NRI, teacher new fatalities
H1N1 toll touches 4; 6 battle for life in M’rashtra;
PM steps in to check menace
New Delhi, August 9
Swine flu today claimed two more lives, taking the total number of fatalities in the country to four.

Swine Flu Helpline
Separate wards to screen, treat patients: Azad
Rida’s family seeks apology for remarks

Epidemic Act in Haryana from today
Chandigarh, August 9
Haryana is all set to invoke the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, from tomorrow even as the number of H1N1 cases — the latest being a doctor from Sirsa — in the state climbed to 11.

Swine Flu Scare
Maharashtra mulls curbs on Ganpati celebrations
Mumbai, August 9
The Maharashtra Government was considering to impose restrictions on Navratra and Ganesh festival celebrations so as to check the spread of swine flu in the state, Chief Minister Ashok Chavan said here today.

Core panel to tackle outbreak
2 confirmed cases in Kashmir
IIT student under scanner at Guwahati
Delhi, Pune schools on alert

Police allows khaps to run riot
Beri (Jhajjar), August 9
Pandemonium and violence marked the “sarva khap” meeting here today.

Haryana page:
Sarva khap revises ‘exile’ verdict
Couple found dead; honour killing suspected

Machines to detect fake notes missing at banks
Chandigarh, August 9
With most banks failing to install sorting machines at their cash receipt counters and currency chests, fake currency notes are slowly finding their way into the banking system.

World Badminton Championship
England pull out over terror threat
Hyderabad, August 9
With less than 24 hours to go for the World Badminton Championships here, the England team has pulled out of the high-profile event citing a ‘specific threat’ to the Championships from Pakistan-based terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba.