Mumbai youth makes world record in video gaming

Mumbai, Oct 20 (PTI) Playing video games for long hours is often termed as an addiction, but a city youth has used it to his advantage to make a world record by playing a game non-stop for more than 40 hours on his playstation.

Chirantan Patnaik has successfully broken the current world record made by a US citizen last year for the longest continuous play session on ‘Grand Theft Auto IV’ of 28 hours and 1 minute.

An official of Guinness World Records told PTI from London that Patnaik’s endeavour, made in the presence of independent observers and under public scrutiny last month, was recently verified by them.

“The longest continuous play session on Grand Theft Auto IV is 40 hours 20 minutes, by Chirantan Patnaik (India), at the offices of the gaming blog NeuralChaos.com from 4-6 September 2009,” Karolina Thelin, PR executive of Guinness World Records said.

SC directs handing over of viscera of Ashutosh Asthana to CBI

File photo of family of Ashutosh Asthana (inset), main accused in the Rs 49 cr PF scam. PTI Photo

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New Delhi, Oct 20 (PTI) The Supreme Court today directed the CBI to take possession of the viscera samples of Ashutosh Asthana, prime accused in the multi-crore PF scam, who died mysteriously in Ghaziabad’s Dasna jail.

A special bench headed by Justice D K Jain ordered the CBI to forward the samples to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to ascertain the cause of his death on Saturday.

The bench, also comprising Justices V S Sirpurkar and G S Singhvi, further directed that the judicial magistrate inquiring into the circumstances leading to Asthana’s death shall submit his report to it within eight weeks.

The apex court also asked the UP police to provide adequate protection to all the accused and witnesses in the case in which some judges were allegedly involved.

Will Tirupati become ‘non-liquor zone?’

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Balaji, Venkateswara, Srinivasa, Govinda, Tirumala. If you think these are only the famous names of Lord Venkateswara in the Sahasra Nama Parayanam (1,000 names of Lord Balaji), you are wrong. These names adorn liquor shops welcoming the devout to the pilgrim town in every nook and corner.

Though Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) authorities have been urging the state government to declare Tirupati as a ‘non-liquor zone,’ precious little has been done all these years as the temple town is one of the biggest revenue grossers for the excise department. There are not less than 350-400 liquor shops which clearly speaks volumes about the high demand for liquor in this holy town.

Interestingly, temple towns of Varanasi and Tirupati are the highest revenue grossers for the excise department in the entire country. According to officials, the annual revenues of the excise department in Tirupati through the sale of liquor is over Rs 70 crore. “It won’t be a wonder if the revenues cross Rs 100 crore during the peak season,” an official said.

With beautification of Tirupati taken up at Rs 2,800 crore under JNNURM scheme, the Tirupati Municipal Corporation and Tirupati Urban Development Authority have also joined hands with TTD to make Tirupati a non-liquor zone. At a recent task force meeting chaired by TTD executive officer IYR Krishna Rao along with Tuda chief C Bhaskar Reddy and corporation commissioner B Mohan Reddy, it was decided to pursue the matter seriously with the government.

However, the excise authorities are cut up with the TTD move to ban liquor shops in the entire temple city. “We could stop issuing licences to new shops. But it won’t be easy to put a blanket ban since they are the highest revenue grossers to the government exchequer,” an official said.

Andhra Pradesh CM asks Assam government to trace out missing AP Engineer

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah today spoke to Assam Chief Minister, Mr.Tarun Gogoi over telephone and requested him to make all out efforts on his side to trace out and release immediately the missing Engineer from Andhra Pradesh, Krishna Rao who was reported to have been kidnapped by Asom Bodo militants.

Mr Gogoi told Mr Rosaiah that his government was constituting special teams for the purpose and taking concrete steps to release at the earliest.

Meanwhile, the Chief Minister had also directed the state officials concerned to keep in touch with the Asom officials constantly in this regard.

Mr Krishna Rao a native of Gannavaram of Krishna District, was working as Project Manager with the East Coast Insulation company, a subsidiary of M/S Gayatri Projects belonging to one T Subbarami Reddy.

He was reported to have been kidnapped by Asom Bodos at Joypur in Kokrajhar district of Asom while supervising the NH 31 road construction works there. The militants were supposedly opposing road construction works and took Rao into forests, sometime back on Friday last, according to a release from here Chief Miniser office.

