Southern States Update: July 18, 2007.

The Tamil Nadu Police has made a violent intervention in an issue that arose out of the demand of Dalit agricultural workers for house sites at Apparasapuram Puthur, a small village in the coastal Nagapattinam district.
S. Viswanathan, Violent eviction, Frontline, July 14, 2007.

In the ongoing Cauvery water conflict, Karnataka has accused Tamil Nadu of trying to sully its image on the Cauvery water sharing issue despite the state releasing water. Meanwhile the information received through a petition filed under RTI Act states that, Tamil Nadu has paid Rs 22.69 Crore as fee to advocates who appeared before the Cauvery water disputes tribunal between 1990 and March 31, 2007.

The new figures on HIV AIDS show that India, which has a population of 1.1 billion, has fewer HIV cases than South Africa and Nigeria.
HIV cases falls down to 50% - India, One World South Asia, July 18, 2007.

The state government seems to be slowly waking up to the threat of Naxalism in Tamil Nadu.
Sandhya Ravishankar, Tamil Nadu wakes up to threat of Naxalism, CNN IBN, July 16, 2007.

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Hubby means HIV hazard - Renuka asks women to trust condoms more, The Telegraph, July 17, 2007.