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Mumbai Weekly News - 13 May 2011

India Strengthens Accusations of ISI Mumbai Link
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Tom Wright India is ratcheting up pressure on Pakistan ahead of next week's terrorism trial in the US, releasing a document that alleges the Inter-Services Intelligence spy agency was directly involved in the attacks on Mumbai in 2008. ...
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Mumbai Indians Cheerleader Sacked for 'Secret' Diary
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Will Davies The Mumbai Indians are essentially assured of a place in the final stages of the Indian Premier League, but they will be without one of their cheerleaders, who was thrown out of the IPL after it emerged that she was writing a “saucy” ...
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Kings XI steamrollers Mumbai Indians
The Hindu
Bhargav Bhatt (left), who sent Mumbai Indians crashing to defeat, is cock-a-hoop even as captain Adam Gilchrist (right) rushes to congratulate him. MOHALI: Given a choice, Sachin Tendulkar would have loved to lose the toss for the ninth time this ...
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The Hindu
Here, everyone knows bhai is in Pakistan
Times of India
MUMBAI: Any kid on South Mumbai's Pakmodia Street, where Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar grew up and then moved out after becoming one of the world's most wanted terrorists, knows where he now lives — in a Karachi neighbourhood. ...
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Mumbai Indians keeps winning
The Hindu
PHOTO: AP Mumbai: Mumbai Indians displayed its batting prowess, bowling might and fielding skills in outplaying Delhi Daredevils in the presence of its loyal supporters at the Wankhede Stadium here on Saturday. MI with 16 points is poised to finish ...
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The Hindu
Mumbai airport issues warning to Kingfisher on Rs 105-cr dues
Business Standard
Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL ) has warned Kingfisher that it will put it on a cash and carry basis if it does not clear its Rs 105.71 crore dues by May 25. Cash and carry basis means the airline will not be allowed to operate flights out ...
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Mumbai?s new ATC Tower scales futuristic heights
Economic Times
MUMBAI: Air traffic control towers that are also architectural statements in their own right have come to define airports born or reborn in the past decade. So if Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport boasts of the tallest Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower in ...
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Kochi and Mohali lock horns in IPL survival battle
NDTV.com
PTI Indore: On a high after upstaging table-toppers Mumbai Indians, Kings XI Punjab would seek to keep their slim hopes of making the IPL play-offs alive when they take on an equally desperate and unpredictable Kochi Tuskers Kerala on Friday. ...
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'No security breach from Adarsh found'
Times of India
MUMBAI: The two-member judicial panel inquiring into the Adarsh building has summoned two former Maharashtra chief ministers Vilasrao Deshmukh and Ashok Chavan on May 23. Chavan is already named accused by the investigating agency probing the Adarsh ...
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Indian Rupee Falls To Over Seven-Week Low; Bonds Gain As Oil Eases
Wall Street Journal
MUMBAI (Dow Jones)--The Indian rupee fell to a more than seven-week low against the US dollar Thursday as a bout of global risk aversion hammered the currency and local stock markets, in line with Asian peers. The dollar was at INR44.99 late Thursday, ...
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Mumbai Indians IPL team posts full-year loss of Rs 15.42 crore
Times of India
PTI | May 10, 2011, 06.40pm IST NEW DELHI: Indiawin Sports Pvt Ltd, the owner ofMumbai Indians IPL team that is currently leading the tally in the ongoing 20-20 cricket tournament, has posted a net loss of Rs 15.42 crore for the fiscal year 2010-11. ...
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'US committed to bringing Mumbai attackers to justice'
Mangalorean.com
Washington, May 12 (IANS) As a US lawmaker suggested that the Pakistan-based Haqqani terror network may have had some "logistical role" behind bombings in India, the US reassured New Delhi it was committed to bringing Mumbai attackers to justice. ...
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Civic body pours more water cuts on Mumbai
Times of India
MUMBAI: The civic body has decided to impose another round of water cuts on the city despite the outcry over the four-day curtailment from Monday to Thursday that, among other woes, forced many hospitals to suspend surgeries. Taps in parts of Mumbai ...
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Tata Motors extends Ace family
Daily News & Analysis
By Yuga Chaudhari | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA Tata Motors, the country's largest automaker by revenues, on Tuesday introduced the smallest vehicle from its commercial vehicle (CV) portfolio as it launched Magic Iris and Tata Ace Zip in the sub-one ...
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Mumbai-Goa bus journeys to get a lot more comfortable
Times of India
MUMBAI: The state transport department will launch a first-of-its-kind Volvo bus whose seats can be inclined to 130 degrees. Five such buses will be introduced on long routes like Mumbai-Goa and Mumbai-Pune-Bangalore within a month. ...
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Ali met arms dealer through UBS staffer: ED
Times of India
MUMBAI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) suspects UBS officials introduced Saudi arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi to alleged tax evader and money launderer Hasan Ali Khan. ED is investigating Khan for his source of thousands of crores of rupees in foreign ...
