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Western Australian PM reveals an 'India' connection

Hyderabad, Feb 21 (UNI) Visiting Western Australian Premier Alan J Carpenter revealed an 'India' connection during his meeting with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy today.

Mr Alan J Carpenter told Dr Reddy at the Secretariat his wife was born and brought up in the South Indian textile city of Coimbatore also called the Manchester of the East.

Recalling Ms Carpenter's visit to Coimbatore, the dignitary described it as an emotional home-coming, an official release here said.

On a lighter note, Mr Carpenter said he would be returning tomorrow but ''first I have to find out where my wife is. She has been continuously shopping here, including for the famous Hyderabadi pearls.'' UNI

131 deportees from Saudi arrive

Chennai, Feb 21 (UNI) As many as 131 Indians detained in Saudi Arabia on charges of illegal stay and other offences, reached here today by a Saudi Airlines flight at Anna International airport. Airport sources said the deportees from Bihar, Karnataka, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu left for their respective destinations. They told reporters that proper food was not provided in Saudi Arabia. However, they were not subjected to any harassment. UNI.....

Engg student fatally run over by lorry

Chennai, Feb 21 (UNI) A 21-year-old final year engineering college student was fatally run over by a sand lorry at Krishna Nagar on the Tambaram-Mudichur Road near here today. Police said M Gopinath returning home on his motorcycle after attending a computer class when the mishap occurred. The lorry driver did not stop the vehicle until he was intercepted by the police with the help of public near suburban Velacherry. However, the driver jumped out of the vehicle and escaped......

39 tahsils drought-hit in MP

Bhopal, Feb 22 (UNI) Thirty-nine tahsils spread over nine districts of Madhya Pradesh have been declared drought-hit. In a written reply to Mr Ajay Singh (Congress), Revenue Minister Kamal Patel said in the Assembly today that employment-oriented relief work was underway. ''The state's foodgrain production was 159.5 lakh tonnes and 142.9 lakh tonnes in 2003-04 and 2004-05 respectively,'' Agriculture Minister Chaudhry Chandrabhan Singh said in response to a question by Mr Sajjan Singh Verma (Cong). Thus, there has been a decline.....
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