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...
Sunday, July 05, 2009 LONDON: British foreign secretary David Miliband has said that terrorism poses real threat to Pakistan and not India.In an interview to a US news channel, Miliband replying to a question said Pakistan faces no threat from India. He pledged continued support to Pakistan, saying there are disputes among provinces of Pakistan. British foreign secretary said the real causes for Muslim’s inclination towards extremism still exist and cited British businessmen doing business from Pakistan as one of the causes.He said Pakistan has seen 31 years of military rule and that there are disputes among provinces.
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