New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to witness the heart-thumping finale of the FIFA World Cup in Brazil, along with Chinese President XI Jinping, a soccer lover, on July 13.
Modi with President Xi, South African President Jacob Zuma, and Russian President Vladimir Putin would be attending the 2014 BRICS summit to be held from July 15 to 17 in the city of Fortaleza, in Brazil.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has reportedly invited the leaders of the Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa-bloc to also witness the final of the mega sporting event.
If Modi accepts the invite, which he is likely to, he would be joining the other leaders at the Estadio do Maracana in Rio de Janeiro on July 13.
President Rouseff had invited President Xi in mid May to witness the World Cup Brazil 2014 final on July 13. She had at the same time invited the leaders of the other BRICS nations to grace the FIFA final, before attending the BRICS summit, according to reports.
Shimla: At least 11 tourists were killed and 45 others injured when a private bus skidded off the road and rolled down a gorge in Himachal Pradesh’s Sirmaur district last evening, police said. A majority of the tourists were from Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh.
Officials said the toll could increase as some more passengers might be trapped in the bus wreckage.
The bus carried around 60 tourists and was on its way from Renuka to Paonta Sahib in the hill state.
It met with the accident near Madhara Ghat, some 15km from Renuka and 50 km from district headquarters Nahan, Assistant Superintendent of Police B S Thakur said. The cause of the accident is yet to be ascertained, he said.
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