The number of deaths due to swine flu in India rose to 25 on Saturday with a man succumbing presumably to the deadly virus in Vadodara, and another person dying in Karnataka, even as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh promised all possible steps to control the spread of the disease. A 52-year-old man, who had come from Pune today morning, died at the SSG Hospital in Vadodara, taking the number of deaths in Gujarat to three, Health Department officials said.
Rohit makes his way back into Test squad for Sri Lanka series
The Companies Bill, 2008, which lapsed with the dissolution of the 14th Lok Sabha, was reintroduced by the corporate affairs minister Salman Khurshid in the Lower House amid din. Besides other things, the new Bill will be shorter and will try to harmonise the company law framework with sectoral regulations.
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A 52-year-old non resident Indian, who was suspected to have contracted swine flu, died shortly after he was admitted to a hospital in Kerala's Kollam district on Wednesday night, a health official said on Thursday. The throat swabs of Stanley Pelis, who arrived in Kerala two weeks ago from the United Kingdom, have been sent to the National Institute of Communicable diseases, New Delhi, today morning. If confirmed, he would be the first victim of swine flu in the country.
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VVS Laxman could not repeat the first-innings heroics but his brief 23-run knock was crucial nonetheless as his team Lancashire escaped to a draw against Durham in a three-day match of the County Championships at Old Trafford.
Pakistan clinched a 52-run victory over Sri Lanka in a one-off Twenty20 international to finish their losing tour on a high on Wednesday.
The keenly fought elections to the Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation ended in a tie with the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress on Tuesday winning 16 seats each.
Tax payers got of Rs 17,600 crore (rs 176 billion), representing a 52.01 per cent growth over Rs 11,578 crore (Rs 115.78 billion) given in the first three months of last fiscal.
Extending gains for the fifth day in a row, gold prices surged to a 52-week high here at Rs 15,000 per ten gram on aggressive buying by funds in line with firming overseas trend.
Shaun Marsh and Matt Renshaw struck contrasting half-centuries on an engrossing day of cricket to help Australia take a first-innings lead of 48 against India in the second Test at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Sunday.
A group formed by controversial Bharatiya Janata Party lawmaker Yogi Adityanath --known for his interest in religious conversions dubbed "ghar wapasi" -- offered all possible help "including guns" to the Hindus of Dadri's Bisada village.
Reliance closed at Rs 2,195, higher by 3.3% on the BSE, after having placed a bid for a controlling interest in LyondellBasell Industries.
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani today said the ISI has given its "feedback" to India on "some information" about the Mumbai attacks that New Delhi had shared with US intelligence agency CIA.
Competing as a team for the first time, India defeated 10th seeded Colombia's Camilo Cardona, Daniel Munoz and Jose Carlos Ospina 226-221 in a one-sided final this morning.
While 22 per cent of the promoters' stake in Ranbaxy was sold through an off-market transaction, the remaining came from a preferential share allotment. Daiichi Sankyo had earlier picked up more than 20 per cent of Ranbaxy's shares through an open offer. Ranbaxy Chairman and Managing Director Malvinder Mohan Singh said the remaining 12-13 per cent promoter shareholding will change hands in the coming weeks, thereby taking Daiichi's share in Ranbaxy to over 60 per cent.
Benchmark share indices ended flat amid lack of investor participation even as gains in IT majors ahead of their second quarter earnings helped capped downside.
An argument over Rs 100 with the tenant cost a 52-year-old woman her life in the national capital when she was caught in between a fight between her son and the tenant, the police said on Wednesday.
'Over 200 of Australia's most senior cricketers are unemployed as of the 1st of July'
Injury-hit RCB and Delhi look to outshine each other.
Karun Nair returned to form with a patient hundred as Karnataka set a stiff target of 380 for Hyderabad on the third day of their Group 'A' Ranji Trophy encounter.
Sun Pharma dipped 2% to Rs 615 on the BSE, its lowest level since November 9, 2016
Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu progressed to the quarter-finals of the All England Championship with a hard-fought win over Thailand's Nitchaon Jindapol in women's singles, in Birmingham.
Exchanges believe its legal status may now change, with the government pushing for digitised transactions.
Pakistan outclassed South Africa by 19 runs via the Duckworth-Lewis method in a rain-hit match in the ICC Champions Trophy match, in Birmingham, on Wednesday.
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Some glimpses of the Independence Day celebrations at the Red Fort
In the first case of its kind, doctors have treated a cancer patient by injecting him with billions of his own immune cells, a development that projects the huge power of gene therapy for the killer disease.
Newcastle United finally put manager Steve McClaren out of his misery when they sacked him on Friday after a period of intense speculation surrounding his future.
"All the products that we have announced -- Nokia 3310, Nokia 6, Nokia 5 and Nokia 3 -- will be available in the second quarter of this year in India. Average global selling price for Nokia 3310 is 49 euros," HMD Global Oy Chief Marketing Officer Pekka Rantala said.
The Anil Ambani group on Friday asked market regulator SEBI to probe hammering down of shares of Reliance Communications and other companies by rivals and charged RIL with attempting to derail ongoing talks for a deal with South African telecom giant MTN.
Arch-rivals Brazil and Argentina drew 0-0 in a World Cup qualifier on Wednesday but moved closer to leaders Paraguay who lost 4-2 in Bolivia. The top four teams qualify directly for South Africa in 2010 and the fifth plays off against the fourth team from the CONCACAF region.
According to a late evening filing with the National Stock Exchange, Gulu will buy the 33.3 per cent stake held by Sonu's wife for about Rs 110 crore (Rs 1.1 billion). The proposed deal will increase Gulu's stake in the holding entity from 27.77 per cent to 61.07 per cent. Guvisco owns a 52.74 per cent stake in Mirc, which manufactures the Onida brand of consumer goods. Onida has a share of 8-10 per cent in the Rs 14,000-crore (Rs 140-billion) colour television market.
Kasliwal is accused of raping a 52-year-old woman on March 11.
Kedhar Jadhav struck a timely 78 and the tail wagged as Rest of India took a slender first innings lead over Karnataka on Day 2 of the Irani Cup match at the Chinnawsamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
The 'wall of shame' is a novel method planned by Nadia district administration in which names of those who defecate in the open would be pasted on a village wall.
The UK group bought a 52 per cent stake in the Indian company in May, which is now called Vodafone Essar. Mumbai-based Essar Group owns 33 per cent, with Asim Ghosh, Vodafone Essar managing director, and Indian businessman Analjit Singh owning the remaining 15 per cent.
Militants of the United Liberation Front of Assom killed Ratan Deka, a 52-year-old employee of a college in Guwahati, on Friday night.
