Saturday, August 15, 2009 SRINAGAR: Kashmiris are observing India’s Independence Day as Black Day, today, featured with complete strike in occupied Kashmir.The major cities of the valley are giving a deserted look with the closure of all business establishments and traffic off the roads.The administration of held Valley put Hurriyat leaders Ali Gilani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Abdul Ghani Butt, Yaseen Malik and others under house arrest.The call for the strike has been given by the Chairman of All Parties Hurriyet Conference, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and illegally detained senior Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani. Kashmiris are observing the Black Day on India’s Independence Day to convey to the world that the people of Kashmir have been deprived of their birthright to self-determination for the last sixty-three years. They will hoist black flags on the rooftops and remain indoors to mark the day.
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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