EC directive to voters

Monday, May 1, 2006, 23:06 [IST]

Chennai, May 1 (UNI) The Election Commission of India today said voters who have been issued Electronic Photo Identity Cards (EPIC) have to produce them before the authorities at the polling stations to exercise their franchise in the ensuing elections to the Tamil Nadu Assembly.

An official release here said those without EPIC could produce documents like passports, driving licences, service identity cards, passbooks with photographs, ration cards among others in original to cast their vote.

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5 AIDS cases detected in Mahoba

Monday, May 1, 2006,23:06 [IST]

Mahoba, Apr 30 (UNI) Five new AIDS cases have been detected in the Mahoba district of Uttar Pradesh. District health department sources said here today the five AIDS patients were afflicted with HIV-2 virus. They are also sufferring with tuberculosis, sources informed. The cases were discovered after their blood samples were tested yesterday. UNI XC-VS RR PM1706.....

Cong plea to Pondy women

Monday, May 1, 2006,23:07 [IST]

Pondicherry, May 1 (UNI) AICC General Secretary Mukul Wasnik today appealed to women in the union territory to strive for the victory of the Congress 'to march ahead on the developments achieved in the last five years.' Addressing an election meeting organised by the Mahila Congress here this evening, Mr Wasnik said AICC President Sonia Gandhi, who recently addressed an election meeting here, proved that politics was not a vehicle to achieve power but means.....

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Govt to facilitate medical centres across state: Tiwari

Monday, May 1, 2006,23:07 [IST]

Dehra Dun, Apr 30 (UNI) Uttaranchal Chief Minister N D Tiwari today said his goverment planned to provide medical centres across the state with comprehensive equipment, to facilitate maximum treatment at one place. For this purpose the government was taking help of foreign investors and specialists, he said while laying the foundation stone for Dr Swami Ram Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre at Haldwani. ''World Health Organisation has already been approached in this context,'' he.....

Enjoy ghee, forget cholesterol

Monday, May 1, 2006,23:07 [IST]

Karnal, Apr 30 (UNI) You may now be able to savour desi ghee with all its taste and fat without bothering about the much-feared cholesterol and the dreaded heart attack. The scientists at the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) here have succeeded in developing a process for the preparation of ghee wherein 80 to 85 per cent of its cholesterol content could be removed. In fact, during the laboratory scale experiments the NDRI researchers were.....

Cong rules out coalition in TN

Monday, May 1, 2006,23:07 [IST]

Madurai, May 1 (UNI) Ruling out the possibility of a coalition in the post-election scenario in Tamil Nadu, Union Minister and Congress leader E V K S Elangovan today expressed confidence that the DMK would form the next government in the state. Addressing newspersons here before commencing electioneering in the city, he claimed the churning taking place all over the state offered no space for a coalition experiment. Admitting it was a close call initially,.....