AP engineer kidnapped in Assam

Mr P. Krishna Rao, an engineer from Hyderabad working on a National Highway project, has allegedly been abducted by the NDFB militants in Assam.

Mr Krishna Rao has been working as the project manager of Gayatri PCI (JB) Company, which was undertaking the construction of NH31 at Joypur in Assam’s Kokrajhar district.

Police said that around five armed youth who came on a motorcycle kidnapped him around 10 am from the construction site in Joypur on Friday. They created terror by brandishing firearms.

When Mr Rao tried to resist, the kidnappers fired three rounds in air and whisked him away.

However, the Gayatri PIC (JB) company managing director, Mr Venkata Rao, refused to comment on the issue.

AP engineer kidnapped in Assam

VIJAYAWADA/HYDERABAD: A civil engineer

hailing from Krishna district was kidnapped by Bodo militants in Assam on Friday.Polagani Krishna Rao (45), a native to Chandrada village in Gudlavalleru mandal in Krishna district, is a civil engineer. Having worked at many places before and has been executing works on National Highway No. 37 in Assam for the past 10 months.He is working for Gayatri Constructions Limited, an AP company.Earlier, he had worked with Madhucon Constructions.It is learnt that Krishna Rao spoke to his wife Rajeshwari, son Karthik and daughter Prasanna everyday from 9 AM to 10 AM and spoke the same way on Friday morning also.His family stays at his mother’s place at Gannavaram in Krishna district. But, at around 10.30 am, armed Bodo militants landed at the residential site of Krishna Rao and kidnapped him. Krishna Rao was put up at a makeshift residential quarters in Joipur village in Koghar district of Assam.Subsequently, the Army called up the wife of Krishna Rao and informed her of the news but she failed to understand it as she did not understand Hindi. The family members approached Gannavaram MLA, Dasari Balavardhan Rao.Balavardhan Rao, besides informing Krishna Rao’s family of the news, promised them all help and took up the issue with the chief secretary and the chief minister.Chief Minister K Rosaiah spoke to Assam government officials who assured him that they would spare no efforts to rescue Rao.It is also learnt that the militants who kidnapped Krishna Rao have not yet put out any demands and that the army was planning an operation to bring back the kidnapped civilians safely.Rosaiah also spoke with his Assam counterpart Tarun Kumar Gogoi over telephone and requested him to make all-out efforts to secure Krishna Rao’s release. The Assam Chief Minister told Rosaiah that his government was constituting special teams for the purpose and taking concrete steps.Rosaiah directed the State officials concerned to keep in touch with the Assam officials constantly to get an update on the situation.

