagination, reports that Sangh chief Rajendra Singh proposed to step down on grounds of ill-health.

Fight over Priyanka's house enters new phase
The Delhi high court has directed that the public interest litigation against the allotment of government accommodation to Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's daughter, be amended.

Kerala Muslims rise against Vande Mataram
On Saturday, India's 51st Independence anniversary, several schools in Kerala's northern districts defied the state government directive on reciting Vande Mataram. Many Muslim organisations in the region have issued a fatwa against the poem, which they believe bears a communal colour.

US, Pak to try talking matters over again
Pakistan and the United States will hold another round of talks in London later this month on wide-ranging issues, including the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and regional security.

Americans start leaving Pakistan
About 200 Americans have left Pakistan after their government deemed the country unsafe, but United States Ambassador Thomas Simons vowed they would return.

Persis Khambatta dead
The former Miss India died after a heart attack on Tuesday morning.

'She was always searching for love'
In an exclusive interview to Rediff On The NeT, one of Persis Khambatta's friends provides a memorable glimpse into the life and times of one of India's most beautiful women.

THE REDIFF COLUMN

Srikrishna travesty will cost the Sena-BJP dear
'The Sena has given ample demonstration of its reluctance to learn the ropes, none being as blatant as its disregard for the Bombay riots report. What it is doing now is to trash the system, even while drawing sustenance from the same system. This may preserve its present, but will not do much for its political future,' says Saisuresh Sivaswamy.


Jammu and Kashmir: Huge arms cache recovered in Kupwara
New Delhi: Yamuna crosses danger mark

TODAY'S WEATHER

Wet spell to continue in AP, Meghalaya
Heavy rains are likely to occur at isolated places in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, West Bengal and Sikkim during the next 48 hours.

AUGUST 18

SC clears Cauvery scheme
Ends seven-year old row over the implementation of the interim award of the water disputes tribunal

Karunanidhi is irked by Chidambaram's comments on Cauvery dispute
The Tamil Nadu chief minister said he would seek an explanation from the TMC for Chidambaram's remarks at Tirunelveli two days ago. Karunanidhi said at no point of time had the DMK pressurised its allies to stay with it or prevented them from quitting the alliance, clearly hinting that the TMC was welcome to walk out of the alliance.

Just how ill is the PM?
Muscle pull, says the PMO. Prostrate cancer, claim certain others. And insiders feel that Vajpayee may retire shortly, leaving the throne to Union Home Minister L K Advani. Rumours? Or..?

Vajpayee finalises hectic travel schedule for next fortnight
The prime minister has finalised a schedule for his visits to different states and four countries during the coming fortnight.

CPI-M will back Congress government from outside, says Yechuri
Asked whether it would accept Congress president Sonia Gandhi as prime minister, the politbureau member said it was too early to decide. Such issues would be taken up after the BJP government fell at the Centre.

TMC too will support Congress's bid to form government, says Chidambaram
The former finance minister, however, clarified that the TMC would never join or merge with the Congress. There was no confusion among its leaders about this, he said.

RLM leaders call for Vajpayee's resignation over Jaya's bribery charge
Demanding a joint parliamentary committee probe into the matter to nail the culprits, Rashtriya Loktantrik Morcha leaders said the prime minister should quit on moral grounds as the main ally of the ruling coalition had raised serious doubts about the fairness of the BJP-led government.

J&K separatist leader takes govt to NHRC
Describes the government's decision to refuse him permission to attend a Geneva meeting as ''undemocratic, unlawful, unwarranted and condemnable''.

Goan government's fate hangs in balance before Bombay high court
Goan Chief Minister Dr Wilfred de Souza's moment of truth will arrive tomorrow, August 18. Then, a Bombay high court bench would decide on a stay order which disqualified Dr de Souza and nine of his colleagues from voting in the Goan assembly, and the governor's order dismissing the Pratapsing Rane government on July 29.

Balasore missile range being upgraded
To meet the urgent needs of the Defence Research and Development Organisation, which reportedly wishes to develop airborne weapon systems to be delivered by the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft.

SC overrules attorney general on high court appointment case
Despite stiff opposition from Attorney General Soli J Sorabjee, the Supreme Court has referred to a three-judge bench four petitions and an intervention petition on the appointment of judges and chief justices to various high courts.

PIL filed in SC against Bezbaruah's transfer
Bezbaruah's repatriation to the Delhi government has been challenged on the ground that the order was made for extraneous considerations, particularly the prosecution of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalitha and her associates on whose support the present government is dependent.

Lanka may not press charges against maverick Indian ship's captain
The Lankan air force bombed and sank MV Princes Kash on Friday after it ignored orders to stay away form coastal areas where Tamil Tiger rebels are fighting government soldiers. Gunshots and missiles were fired from the ship. Investigators are satisfied that the captain is not involved with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and see no reason to pursue the matter, said a government official in Colombo.

LTTE's credo now finds takers among plantation Tamils in Lanka
The perceived feeling among the Tamil youth that they are trapped in the drudgery of the estates for life because of their ethnicity, and that only Sinhalese are given government jobs even in the plantation areas, could veer more and more of them towards violence.

Most US embassy staff to leave Pakistan
Other Americans also urged to leave after a suspect in the east African embassy bombings was caught in Pakistan and turned over to Kenyan authorities.

THE REDIFF COLUMNISTS

Dilli Chalo!
'To Indians in India, Dilli Chalo! means -- recognise that the only ingredient missing is leadership. And each one of you should take a personal pledge to work towards creating and sustaining a vision that will make leaders of you. For it is clear that in addition to the ills of endemic corruption and lawlessness, the very democracy Indians are supposed to be so proud of is deeply flawed,' says Rajeev Srinivasan.


Haryana: Power regulatory commission constituted
Jammu and Kashmir: New speaker elected
Madhya Pradesh: CAG finds irregularities in MPs's development schemes
Maharashtra: Train theatre celebrates fourth anniversary
Maharashtra: Navale crowns Joshi king of liars

TODAY'S WEATHER

AP, Meghalaya set for a good wash
Heavy rainfall is likely to occur at isolated places in Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, West Bengal, Sikkim, Bihar plains, West Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh during the next 48 hours.

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