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Amman  - Jordanian Public Health Minister Nayef Fayez on Saturday announced the discovery of one more swine flu case, bringing the kingdom's total to 12 patients.

The 12th person to test positive for the H1N1 virus was a 16-year- old Iraqi girl who arrived from Chicago as part of an Iraqi sports team of 14 people, Fayez said.

The Iraqi girl is being hospitalized to receive the requirement treatment, while the rest of the Iraqi team, arriving on a transit flight, have already left Amman for Iraq.

It was tough time for passengers travelling in Ernakulam-Okha Express at Panvel railway station in Maharashtra when four unidentified robbers forcibly entered into ladies compartment of the train. They threatened female passengers of dreadful consequences in case they tried to escape and asked them to hand over their valuables.

The train started around noon on Thursday and stopped at Panvel at around 10.30 pm when four persons aged around 20-25 years entered into ladies compartment.

State owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd launched much awaited IPTV service in Kolkata under the brand name 'MyWay', enabling the city's residents to enjoy high quality television programs with broadband internet connection using fixed line and a set top box.

People in 15 cities including Delhi, Kanpur, Varanasi, Dehradun, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad are already enjoying IPTV service while 39 more cities will soon get added in the network.

The Tamil Nadu government has awarded an international competitive bid worth Rs 1,100 crore for Chennai outer ring road (ORR) project to Bangalore-based developer GMR Infrastructure who was the lowest bidder for the ambitious development project.

The state government is likely to issue the 'letter of award' within few days for the project to be carried out under a design, build, finance, operate and transfer (annuity) basis.

Tata Group owned steel major, Tata Steel has hiked prices of hot rolled (HR) and cold rolled (CR) coils by Rs 500-750 per tonne following signs of recovery in the economy and increase in domestic demand of steel.

The first hike in hot roll category in last eight months was effective from the June contracts. The company has revised prices of CR and galvanized steel a month before.

The Kishore Biyani-led Future Group has formed 50:50 joint ventures with Kolkata-based developer Sumit Dabriwal in a bid to offer branded, ready-to-move-in homes to masses, primarily in metros.

The move is in line with company's plans to attain Rs 13,000 crore revenue target by July 2011, reporting growth of 35 per cent as compared to last year growth rate.

Kishore Biyani, CEO of Future Group said, "We intend to be an Rs 13,000 crore company by 2011 and the foray into real estate business for building ready-to-move-in houses is part of the plan."