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...
WASHINGTON: Newly-elected president of the United States Barack Obama with his wife Michell reached the White House.The newly-elected president and his wife were received by the US president Bush and his wife Lara Bush on arriving at the White House.This is the first meeting between Barack Obama and president George Bush after the latter won the US presidential elections.US president Bush and his wife Lara Bush had invited Barrack Obama for this meeting.Besides discussing the matters of mutual interest, the procedure of the transfer of power in a better way will also be discussed in this meeting
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