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Swine flu claimed the life of a 30-year-old Thane resident. Although the city has recorded its eighth swine flu death since January, none of the victims hail from the city Source: Mumbai News

Two leading banks have lodged an FIR against unidentified conmen who impersonate their staffers to get account holders divulge details of credit and debit cards and make online purchases Source: Mumbai News

If there were a formula that one could employ and net the lowest of airfares in spite of their fickle nature, the diligent lot would sit comfortably on that narrow airplane seat and be smug in the knowledge that they have bagged the best deal on offer. Source: Mumbai News

Armloads of Valentine’s Day paraphernalia like red hearts, balloons, ribbons and roses found their way to wedding halls on Saturday. Source: Mumbai News

Buddy Guy’s pioneering blues legacy had humble beginnings. At the age of seven, he fashioned a makeshift guitar out of wood and hairpins and taught himself how to play. Source: Mumbai News

The last time a lifetime achievement awardee sang at Bandra’s Mehboob Studios, book lovers’ jaws dropped. Source: Mumbai News

If your English teacher went on to pick up a guitar, and stare into the distance on album covers, how would you react? “They find it funny,” says Thorbjørn Risager, his famous sandpaper voice made gruffer by jetlag. Source: Mumbai News

Colaba residents were irked by the display of VIP culture on Saturday as Colaba Causeway was cleared of all hawkers for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s movement in the area. Source: Mumbai News

Quinn Sullivan was three when he started playing the guitar. “One Christmas, my parents bought me a First Act acoustic guitar and I fell in love with it,” he says. Source: Mumbai News

Back in the 1500s, a boy from Stratford village worked his way up to become a global writer of classics. Today, those rooted in their local milieu who write in their mother tongues like Shakespeare did, rarely set bestseller charts on fire in India. Source: Mumbai News