Word: nadu
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...enforcement officials in India, the career of notorious outlaw Muniswamy Veerappan has played out with depressing monotony: India's most famous criminal kidnaps someone famous, ransom is paid, police swear they'll catch him next time and the cycle repeats. The state governments of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka in southern India claim to have spent $30 million over 15 years trying to capture him, but Veerappan?alleged to have had a hand in more than 130 murders?has remained untouchable, thanks to his jungle survival skills and police corruption. Now, after laying low for two years, he's tried...
JAYALALITHA JAYARAM Despite corruption bust, Indian actress elected in state of Tamil Nadu (Hindi for New Jersey...
...party may lose its grip on the state, which is where Ayodhya is located. And some believe that he may be trying to energize the BJP's base by reviving the issue. But it's a dangerous game, not least because his coalition allies in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu depend heavily on Muslim support, which Vajpayee's statement will alienate...
...India finally has a more humane--and effective--population policy, much of the credit goes to people like Nirmala, 32, who heads the Village Health Nurse Association in Tamil Nadu. The typical nurse in the group zips around on a moped to visit 5,000 or more people under her care. Treating all sorts of ills and offering contraceptive tips, she leaves smiles on the faces of patients like Mallai...
Long before the Cairo conference, Nirmala complained about the birth-control numbers game, but superiors told her she would be "suspended" if she challenged policy. Only in 1992 did she get a real hearing, when S. Ramasundaram took over Tamil Nadu's family-welfare program. Nirmala told him that birth-control targets made mothers distrust nurses and resist the policy. Later, she said nurses would forgo the sterilization bonuses if allowed to do their jobs without so much government interference...