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Panel for review of ConstitutionNEW DELHI: Home Minister L K Advani has said that a commission to review the Constitution is likely to be...

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Panel for review of Constitution
NEW DELHI:
Home Minister L K Advani has said that a commission to review the Constitution is likely to be set up next month, for which the basics are ready. 8220;The Government is at the moment actively considering setting up a commission to have a second look at the Constitution. I think it may not be long. In fact, it would be soon, may be in September itself,8221; he said, in an interview to a private television channel. The minister said the proposed commission would not be barred from including any subject except the basic structure of the Constitution.

Litterateurs dead
NEW DELHI/AGRA:
The world of Hindi literature suffered two major jolts on Sunday with the deaths of Dr Ratanlal Sharma and Dwarika Prasad Maheshwari 8212; both known for their contribution to juveniles8217; literature.

Dr Sharma, 65, succumbed to a heart attack early on Sunday morning and is survived by a son and a daughter. Sharma promoted children8217;s literature with zeal, writing stories, poetry and plays besides critical analyses. He had over two dozen books to his credit and was associated in an honorary capacity with Delhi University where he guided research students. He was presented the Lifetime Contribution Award for Hindi literature in 1996 by then prime minister H D Deve Gowda. Maheshwari, fondly known as children8217;s Gandhi8217;, died of brain haemorrhage in Agra on Sunday evening. He was 82. Recipient of the Bal Sahitya Bharti award, Maheshwari also authored five books for neo-literates. He was honoured with a Tamrapatra by Morarji Desai in 1977.

Malpa relief effort
LUCKNOW:
Rescuers on Sunday extricated one more body from the debris in landslide-hit Malpa village in Pithoragarh district of Uttar Pradesh, taking the number of bodies recovered so far to 42. An Army spokesman at the Central command here said the bodies were highly decomposed and pulling them out was becoming increasingly difficult.

Meanwhile, all 49 pilgrims belonging to 11th batch of the Kailash-Mansarovar yatra were air-lifted from Gunji and brought to Pithoragarh on Saturday.

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