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Joint efforts needed to tackle natural disasters: Official

New Delhi, June 30: There is a need to tackle natural disasters, which affect everyone, – poor or rich – in a collective manner, an official of India’s disaster management panel said Thursday.

22-year-old woman commits suicide

New Delhi, June 30: A 22-year-old maid, who had been pulled up over a theft four months ago, committed suicide Thursday by jumping from the sixth floor of a building here, police said Thursday.

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BJP undecided about attending Lokpal meet: Gadkari

New Delhi, June 30: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari has said that his party has yet to decide on attending the all-party meeting on the Lokpal called by the government Sunday.

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Uneasy calm in Bengal’s biggest paediatric hospital

Kolkata, June 30: An uneasy calm prevailed Thursday evening at the B.C.

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New home secretary lists Maoist violence as ‘big challenge’

New Delhi, June 30: New union Home Secretary Raj Kumar Singh, who took over Thursday, said the country was facing a ‘big challenge’ of Maoist insurgency which would be confronted with success.

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Win public support for fast: Digvijay to Anna

Guna (Madhya Pradesh), June 30: Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh Thursday said Gandhian Anna Hazare should first seek public support before going on hunger strike Aug 16.

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Pensioners block highway in Haryana

Panchkula (Haryana), June 30: Scores of elderly, handicapped people, widows and their families Thursday blocked the busy national highway number 22, connecting this Haryana town with Shimla, to protest delayed payment of their pensions, police said.

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Players will get used to DRS: Sourav

Hong Kong, June 30: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has welcomed the International Cricket Council’s decision to make the Decision Review System (DRS) compulsory in Tests and One-day Internationals.

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PM’s comments on corruption unsatisfactory: BJP

New Delhi, June 30: The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday termed as ‘unsatisfactory, highly elusive and also deeply deplorable’ Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s remarks on corruption during his meeting with newspaper editors.

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