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Mumbai attacks: Lawyers hired to remove ISI from lawsuit in US
The Express Tribune
The Pakistani government has engaged lawyers from US firm Locke Lord Bissell and Liddell to represent the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in a lawsuit filed in New York last November by families of victims of the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai. ...
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The Express Tribune
In Transit: A Drinker's Guide to Mumbai's 'Permit Rooms'
New York Times (blog)
By LEO MIRANI Considering Mumbai's reputation as India's night-life capital, it is something of an anomaly that the city is still technically under prohibition. Imposed by the state government shortly after India achieved Independence, prohibition has...
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New York Times (blog)
Shaan releases anti-tobacco music video in Mumbai
DailyIndia.com
Mumbai, May 11: Playback singer Shaan launched a music video 'Life se panga mat le yaar' (Don't play with life) as a part of an anti-tobacco campaign in entertainment capital Mumbai on Tuesday. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has appointed ...
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Can India go after Mumbai masterminds in Pakistan? US not sure
Economic Times
WASHINGTON: Describing the commando operation that killed Osama bin Laden deep inside Pakistan as "clearly unique", the US has declined to say if India had the same right to go after the masterminds of the Mumbai terror attack . ...
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Mumbai lauds Supreme Court stay on Allahabad high court's Ayodhya ruling
Daily News & Analysis
By DNA Correspondent | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA The Supreme Court order staying the Allahabad high court's decision to divide the disputed land in Ayodhya into three parts was welcomed by all groups. A division bench while maintaining the status quo ...
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In-laws threatened Bhakti: Police
Times of India
MUMBAI: The 26-year-old Borivli housewife, who plunged to death from a three-storeyed building on Tuesday, had been threatened by inlaws , police investigations have revealed . Hours after Bhakti Shah committed suicide on Tuesday morning, her husband, ...
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'Ragini MMS' actors unfazed by controversy
IBNLive.com
Kainaz, a South Mumbai resident, who admits she aspired to be a journalist before a film actor, says, "Ekta is the queen of marketing. We are so glad the way everything has shaped up. There has been extensive and very intelligent promotions and ...
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College girl claims Mumbai BJP chief outraged her modesty, files case
Times of India
MUMBAI: A 19-year-old college girl, who had captured on camera a paani puri vendor urinating in a utensil last month, lodged a complaint against Bharatiya Janata Party Mumbai unit chief Raj Purohit on Thursday. The police have registered a case of ...
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Medical interns' stir in Mumbai: Stand-off over stipend continues
Times of India
MUMBAI: The government has given out clear signals that medical interns would have to settle for something much lower than what they have been demanding as stipend or else face harsh disciplinary action. The government's notice to all interns to resume ...
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Fire at JNPT container yard leaves 1 dead
Daily News & Analysis
By Raina Assainar | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA One person died while 20 others were injured in a major fire that broke out in a container yard at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) in Navi Mumbai. Th
e incident took place on Wednesday at the New ...

Rohit can be one of India's greatest cricketers: Warne
Times of India
NEW DELHI: Australian spin legend Shane Warne feels that Mumbai Indians batsman Rohit Sharma could become one of the greatest Indian cricketers ever if he plays the game with the right attitude. Warne, who will retire from professional cricket after ...
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Don't copy Malinga, but learn from him
Times of India
NEW DELHI: There's only one thing on the minds of IPL teams not titled Mumbai Indians: How and why is Lasith Malinga so dangerous? And how can his success be emulated? The MI seamer has bagged 24 wickets in 10 games in IPL 4 so far, and his strike rate ...
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Tendulkar helps Symonds, Harbhajan heal their 'Monkeygate' wounds
Times of India
MUMBAI: Sachin Tendulkar has been in the forefront to bring an end to the most bitter feud in world cricket, and make Andrew Symonds and Harbhajan Singh bury their hatchet, as MumbaiIndians surge to the top of the Indian Premier League. ...
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Congress workers in Mumbai angry over Rahul's arrest
Indian Express
Congress workers in Mumbai on Thursday staged a demonstration against the Mayawati government, protesting the arrest of AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday night. Party MLA from Vile Parle, Krishna Hegde organised the protest outside the ...
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Mumbai Indians wary of Sehwag
Daily News & Analysis
By DNA Correspondent | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA Virender Sehwag will be the man to watch out for when Delhi Daredevils take on league leaders Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday.The Delhi skipper has kept his team's playoff hopes ...
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'Development charge' mooted for bldgs
Times of India
MUMBAI: A development charge on new constructions, which will be used to improve infrastructure, has been mooted for the Mumbai region . City planners are discussing a plan to levy the charge at 10% of the readyreckoner value and use it to improve ...
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Mumbai airport to resume full time operations on main runway from June
Indian Express
After a gap of seven months, Mumbai airport will resume full time operations on the main runway, 27/09, from June. This will make flight movement easier by reducing delays, at least till the onset of monsoons. Since last November, the main runway has ...
