Karnataka government plans pure drinking water units in villages

Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 21, 2013, Bangalore

Karnataka government would draw up a project to set up pure drinking water units in villages with a population of more than 2,000, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister H K Patil said on Tuesday.

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Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy under pressure to re-induct minister

Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 21, 2013, Thiruvananthapuram

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy is under pressure from various quarters to re-induct former state forests and sports minister K.B. Ganesh Kumar into his cabinet.

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Woman sets herself on fire after tiff with husband over IPL match

Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 21, 2013, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh

A woman allegedly immolated herself after her husband slapped her following a tiff over watching an IPL match at a village in Kadapa in Andhra Pradesh, police said on Tuesday.

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Jayalalithaa renews demand for retrieval of Kachatheevu islet from Sri Lanka

Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 21, 2013, Chennai

Voicing concern over attacks on Indian fishermen, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today asked the Centre to take urgent steps for retrieval of Katchatheevu islet, ceded to Sri Lanka in 1974, besides redrawing the International Maritime Boundary Line.

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