Movies Today In Hyderabad

English
Under The Sea
PRASADS IMAX NTR Gardens, LIC Division PO, Hyderabad, 500-063. , 2344-8989 14:45 and 18:30
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
PRASADS IMAX NTR Gardens, LIC Division PO, Hyderabad, 500-063. , 2344-8989 19:30
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
PRASADS IMAX NTR Gardens, LIC Division PO, Hyderabad, 500-063. , 2344-8989 19:45
Star Trek : The Future Begins
PRASADS IMAX NTR Gardens, LIC Division PO, Hyderabad, 500-063. , 2344-8989 16:00
Up
Prasads Multiplex Necklace Road, 2344-8888, 3989-5050 19:00
Hindi
Wanted
Prasads Multiplex Necklace Road, 2344-8888, 3989-5050 15:00
INOX GVK One Mall, Road No.1, Banjara Hills., 4476-7770 19:00
PVR Cinemas Hyderabad Central, Panjagutta., 6662-1115/6662-1116 16:40
Cinemax RK Cineplex, Road No.2, Banjara Hills., 4456-5555 12:00
Wake Up Sid
PVR Cinemas Hyderabad Central, Panjagutta., 6662-1115/6662-1116 16:30
Prasads Multiplex Necklace Road, 2344-8888, 3989-5050 12:45, 20:15 and 22:15
INOX GVK One Mall, Road No.1, Banjara Hills., 4476-7770 10:45 and 22:30
Blue
Talkie Town Shetty’s Complex, Aland Road, Bombay Highway, Miyapur., 11:30, 14:30 and 21:45
Prasads Multiplex Necklace Road, 2344-8888, 3989-5050 10:00, 11:15, 12:15, 14:30, 15:45, 16:45, 18:00, 20:45 and 23:00
PVR Cinemas Hyderabad Central, Panjagutta., 6662-1115/6662-1116 12:00, 15:30, 19:45 and 22:15
Cinemax RK Cineplex, Road No.2, Banjara Hills., 4456-5555 11:30, 17:30, 19:15, 20:15 and 23:00
INOX GVK One Mall, Road No.1, Banjara Hills., 4476-7770 10:00, 11:20, 13:00, 14:45, 16:00, 17:30, 20:15, 21;30 and 22:45
BIG Cinemas Gs 24 Carat 8-3-949/1, Goldspot Area, Ameerpet., 040-3989-4040 11:00, 14:05, 16:35, 19:25 and 22:10
Main Aurr Mrs Khanna
Prasads Multiplex Necklace Road, 2344-8888, 3989-5050 11:00, 13:15, 15:30, 18:15, 20:30 and 22:45
Cinemax RK Cineplex, Road No.2, Banjara Hills., 4456-5555 14:15, 17:00 and 22:45
INOX GVK One Mall, Road No.1, Banjara Hills., 4476-7770 12:45, 14:15, 15:45, 19:45 and 22:30
PVR Cinemas Hyderabad Central, Panjagutta., 6662-1115/6662-1116 11:00, 13:30 and 22:00
BIG Cinemas Gs 24 Carat 8-3-949/1, Goldspot Area, Ameerpet., 040-3989-4040 14:25 and 19:45
All The Best
INOX GVK One Mall, Road No.1, Banjara Hills., 4476-7770 10:15, 11:45, 13:45, 17:15, 18:00, 20:00 and 22:15
Prasads Multiplex Necklace Road, 2344-8888, 3989-5050 14:00, 15:30, 16:45 and 19:30
PVR Cinemas Hyderabad Central, Panjagutta., 6662-1115/6662-1116 11:00, 17:00 and 22:40
Cinemax RK Cineplex, Road No.2, Banjara Hills., 4456-5555 11:15, 14:15, 19:30 and 22:30
BIG Cinemas Gs 24 Carat 8-3-949/1, Goldspot Area, Ameerpet., 040-3989-4040 11:10, 16:30, 19:10 and 22:15
Telugu
Magadheera
Prasads Multiplex Necklace Road, 2344-8888, 3989-5050 16:45
INOX GVK One Mall, Road No.1, Banjara Hills., 4476-7770 14:00
Mahatma
Prasads Multiplex Necklace Road, 2344-8888, 3989-5050 10:30, 13:30, 16:30, 19:30 and 22:30
PVR Cinemas Hyderabad Central, Panjagutta., 6662-1115/6662-1116 10:45, 16:30 and 22:15
Cinemax RK Cineplex, Road No.2, Banjara Hills., 4456-5555 10:00, 15:45 and 22:15
INOX GVK One Mall, Road No.1, Banjara Hills., 4476-7770 10:50, 12:30, 15:40, 18:50 and 22:00
BIG Cinemas Gs 24 Carat 8-3-949/1, Goldspot Area, Ameerpet., 040-3989-4040 11:10, 13:30, 16:40, 19:20 and 22:15
Prasads Multiplex Necklace Road, 2344-8888, 3989-5050 11:00 and 22:30
PVR Cinemas Hyderabad Central, Panjagutta., 6662-1115/6662-1116 16:40 and 19:40
INOX GVK One Mall, Road No.1, Banjara Hills., 4476-7770 11:00, 16:30 and 21:45
Bendu Appa Rao
Prasads Multiplex Necklace Road, 2344-8888, 3989-5050 14:00 and 17:45
PVR Cinemas Hyderabad Central, Panjagutta., 6662-1115/6662-1116 13:45 and 19:15
INOX GVK One Mall, Road No.1, Banjara Hills., 4476-7770 17:00 and 18:45
Cinemax RK Cineplex, Road No.2, Banjara Hills., 4456-5555 13:30 and 16:30

HYDERABAD – Art | Special Events | Eating Out | Nightlife | Exhibitions | Shopping | Workshops |

