Five more persons, including two pregnant women, one each in Pune and Ahmedabad, died of swine flu on Saturday, taking the countrywide toll in the pandemic to 98, even as 218 fresh cases were detected across the country. Besides the two women, three others including a youth in Pune and two women in Karanataka, succumbed to the virus.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has opted not to grant tickets to eight MLAs, followed by Congress which replaced five MLAs.
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Social activist from Uttar Pradesh Gayarul Hasan will be the NCM chairperson, while activist and BJP leader from from Kerala George Kurian, former Maharashtra minister Sulekha Kumbhare, Jain representative from Gujarat Sunil Singhi, and Vada Dasturji Khurshed, chief priest of the Udvada Athornan Anjuman, are its other members.