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Mumbai Weekly News - 15 April 2011

Mission Mumbai Indians for Kochi Tuskers Kerala
Times of India
MUMBAI: Barely two weeks after that glorious evening at the Wankhede Stadium when India lifted the World Cup, the sights and the sounds surrounding the newly renovated structure present a contrasting picture. Lasith Malinga, who invited India and ...
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Statistical highlights of Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians match
Times of India
PTI | Apr 13, 2011, 09.25am IST BANGALORE: Statistical highlights of the Indian Premier League match between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore. # Lasith Malinga has dismissed seven batsmen in two games in the IPL 4 at an average of 6.42 ...
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ED questions Mumbai builder
The Hindu
Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday questioned city-based builder Yusuf Lakdawala in connection with the case of Pune-based businessman Hasan Ali Khan, who is alleged to have stashed away huge amounts of black money in foreign ...
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Rana, Headley implicate Pak, ISI in Mumbai attack during ISI chief's visit to US
Times of India
WASHINGTON: David Headley aka Daood Gilani and Tahawwur Hussain Rana, the two Pakistani expat foot soldiers who allegedly planned and conducted the Mumbai recce before the 26/11 terrorist carnage have implicated the Pakistani government and its ...
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I am happy with the momentum: Yuvraj
Times of India
PTI | Apr 14, 2011, 04.59am IST MUMBAI: Pune Warriors skipper Yuvraj Singh on Wednesday expressed satisfaction at his side's second consecutive victory after beating fellow-IPL debutants Kochi Tuskers Kerala by four-wickets at the DY Patil Stadium. ...
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IPL Statistical Highlights: Delhi vs Mumbai
NDTV.com
New Delhi: Following are the statistical highlights of the IPL match between the Mumbai Indians and the Delhi Daredevils at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in Delhi. # Sachin Tendulkar (46 not out) has taken his runs' tally to 1216 at an average of 40.53 ...
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Black money: IT officials raid Mumbai's Lilawati Hospital
Indian Express
Income Tax department officials raided Mumbai's Lilawati Hospital on Monday over alleged financial irregularities committed by its trustees and owners. The officials have reportedly recovered several incriminating documents, sealed computers installed ...
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Hoping for ideal house-warming
Hindustan Times
For the first time in three editions of the IPL played in the country, the Mumbai Indians did not start their campaign at the Wankhede Stadium. However, as Sachin Tendulkar's boys arrived at the refurbished stadium on the eve of their third game of ...
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Ketchum buys 51% in Sampark
Times of India
MUMBAI: Omnicom Gro up's unit Ketchum, wh i ch is one of the wo rld's largest global public relations consultancies, has picked up a majority stake of 51% in Sampark PR, a Mumbai-based public relations firm. However, the consideration of the deal, ...
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Mumbai Drivers' 50-Year Wait May End With $2.5 Billion Bridge
BusinessWeek
By Siddharth Philip April 11 (Bloomberg) -- Mumbai intends to begin work next year on a bridge costing as much as 110 billion rupees ($2.5 billion) as it acts on an idea first proposed in the 1960s to curb traffic jams. The 22-kilometer “Mumbai Trans ...
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Suzlon May Be 'Bottoming Out' in Mumbai After Debt Holiday, Repower Deal
Bloomberg
The company leaped 24 percent in Mumbai in 11 trading days, helped by saying on April 4 it will buy out minority stock- holders in its profitable German unit, Repower Systems AG. (RPW) Three days later Repower announced a 240-machine order, ...
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Real estate prices likely to remain stable in Mumbai
Economic Times
MUMBAI: Real estate prices in the metropolis, one of the most expensive realty markets in the country, are expected to remain stable in the near future, a top industry official said today. "The real estate prices may remain stable as the new supply is ...
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Seven-wicket win for Pune Warriors
The Hindu
MUMBAI: Sahara Pune Warriors cruised to a seven-wicket victory over Kings XI Punjab on debut in DLF IPL 4, cruising to 113 for three in 13.1 overs at the DY Patil Stadium on Sunday. Mithun Manhas enhanced his reputation as a dependable middle-order ...
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Mumbai walks the talk with Anna Hazare
Daily News & Analysis
By Akshay Deshmane & Ashutosh Shukla | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA As Anna Hazare's fast entered its fourth day, Mumbai's celebrities and the common people, came out in full support of the activist. The most prominent supporters were middle-class ...
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2G scam: Police protection for 7 witnesses in Delhi, Mumbai
Times of India
NEW DELHI: With questions being raised over the untimely death of two persons with alleged links to the 2G scam, the Centre has asked Mumbai and Delhi Police to provide security to seven persons who have given "confessional" statements in the case. ...
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Mumbai Angels announces investment in ZipDial
Business Standard (blog)
ZipDial receives Series A investment of over $800000 USD from both Indian and US angel investors, led by Mumbai Angels, India's most active & most respected angel investing group. ZipDial Mobile Solutions Pvt Ltd is a Bangalore-based company founded by ...
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Briton in Australia-India rowing bid
AFP
Roz Savage, 42, set off from the western Australian city of Fremantle bound for Mumbai's Gates of India monument, an epic 6500 kilometre (4000 mile) journey that will take between five and six months. Savage has already crossed the Pacific and Atlantic ...
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AFP
Residential Prices in Mumbai May Fall Up to 35%
NuWire Investor
Residential property prices in Mumbai, India are set to fall 30% or more after an already-disappointing year, according to analysts. Projections indicate that the glut could extend into 2012 and 2013 with new developments arriving on the market. ...
