India continued its dominance over arch-rivals Pakistan with a 3-1 win to register their second consecutive win at the Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament here on Saturday.

Forty of the 59 people killed in the train accident near here have been identified so far and the bodies of 36 of were cremated, officials said Saturday.

Out of five suspected H1N1 virus cases till October 17 this year in the district, three cases were tested positive, district surveillance officer Dr. M. Shivakumar said.

Dhawal Kulkarni and Shivam Dubey were the stars of the show for Mumbai as they scalped three wickets each during the Delhi innings. While during the chase, Mumbai suffered a top-order collapse and were struggling at 40/4. However, Aditya Tare (71) and Siddhesh Lad (48) powered them to an emphatic win.

A nine-year-old boy from Bolangir district, whose decapitated body was found earlier this week, was a victim of human sacrifice, police said Saturday.

KPCC President DInesh Gundu Rao said that the CPI has agreed to support the Congress-JDS coalition candidates in the by-elections.

 “We will not budge to the autocracy of senior MLA Shamanur Shivashankarappa who said he will complain against us to the party high command. Let him give complaint. We will see the next course of action”, said former minister M.B. Patil.

Infuriated by the persistent quarrels with his wife, a man allegedly strangled to death his seven-year-old son here, police said on Saturday.