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Mumbai pays lyrical tribute to Tagore
Times of India
MUMBAI: Two thousand-odd kms from Santiniketan, the city of Mumbai joined the celebrations to mark the 150th birth anniversary of India's most famous poet Rabindranath Tagore on Saturday. It is no exaggeration to say that the Nobel laureate, ...
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Cop arrested for raping airline employee
IBNLive.com
PTI The accused Manoj Londe surrendered before police in Mumbai after he came to know about the FIR being registered against him by the 21-year-old woman, Additional Police Commissioner (Central Region) Vineet Agarwal said. The sub-inspector was booked ...
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Warriors should've picked Ganguly for Mumbai tie
Sify
Though he was available for the match against the Mumbai Indians and was seen practising at the ground he was not considered for the playing eleven which was baffling to say the least. Why sign a player of Ganguly's ability and then keep him cooling ...
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Sify
Rayudu should be picked for WI tour
Cricketnext.com
New Delhi: Ambati Rayudu, who has caught the eye with his flamboyant batting for MumbaiIndians in the on-going IPL, will surely have his eyes on the selection meeting that is scheduled to meet on Friday to pick the team for the upcoming tour to the ...
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Pakistani intelligence agency ISI may be named in 26/11 chargesheet
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Investigators in Pakistan have found the carton of the GPS device that Ajmal Kasab and other 26/11 terrorists used to navigate to Mumbai. The GPS device was found by Indian investigators immediately after the Mumbai attacks in the hijacked ...
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Promos move on - using autos, cabs to steer a hit
Economic Times
Buses are passe and producers are now hitching a ride on Mumbai autorickshaws and looking at taxis too to drive their movies to the masses. Ekta Kapoor is amongst the recent Bollywood filmmakers to innovate and has used autorickshaws to promote her ...
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Mumbai takes water cuts with pinch of hope
Times of India
MUMBAI: Mumbaikars had hoped the water cuts of 2009 would end after 2010's good monsoon. Extensive pipe repairs since the beginning of this year have left those hopes a pipedream as taps in the city still run dry. Still, citizens expect to tide over ...
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NCP extended committee to meet on May 12 in Mumbai
Daily News & Analysis
Place: Mumbai | Agency: PTI In the backdrop of growing differences between the Congress and NCP, in aftermath of dissolution of the board of Maharashtra State Co-operative Bank (MSCB) by RBI, the extended working committee meeting of the Maharashtra ...
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IPL 2011 : Crickick.com : Match No 54 : Mohali beats Mumbai comprehensively
Crickick.com
Other three occasions arec – Bangalore's win by 85 runs against Mohali at Bangalore on 06.05.11, Chennai's win by 63 runs against Jaipur at Jaipur on 09.05.11 and Hyderabad's win by 55 runs against Kochi at Kochi on 27.04.11 Mumbai was all out of 87 in ...
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CP's grievance sms system busy on Day 1
Times of India
MUMBAI : Mumbai police is keeping up with technological advances . The new sms grievance service , started by city police commissioner Arup Patnaik on Monday , received a huge response with a total of 324 messages . A range of smses—from the serious ...
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Mumbai Indians IPL team posts massive loss
Hindustan Times
PTI Indiawin Sports Pvt Ltd, the owner of Mumbai Indians IPL team that is currently leading the tally in the ongoing 20-20 cricket tournament, has posted a net loss of Rs 15.42 crore for the fiscal year 2010-11. Sachin Tendulkar-led Mumbai Indians (MI) ...
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Video catches Mumbai cop swaying in dance bar
NDTV.com
Mumbai: An assistant inspector of Goregaon police station was caught on camera singing and grooving at a dance bar with bar girls. Sudhakar Humbe arrived at his regular haunt Mansi Bar in Andheri. While letting his hair down, the assistant police...
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NDTV.com
Builders shop for Mumbai's bazaars
NDTV.com
Mumbai: The Mumbai Municipality is one of the biggest land-owners in a city where real estate prices are on par with Manhattan and yet NDTV finds that it is virtually giving away its rights to land worth hundreds of crore, occupied by civic markets ...
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NDTV.com
Can't afford a home in Mumbai? Buy in Dubai
Daily News & Analysis
By Kishore Rathod | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA Have money to invest in a home? Try Dubai, where a suburban apartment can cost you as little as Rs20 lakh. In Mumbai, the most 'affordable' home within city limits will cost you upwards of Rs60 lakh. ...
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IPL Match Preview: Mumbai Indians vs Deccan Chargers
TheSportsCampus.com
As we head into the business end of the Indian Premier League cliches like David vs Goliath and table toppers vs basement dwellers have well run their course so the simple facts are Deccan have won as many matches as Mumbai have lost and are truly ...
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New Jersey City University is hosting 25 students from Mumbai, India this ...
The Jersey Journal - NJ.com
By RHEA MAHBUBANI New Jersey City University is hosting 25 students from the HR College of Commerce and Economics in Mumbai, India, as part of a global interchange program. The trip to Jersey City - from now until May 21 - is being organized by NJCU's ...
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