MUMBAI: A top army general says anti-terrorist operations in Mumbai should be over within a few hours. The comments by Lt. Gen. N. Thamburaj came shortly after teams of commandos roped from helicopters onto the roof of the Mumbai headquarters of an ultra-orthodox Jewish group, and as hostages were being escorted from the luxury Oberoi hotel.Both places had been attacked by gunmen Wednesday night. More than 119 people were killed and hundreds more injured when suspected Islamic militants attacked 10 sites in Mumbai.
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...
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