Art
Artists Collection Tuesday, October 20th, 2009. 11 a.m. to  4 p.m. Mystic Inspirations, Plot No.33, Banjara Hills. An exhibition of paintings by various artists like Suman Roy, Arif, Jaya Baheti, Deeraj Choudhary and Kishan will be on display.
Fragrance Of Life Tuesday, October 20th, 2009. 11 a.m. to  6 p.m. Diara Art Gallery, 100A, Banjara Petals, Road No.5, Banjara Hills. An exhibition of figurative paintings on human life, by renowned artist Sukanta Das.
Bronze Sculptures Tuesday, October 20th, 2009. 11 a.m. to  5 p.m. Kalakriti, 468, Road No.12, Banjara Hills. An exhibition of bronze sculptures by renowned artist Sonjay Kumar.
Special Events
Diwali Dhamaka Tuesday, October 20th, 2009. The Square, La Cantina, The Bar, The Deli, Sunset Lounge and Boulder Hills, Novotel Hyderabad, Hitech City, Madhapur. This Diwali, patrons who dine for Rs 1000, get a chance to win a Hyundai i20.
Eating Out
Moon Cake Festival Tuesday, October 20th, 2009. 7 p.m. to  11:15 p.m. Golden Dragon, Taj Krishna, Road No.1, Banjara Hills Taj Krishna is hosting the ‘Moon Cake Festival’ at Golden Dragon. The age old Autumn Moon legend comes alive as Chef Hung Fong Ng recreates the exotic, colourful Chinese Moon festival with delicious moon cakes and special menu of exquisite specialities. The Moon Cake Festival is often compared to a sort of “Chinese Thanksgiving” because of its spirit of gratitude and its inclusion of abundant food.
Lunch Buffet Tuesday, October 20th, 2009. noon to  3 p.m. Sweet Nirvana, Plot No.105, Phase II, Kavuri Hills, Madhapur Sweet Nirvana is offering a variety of delicious continental dishes which include soups, salads along with the main course and desserts.
Evening Snacks Tuesday, October 20th, 2009. 4 p.m. to  6 p.m. Promenade, Aditya Park, Ameerpet. An array of South and North Indian snacks and light meals at the Promenade.
Happy Hours Tuesday, October 20th, 2009. 4 p.m. to  8 p.m. The Bar, Novotel Hyderabad Airport, Shamshabad. The Bar at Novotel is having happy hours – there’s a complimentary drink on purchase of every drink.
Midnight Biryani Tuesday, October 20th, 2009. 11:30 p.m. to  3 a.m. Tulips, Hotel Greenpark, Greenlands, Begumpet. Tulips is serving an array of vegetarian and non-vegetarian biryanis. Other delicacies like Haleem, Sheermal, Paneer Burjee and desserts are also available.
Southern Delicacies Tuesday, October 20th, 2009. noon to  3 p.m. Deccan Pavilion, Hotel ITC The Kakatiya, Begumpet. The coffee shop is offering authentic Hyderabadi biryanis and delicious kebabs along with other Chinese and continental cuisines. Also on the menu are soups, salads, cold cuts, pastas and desserts.
Snacks and Desserts Buffet Tuesday, October 20th, 2009. 4 p.m. to  7 p.m. Sweet Nirvana, Kavuri Hills, Madhapur. A variety of savory snacks such as chicken barbeque and desserts will be served along with lemonade.
Dim-Sum Festival Tuesday, October 20th, 2009. 7:30 p.m. to  11:30 p.m. Strings, Taj Banjara, Road No.1, Banjara Hills. The menu consists of a wide-range of Dim Sums in both vegetarian and non-vegetarian options like Baby Spinach and spring vegetables dim sum, Five spiced mushroom dim sum, Garlic and cabbage dim sum, Burnt garlic fish dim sum, Chicken dim sum, Crispy shrimps dim sum and delicious desserts from Executive Chef Hrudananda Behera.
Vegetarian Buffet Tuesday, October 20th, 2009. 7 p.m. to  11 p.m. Venue, Quality Inn Residency, Nampally. The restaurant offers delicious south Indian vegetarian buffet, along with snacks and desserts for lunch and dinner.
Lunch Buffet Tuesday, October 20th, 2009. 12:30 p.m. to  3 p.m. Tandoor, White House Building, Begumpet. An authentic North Indian buffet featuring peas pulao, paneer tikka, biryanis, desserts and more for lunch.
The Curry Bar Tuesday, October 20th, 2009. 7:30 p.m. to  11:30 p.m. Spice Junxion, Taj Deccan, Road No.1, Banjara Hills. Executive Chef Sachin Joshi has prepared a menu which includes an array of the most popular, authentic, spicy south Indian curries. The chicken, fish, lamb and vegetable curries are made using home-made spices and served with portions of Appams, Malabar Parathas, Dosas, and steamed rice. The non-veg curries on offer are Kozhi Chettinad, Kori Gassi, Meen da Kajippu, Kundapur Chicken, and Meen Moily, and among the veg curries – Cauliflower, Alambo Arepu, Kaikari Chettinad and Gutthi Vankaya Kura are available.
