September 10, 2009 NEW DELHI: At least five girls were killed and 31 other students were injured Thursday in a stampede at a state-run school in a crowded area of the Indian capital New Delhi, police said.The stampede happened after the students were asked to vacate the classroom following rumours of electrocution in the rainwater accumulated on the school premises following heavy rains in the national capital. The injured have been rushed to the hospital. The Delhi Govt School is situated in the Khajuri Khas area of East Delhi.
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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