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...
Friday, December 11, 2009 SALTA: Pakistan booked berth into semifinals of Champions Challenge Hockey Tournament after beating South Africa by 4-1.Pakistan will take on archrival India in the semifinal on Saturday. Experienced fullback Sohail Abbas converted a penalty-corner to give Pakistan the lead in the 20th minute but South Africa’s Norris Jones restored parity in the 33d minute, ending the first half with a 1-1 score line. However, the second half saw Pakistan’s frontline attacking well with Shakeel Abbasi (49th minute), Haseem Khan (53rd minute) and Akhtar Ali (63rd minute) scoring goals to seal the fate of the match.
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