Gourmet Lunch Tuesday, October 20th, 2009. noon to  3 p.m. Taj Deccan Road.No1 , Banjara Hills Indulge in unlimited kebabs, grills, smoothies and much more.
Guiltf Free Indulgence Tuesday, October 20th, 2009. noon to  3 p.m. Little Italy 275, Film Nagar Housing Society , Jubilee Hills Authentic Italian cuisine and a specially crafted menu for lunch during the weekdays. Indulge into unlimited soups, salads, desserts, choice of starters and main course (which includes home made wheat pastas and pizzas).
Sizzler Festival Tuesday, October 20th, 2009. 7 p.m. to  11:15 p.m. Me’Lange, The Golkonda Hyderabad, Masabtank Melange is offering an array of hot sizzlers for both lunch and dinner.
Nightlife
House Music Night Tuesday, October 20th, 2009. 8 p.m. to  1 a.m. Dublin, Hotel ITC The Kakatiya, Opp. to Walden, Begumpet Rocking party tracks by in-house DJ Daman.
From Goa With Love Tuesday, October 20th, 2009. 8 p.m. to  11:45 p.m. Seasons Bar, Taj Krishna, Road No.1, Banjara Hills. Singer Wahida belts out hit songs from 70s, 80s to latest chart busters.
Russian Melodies Tuesday, October 20th, 2009. 8 p.m. to  11:45 p.m. Atrium Bar, Taj Deccan, Road No.1, Banjara Hills. Russian singer Polina will perform at the bar. She is versatile and covers a wide variety of world styles, from contemporary popular repertoire to retro and hip-hop.
Exhibitions
Diwali Celebrations Tuesday, October 20th, 2009. 11 a.m. to  8 p.m. Daram, Naik Estates, ICICI Bank Lane, Near Old Airport, Begumpet. Daram presents an exclusive exhibition of silk saris from South India (Kanjeevaram, Uppada, Paithani and hand blocked prints in natural dyes).
Shopping
Season Sale Tuesday, October 20th, 2009. 11 a.m. to  9 p.m. Planet Sports, Shop No.1-2, Afzia Towers, Opp. Lifestyle, Begumpet. The showroom is offering a 20% discount on apparel, footwear and other sports accessories for women and men.
I Anniversary Celebrations Tuesday, October 20th, 2009. 11 a.m. to  8 p.m. Sri Krishna Silks, 3-2-102, General Bazar Avail up to 100% cash back, gold and silver coins and assured gifts on every purchase, on the eve of the anniversary celebrations.
Festive Collection Tuesday, October 20th, 2009. 11 a.m. to  9 p.m. New Meena Bazar, Abids. The store is has an exclusive range of reviting kurtas, pyjamas and sherwanis, featuring Lucknowi, Chikandari, Kashmiri works, Brocades and thread embroidery in exotic range of colors and designs. The fabrics used to create these masterpieces include plain cotton, crushed cotton, cotton silk, linen tissue silk and ploy silk.
Shopping Carnival Tuesday, October 20th, 2009. 11 a.m. to  9 p.m. Novotel Hyderabad Airport, Shamshabad. With the advent of the festive season, GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd., will be organizing the ‘Airport Festive Shopping Carnival’ at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport. A host of special offers from the retailers and food and beverage outlets in the airport will be made available. Guests flying Jet Airways will be entitled to additional discounts at all these outlets, except the Landmark, on showing their boarding passes during the shopping festival.
Festive Collection Tuesday, October 20th, 2009. 11 a.m. to  8 p.m. Musaddilal Jewellers. Musaddilal Jewelers and Exporters launched designer jewelry collection for Diwali and Wedding season. The collection specializes in diamonds, Ruby, antique jewellery, ancient jewellery like satlada, choker and many more.
Workshops
Music Notation Reading Tuesday, October 20th, 2009. 6:45 p.m. to  9 p.m. Alliance Francaise, Desk Edufrance, West Marredpally. Hyderabad Western Music Forum presents the second Music Notation Reading training course. The workshop is conducted by Joe Koster and Laure Menegoz. It is the second in the series by the Hyderabad Western Music Forum. The participants will learn the art of reading Western music notation.

