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...
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 MUMBAI: Police in the Indian city of Mumbai have taken delivery of two new speed boats as part of measures to strengthen security along the coast. The initiative is aimed at improving security after the devastating attacks on the city last November. Those attacks killed more than 170 people and injured scores of others. There has been criticism of coastal security following the attacks as the gunmen arrived in the city by boat. Up until now the Mumbai police had nine boats, which they said was not sufficient to protect the coastline. Police commissioner D Sivanandhan announced that there would eventually be about 40 boats to ensure security of the Mumbai coast. "The new ones are of superior quality. They are bullet-proof and reach a speed of nearly 40 nautical miles per hour," he said.
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