Panic in Pune as 3 more test +ve
Frantic rush at H1N1 testing facility; 2 fresh cases in Punjab
Mumbai/New Delhi, August 5
Panic gripped Pune on Wednesday as three more persons tested positive for swine flu in the city even as the national count rose to 596.

People wait to get tested for swine flu outside a Pune hospital on Wednesday. — AFP

Education Bill spells end of ‘private tuitions’
New Delhi, August 5
The Right to Education Bill 2009, once it receives Presidential assent, will spell the end of private tuition era in India.

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Prisoners in their own house
Dharana (Jhajjar), August 5
Even the presence of one hundred policemen in this village today did not appear to inspire much confidence in the solitary family they were there to protect.

‘Fake’ Encounter
Manipur orders probe, suspends 6 policemen
Guwahati, August 5
Faced with mass protests against the July 23 “fake encounter” deaths of a youth and a young pregnant woman in an Imphal locality, the Manipur government today announced its decision to institute a judicial inquiry into the incident besides suspending six policemen, including a sub-inspector, allegedly involved in the killings.

Pak slaps ban on JuD, JeM & LeT
Islamabad, August 5
In a major development, the Pakistan government on Wednesday banned 25 religious and other organisations, including the Jamaat-ud-Dawah, Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashker-e-Toiba.

Additional Rs 550 crore for statues, parks
Lucknow, August 5
Disregarding public criticism and legal censure CM Mayawati has managed another Rs 550 crores for her pet memorials, statues and parks in the first supplementary demands for grants for the current financial year.

Murder convict to meet man he ‘killed’ Chandigarh, August 5 Nachhatar Singh will come face to face with the man he “murdered” 13 years ago.