ISRO competes with NASA?

Bangalore: It’s being said that Indian Space Agency ISRO is competing with NASA.  The recent success of Chandrayaan- 1mission on the moon has ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair in spot light.

The discovery of water on the surface of moon has pushed for further investigations into the same and there are a lot of expectations from the Chandrayaan-2 space mission scheduled for 2013.

While the media had written off the Chandrayaan-1 mission, NASA has applauded ISRO’s achievement for the same. This had made Nair more ambitious and hopeful for Chandrayaan-2.

He is all excited about it and says it will take him a good three years to decide and design everything before Chandrayaan-2 embarks upon yet another path-breaking discovery.

According to Nair, the latest space mission has opened up the arena for inter-planetary exploration. He is also hopeful of an international co-operation in space research from NASA for future space missions.

Moon water: ISRO on high

After the discovery of water molecules on the moon, most of the space scientists were of the view that the water molecules could be from an external source like cometary bodies.

However, the European Space Agency’s payload, Sara (Sub-Kev Atom Reflecting Analyser) on Chandrayaan-1 gave authentication for the results.

An ecstatic Annadurai told on Thursday from Bangalore that the discovery by Sara only confirmed the mechanisms the Indian scientists had been talking about.

As released from Chandrayaan-1 on November 14 last year, the water molecules were founded by an indigenous device called the Hyper Spectral Imager and Nasa’s Moon Minerology Mapper on the Moon Impact Probe. The discovery of the water molecules was declared by Nasa and Isro on September 24.

Chandrayaan-1 project director Mylswamy Annadurai confirmed that the water molecules which were found on the moon’s Polar Regions came from the moon’s surface and is a major disclosure achieved by the lunar mission which was launched on October 22, 2008.

Chandrayaan-1 was terminated on August 30 following a communication breakdown.

250000 Education Jobs were Retained

The Domestic Policy Council report shows that the states were able to recover the most part of the education budget shortages with the help of the stimulus. Thus, 250,000 education jobs were retained.

A week ago the White House representatives commented on the data provided by another report that informed about 30,000 jobs retained or created in the private infrastructure sector thanks to the stimulus.

Although the figure may be seen as quite low, it has some meaning that there are more jobs retained or created in education compared to the private sector.

One of the probable explanations to the fact that there has been not that much jobs created in the private sector is that the stimulus has been mostly tailored for the public sector.

The Magic Of Chandrayaan

Chandrayaan is India’s first sole Moon mission ever. But it is significant not only in terms of India’s first steps on the Moon but also due to its staggering findings.

One of the most important is the one that proved there is water on that planet.

This country’s first solo mission is remarkable and meaningful as it was then that India’s first footprints appeared on the Moon. It also made several breakthrough discoveries.

It was found during the mission that the Moon generates water. It established that its rock like structures contain iron. And it proved that Apollo did exist.

Thus, the nest step in the Moon quest is to define whether it is suitable for habitation. As NASA recently implemented its plan about Moon surface bombing, it is to come up with new findings and detailed data on water probe. Chandrayaan found that water present on the planet has neither molecular nor moisture or gas form.

Two swine flu deaths – India

New Delhi: A health ministry official said two swine flu deaths were reported in the country on Monday.

The official said as many as 93 fresh cases of H1N1 were reported across the country Monday. Among the states, Kerala reported the maximum of 33 cases, followed by 18 in Tamil Nadu, 16 in Karnataka and 10 cases in Delhi.

One death was reported from Pune while the other was reported from Solan in Himachal Pradesh.

A suspected swine flu death was reported from Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh but health officials are still reviewing the case, the official said.

However, Maharashtra continues to top the cumulative infection tally (among states) with 3,472 influenza A (H1N1) cases followed by Delhi (3,271 cases).