Pune/Dehradun/Bangalore, Aug 31 (PTI) The death count
in the unrelenting swine flu pandemic has crossed the 100 mark
after the virus claimed four more lives in three states.

With the four casualties, the countrywide toll has
risen to 102. The western state of Maharashtra now accounts
for 53 fatalities including 10 in Mumbai, eight in Nashik, two

Mumbai, Aug 31 (PTI) Snapping a seven-session winning
streak, the Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex fell over
225 points in opening trade Monday on emergence of profit

Houston, Aug 31 (PTI) Janmashtami, the festival marking
Lord Krishna's birthday was celebrated with great fervour in
Houston with nearly 10,000 devotees attending the ceremony

Other losers were Infosys Technologies by 1.65 per cent
to Rs 2,151.65, Larsen and Toubro by 2.77 per cent to Rs
1,569.80, Maruti Suzuki by 1.54 per cent to Rs 1,400, Tata

Mumbai, Aug 31 (PTI) The Indian rupee Monday fell by 24
paise against the US currency in early trade on expectation of
heavy capital outflows and increased dollar demand from

New Delhi, Aug 31 (PTI) Showing signs of recovery, Indian
economy grew by 6.1 per cent during the first quarter of this
fiscal, the highest since the global financial meltdown hit

The growth is in line with the RBI and the government's
expectations, which peg it to six per cent with an upward
bias.

Panaji, Aug 31 (PTI) India's mission to Mars will take
place between 2013-2015, Indian Space Research Organisation
(ISRO) chief G Madhavan Nair said Monday.

New Delhi, Aug 31 (PTI) Admitting that a Chinese
military helicopter had violated Indian airspace in India's
northernmost state Jammu and Kashmir two months back, India