Unlike the usual studious silence, the auditorium at St Philomenas College in Mysore was roaring with excitement on Friday.
A 26-year-old teacher became the first swine flu casualty in Bengaluru while five persons, including an AIDS patient, succumbed to the disease in worst-hit Pune on Thursday, taking the nationwide death toll to 23 even as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said panic should not be created and government is doing its best.
Bangalore recorded its first swine flu death. Roopa, 36, died at the St Philomenas hospital.
Former India pace bowler David Johnson, who played two Tests in 1996, passed away in Bengaluru on Thursday.
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Miss World 2024 will be crowned in India soon. Long before Aishwarya Rai and Priyanka Chopra, Yukta Mukhey and Diana Hayden, a beautiful woman from Bombay was crowned Miss World. In 1966. Reita Faria was India's first Miss World. Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/ Rediff.com met the 80 year old in Dublin recently, still as elegant, still as attractive as she was all those years ago.
A look at the hopefuls this year!
Raja Sen looks back at all the 'genuinely thrilling' films and artists that were honoured at the 71st Golden Globes.
'It was a spectacular crime, wasn't it? Sepp is on the same scale. He's up there with Lance.' Director Stephen Frears, in an exclusive interview with Rediff.com
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