Friday, August 14, 2009 MUMBAI: A 26-year-old woman died Thursday of H1N1 swine flu in the southern city of Bangalore, raising India's death toll from the virus to 20, authorities said.The death was the first reported in India's information technology capital, the Press Trust of India reported.Meanwhile in Pune, the worst-affected in India, two more victims of the virus died Thursday, raising the death toll in that western city near Mumbai to 12, the report said. The victims were an 11-month-old boy and a 75-year-old old woman.US media reported movie halls, schools and colleges were ordered closed Thursday for three days to a week in Mumbai, the commercial and financial capital of the country, as fear of the pandemic spread.Prajakata Lavangare, a spokeswoman for the government of Maharashtra state of which Mumbai is the capital, said similar orders were issued in Pune, which is also located in the state.The woman who died in Bangalore was identified only as Roopa, a teacher in...
After hosting two seasons of Kaun Banega Crorepati Amitabh Bachchan took a break but it seems that he will return to the small screen once again. It is learnt that television production house Endemol has offered a quiz game show called 1 vs 100. Looking at the success of KBC and the style of hosting ability of Bachchan, the producers have approached the Big B for their latest show. According to a source, though this show was first offered to Aamir Khan and then Hrithik Roshan, Bachchan has always been their first choice. Both the actors refused to host it as they are busy with their respective films. However they felt that Bachchan is apt for the show called 1 vs 100, in which one player competes against 100 people in a quiz contest. Apparently Bachchan is yet to take a call on it as he was offered this show just before he fell ill. If everything goes well then we will see Bachchan interacting with people on this quiz show.
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