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Rift between Modi, Swaraj at BJP meet

Talk of an apparent rift between Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj was doing the rounds as the latter walked out of the first meeting of the party’s Parliamentary Board on Thursday.

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After years of trying to stem the flow of road accidents, the Chennai City Traffic Police’s initiative to map out the most accident-prone zones and curb road-rage has worked wonders that the accidents in 2013 have been on the decline.

Seeing the positive response to its pilot Urban Biodiversity Enhancement Programme, under which polluted urban ponds are being given a fresh lease of life through people’s participation, the KSSB will soon expand it to more ponds in the city.

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In what could be bad news for farmers in Thanjavur, Sivaganga, Madurai, Erode, Karur, Tirupur and Nagapattinam districts, the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University has predicted below normal rainfall in these areas during South West Monsoon season this year.

Answering a query during the post-Cabinet media briefing, the Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said the UDF had entrusted him to decide on filling the vacancy in the Cabinet caused by Ganesh Kumar’s resignation.

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