Date:18/07/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/18/stories/2008071853350400.htm

Tamil Nadu - Chennai

AIDWA meeting gets under way

CHENNAI: The three-day South Chennai district conference of the All-India Democratic Women’s Association began here on Thursday with a procession, which culminated in a public meeting.

According to AIDWA State general secretary U. Vasuki, the conference, among other things, would discuss rising prices of essential commodities and the Indo-U.S. nuclear treaty and its impact on the country’s sovereignty. —Special Correspondent