Sutlej News

The development comes amid the recent face-offs between the armies of the two countries at the eastern and northern borders of India.

The BSF jawans deputed near the BoP noticed a suspicious object floating in the river in the early hours on Sunday.

Last year, China stopped the exercise citing that the hydrological gathering sites were washed away due to floods. It also coincided with the 73-day Doklam stand-off that took place during the peak monsoon period.

Two teenaged girls today allegedly jumped into the Sutlej river while one girl was saved and the other remains untraceable in the district, police said.

India and Pakistan are expected to hold parleys on various aspects of the Indus Water Treaty in Islamabad later this month.

Pakistan on Thursday said it wanted to "amicably" resolve all outstanding issues with India, including those related to the Indus Waters Treaty.

During the debate, Pakistan's Ambassador to the UN Maleeha Lodhi had warned against the use of water as an instrument of coercion or war.

With New Delhi launching a diplomatic blitz against Islamabad following Sunday's cross-border terror attack on an Army base in Kashmir, there seems a possibility of India revisiting the Indus Waters Treaty that was signed with Pakistan in 1960.

All leaders and workers of the Shiromani Akali Dal will participate in the protest rallies at district headquarters on April 12, party president Sukhbir Badal said.

The unit Birla Textile Mills (BTM) located at Baddi in Himachal Pradesh, will be sold on a 'slump sale' basis subject to requisite approvals, the company said in a BSE filing.