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BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei: The Philippines said Sunday that an increasing Chinese military and paramilitary presence in the disputed South China Sea was a threat to regional peace. Philippine foreign affairs secretary Albert Del Rosario made the statement in a press release issued at a regional security forum attended by his counterparts from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and China. "Del Rosario today expressed serious concern over the increasing militarization of the South China Sea," the statement said. He said there was a "massive presence of Chinese military and paramilitary ships" at two groups of islets within the Philippines' exclusive economic zone called Scarborough Shoal and Second Thomas Shoal. Del Rosario described the Chinese military presence at these islets as "threats to efforts to maintain maritime peace and stability in the region". Del Rosario said the Chinese actions violated a pact made in 2002 in

NOIDA: The brief spell of rain might have brought some relief but it also evoked unpleasant memories of waterlogging and traffic jams. Residents, however, are preparing for the worst considering the Noida Authority's poor track record. The Authority's claims of desilting drains rang hollow when last week's showers led to choking of drains, which showed no signs of being cleaned. Officials explained that the pre-monsoon showers had exposed some gaps in their preparation and they were trying to plug them. "The drains in our locality are clogged with garbage. It's a yearly drill before the monsoon. Still, every time it rains, the drains start overflowing and the area is swamped," said Ravikant Singhania, who stays in Sector 12. There are a number of storm-water drains in Noida, most of which empty into the Yamuna while some flow into the Hindon. Two major drains-in Shahdara and Noida-empty out the city's drain water. Though the Authority claims the drains ha

INDIANAPOLIS: Olympic gold medallist Katie Ledecky claimed her third title Saturday at the US Swimming Championships with a dominant victory in the 1500m freestyle. On the final night of competition, the 16-year-old flirted with the world record through the first half of the women's 1500m free before finishing with a world-leading time of 15min 47.15 sec. Throughout the race, it was Ledecky against the clock. Chloe Sutton was the runner-up in 16:07.75. "I just wanted to do my own thing and see how fast I could go," Ledecky said of her approach to the event, which isn't raced by women at the Olympics. "I blanked out pretty badly on that swim. "I don't even remember what I was thinking about -- just keep going, get into a rhythm in my breathing, sort of let the sounds of the water and the crowd take over from there." The performance was the fourth-fastest all-time, a meet record and a personal best for the high school student from Bethesda, Maryland,

GURGAON: They continue to face the usual civic issues, yet the residents of the Belvedere Park Condominium in DLF-III remain hopeful. The condominium, which has 300 units, started way back in 2003, and the diverse background of its residents from all over the country gives it a cosmopolitan feel. "Though it's a pleasant residential complex, residents have to face problem with the arrival of monsoon. There is no exit point for rainwater coming from DLF-III areas, Nathupur and Cyber City. Since the level of the condominium is lower than the road, basements are always inundated after the rain. Residents had a harrowing time last monsoon," Indira Unninayar, president, Belvedere Park Condominium Association (BPCA), said. "The recent works for utility ducts have worsened the condition of the entry road to the condominium. A construction company dug out the entire stretch but left without finishing the roads properly," she added. "The culvert near the condominium

GURGAON: The massive expansion of sectors in Gurgaon is all set to impact the initiatives of the civic authorities to provide water for construction of housing projects. Last year, after the Punjab and Haryana High Court order, digging borewells in Gurgaon are banned and HUDA is now the nodal agency to provide treated water from STPs to builders. Hundreds of gallons of treated water are being supplied to builders for projects which are in different stages of constructions in Gurgaon. Residents and activists, however, claim that the option of supplying water from STP would become unfeasible to cater the new projects that are coming in Sectors beyond 58. "This is unfortunate that DTCP keeps issuing new licences to builders for new projects. There is complete lack of vision to understand about water needs for the massive construction that would come in future," said Raman Sharma, president, Progressive Gurgaon Forum. At present, HUDA is providing treated water from two Sewage T

MUMBAI: Indain Railway Catering and Tourism corporation (IRCTC) will set-up its biggest Railneer Plant in Ambernath near Mumbai. It will be able to produce around 2 lakh bottles of one litre capacity per day. Railneer is the brand name of the packaged drinking water (PDW) produced by IRCTC, the subsidiary of Indian Railways. Rail Neer is manufactured as per BIS standard IS: 14543. It is supplied in trains and at railway stations. Pradip Kundu, Joint General Manager, Public Relations, IRCTC said, "Presently there is no plant in Western India. Hence, Railneer is not available in the trains or at stations in this part of the country. To meet the demand of Railneer in western part of country the plant at Ambernath will play a big role." At present, IRCTC is able to generate 4.1 Lakhs bottles every day in its 3 plants in different parts of the country.The plant at Ambernath will be built at a cost of Rs 10 crore. The work on installation of machine will start in Oct 2013 and plan

VADODARA: Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) will take up work of sprucing up 14 ponds in the city. Most of these ponds are in a sorry state and need desperate attention with repeated attempt so far failing. The city has a string of ponds which have historically been seen as its unique feature. But apathy over the years has ensured that 13 such ponds have disappear from the face of the city even as others got polluted. The VMC administration has now identified 14 ponds that it will develop over a period of time. Officials said that the public-private partnership mode would be examined for the purpose. An executive engineer of the civic body has been given the responsibility of sprucing up the ponds. The ponds that have been selected for development include Harni pond, Bapod pond, Gorwa pond, Kamlanagar pond, Chhani pond, Siddhnath pond, Danteshwar pond, Motnath pond, the pond behind Sardar School, Gotri pond, Sama pond, Maghadev pond, Tarsali pond as well as Sursagar. VMC officials