New Delhi - India has advised its citizens against visiting nations hit by a swine flu outbreak and is screening passengers coming from these countries, news reports said Tuesday.
The federal Health Ministry held a meeting Monday to discuss measures to prevent the flu, which spreads among humans through contact with infected pigs, from reaching India.
After the meeting a travel advisory was issued against visiting Mexico, the United States, Britain, France, Canada and New Zealand, the PTI news agency reported.
New Delhi - Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone suspect captured during the November terrorist attacks on Mumbai, is more than 20 years of age, according to a medical report submitted Tuesday at a court hearing, news reports said. Special Judge ML Tahilyani on Friday ordered a medical test to determine Kasab's age after the accused claimed he was under 18 and should be tried in a court meant for juveniles.
New Delhi - India's opposition parties on Tuesday strongly criticized the government's decision to strike off Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi, allegedly involved in the Bofors guns payoff case, from a list of wanted persons. Quattrocchi is the lone surviving suspect in the arms scandal case from the mid-1980s when the Rajiv Gandhi government finalised a 1.3-billion-dollar deal with Sweden's AB Bofors company to supply the Indian army with 400 Howitzer Field 155 MM guns.
New Delhi, Apr 28 : A 39-year-old Chinese woman is said to be attending primary school with her 10-year-old son.
New Delhi, April 28 : Campaigning in 107 constituencies that will go to polling in the third phase of elections on April 30 will come to an end this evening.
