Sunday, October 04, 2009 LONDON: India has expressed its worries over the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) appointment of a special envoy for the resolution of Kashmir issue.British Radio reported Indian foreign minister saying that OIC in its decision has not made efforts to understand the Indian stand and added that Kashmir was the indispensable part of India and OIC has no right to interfere in the internal affairs of India.Hurriyet Conference Chairman, Mir Waiz Umar Faruque said that the OIC appointing special envoy for Kashmir would pave the way for the resolution of Kashmir issue in accordance with the wishes of the people of Kashmir.OIC Secretary General Akmaluddin said that OIC earlier also had appointed its representative for Kashmir and OIC envoy could play the role of a bridge between Pakistan and India.
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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