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Govt to set up tsunami warning system
New Delhi, January 9
The all-party meeting convened by the government today agreed on a slew of measures for effectively tackling the challenge posed by calamities like tsunami, including the setting up of a national disaster management authority and installing an early warning system for taking precautionary measures.
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J&K, HP youth come forward as volunteers
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In video (28k, 56k) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with Congress President Sonia Gandhi and BJP leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee during an all-party meeting on tsunami at Prime Minister’s residence in New Delhi on Sunday. — PTI photo

Laloo meets Arjun, war of nerves on
New Delhi, January 9
RJD supremo Laloo Prasad Yadav today climbed down from his threatening stand over the Congress-JMM “unilateral” seat-sharing agreement for Jharkhand Assembly polls and declared, after his meeting with senior Congress leader Arjun Singh, that talks on seat sharing for Bihar would continue till a settlement was reached.
From left: RJD chief Laloo Prasad Yadav and Congress leaders M.L. Fotedar and Arjun Singh come out after a meeting in New Delhi on Sunday. — PTI photo

BJP releases lists for Haryana, Jharkand
Ex-CM Marandi not fielded
New Delhi, January 9
Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party today announced its list of candidates for Haryana and Jharkhand Assembly elections, talks on seat-sharing arrangement with Janata Dal (U) for Bihar remained inconclusive as the BJP failed to declare its first list for the “troubled” state.

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AIADMK legislator shot dead
Tiruvallur, January 9
AIADMK MLA and former Tamil Nadu Backward Classes Minister K. Sudarsanam was shot dead early today.

Curfew in Sriganganagar
Violence follows murder of trader
Sriganganagar, January 9
Following clashes between protesting residents and the police over the murder of a local trader, the district police clamped curfew in parts of the town this afternoon.

Drug units in region face closure
Chandigarh, January 9
The Union Government’s endeavour to bring down drug prices is sounding the death-knell of pharmaceutical units in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh.

Kalam for NRI-funded research Mumbai, January 9 President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam today exhorted overseas Indians to pool in their intellectual and financial resources to help fund research to mitigate the effects of natural calamities like earthquakes. Kalam presents awards to NRIs Amarinder woos NRIs of Punjabi origin Editorial: Ai Mere Watan! Business page: Malaysian NRIs eager to invest in power sector President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam acknowledges the warm response of the NRI community after his closing address at the Third Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2005 in Mumbai on Sunday. — PTI photo