Western Australian PM reveals an 'India' connection

Hyderabad, Feb 21 (UNI) Visiting Western Australian Premier Alan J Carpenter revealed an 'India' connection during his meeting with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy today.

Mr Alan J Carpenter told Dr Reddy at the Secretariat his wife was born and brought up in the South Indian textile city of Coimbatore also called the Manchester of the East.

Recalling Ms Carpenter's visit to Coimbatore, the dignitary described it as an emotional home-coming, an official release here said.

On a lighter note, Mr Carpenter said he would be returning tomorrow but ''first I have to find out where my wife is. She has been continuously shopping here, including for the famous Hyderabadi pearls.'' UNI