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New unit at HPCL Mumbai Refinery inaugurated
Hindu Business Line
PTI The Petroleum Minister Mr S Jaipal Reddy today inaugurated Rs 900 crore unit at Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd's Mumbai refinery which will make products like LPG. The new Fluidised Catalytic Cracking Unit (FCCU) at HPCL's Mumbai refinery was ...
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Minor son witness to NCP man's murder in Mumbai
Daily News & Analysis
By Manish K Pathak | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA An 8-year-old boy is the prime eyewitness in the murder of his father, Vilas Khot, a local NCP leader and cable operator who was strangulated and killed at his residence in Andheri on Sunday night by his ...
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A home in Dubai cheaper than in Mumbai
Times of India
MUMBAI: Dubai has been the traditional second home Mecca for affluent Indian investors. Now, that trend is accelerating with Dubai offering some great bargains following the real estate slump in the region. The political unrest in the Middle East has ...
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Hindustan Times
The minister and his associate were detained at the Mumbai airport on April 2 for possessing Indian and foreign currencies worth Rs23 lakh. The minister was carrying $25000 (Rs11.25 lakh) traveller's cheques, 75000 dirhams (Rs9.14 lakh) and Rs70,000 ...
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Mumbai stands with Anna Hazare
Daily News & Analysis
By Somita Pal & Manoj Nair | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA Anna Hazare's 97 hour fast to ensure the passage of the Jan Lokpal bill at Delhi, not only shook the government, but also gave a boost to civil rights groups and activists in the city. ...
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Lilavati trustees got crores as kickbacks: IT
Times of India
MUMBAI: Lilavati Hospital trustees have received few hundred crores of rupees as kickbacks in the purchase of medicines, income-tax (IT) officials said on Tuesday. The officials said it would take time to calculate the exact amount received, ...
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Drunk constable's rifle goes off in Mumbai police station premises
Daily News & Analysis
Place: Mumbai | Agency: PTI A drunk railway police constable today accidentally fired a round while surrendering his rifle in the premises of the Mumbai Central railway police station, police said. According to police, Nilesh Patil, 40, carrying the ...
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Indian company halts U.S. sales of execution drug
Reuters
The move by Mumbai-based Kayem Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd comes as several US states have scrambled to find supplies of sodium thiopental, one of three drugs used in lethal injection, which has been in short supply since a US manufacturer stopped making ...
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Suniel Shetty to organise Akon's birthday bash in Mumbai
IndiaFM
Admits Suniel, "Yes, we're bringing in Akon's birthday in Mumbai on 15th night before his two concerts in Delhi and Bangalore. But it has to be a very small intimate gathering with just a handful of invitees. Drawing up a list is a problem. ...
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Indian cuisine, meeting with SRK on Akon's wish list
Mangalorean.com
Mumbai, April 14 (IANS) What is on Akon's wish list? On his first concert tour in India the Senegalese-American singer has made a very special request to his organisers - he wants to meet his pal Shah Rukh Khan and taste the special cuisine in every ...
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Wife dead, contaminated water lands man in hospital in Mumbai
Daily News & Analysis
By Pandurang Mhaske | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA Baswaraj Maitre, 36, whose wife died on Wednesday due to consumption of contaminated water, was admitted to Bhabha hospital at Bandra for acute dehydration and vomiting. However, the BMC commissioner ...
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IPL-IV: How Nita Ambani came to be the de facto CEO of Mumbai Indians
Economic Times
With seven days left for Mumbai's first match, Ambani is both nervous and excited. A pad in hand, she takes copious notes, before slipping into a huddle with Nikhil Meswani, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) director, and Rahul Sanghvi, former India ...
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The curious case of vanishing 1-BHKs in Mumbai
NDTV.com
Mumbai: Builders in Mumbai have taken to building only 2- and 3-BHK houses, citing the time taken to sell 1-BHK ones as a major deterrent. Manohar Shroff, secretary, Maharashtra Chambers of Housing and Industry-Navi Mumbai, confirmed this. ...
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NDTV.com
Akon to make his Hindi film debut
Times of India
Post his Delhi and Bengalaru performances on the 16th and 17th, singer Akon, along with his wife, will be coming down to `aamchi' Mumbai and has got all his plans chalked out well in advance. Sources close to the singer say Akon will be considering ...
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IBNLive.com
Mumbai: Anna Hazare's indefinite hunger strike that ignited a nation seems to have encouraged many more. Over 300 teachers and parents of students from private unaided schools will gather in protest at Azad Maidan in Mumbai and 35 of them plan to go on ...
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Ramabai Nagar firing case: 8 rioters acquitted in Mumbai
Daily News & Analysis
Place: Mumbai | Agency: PTI Fourteen years after the Ramabai Nagar firing incident, the sessions court today acquitted eight persons charged with attempt to murder. According to the prosecution, the accused - Sudevi Giri, Anna Kadam, Vijay Gaikwad, ...
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Mumbai land auction move fails to enthuse realtors
Business Standard
The city realty industry is not enthused with Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan's move to launch auction of land in Mumbai on the lines of telecom spectrum auction in a bid to unlock value. Industry players have sought clarity on the ...
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Mumbai Mirror Bureau
Mumbai Mirror
In its April 6 edition Mumbai Mirror had broken the story on how the high profile Lankan visitors were left fuming after the tenets of the protocol were apparently not honoured by the World Cup organisers. Though no official complaint was lodged with ...
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Mumbai Mirror
Wastewater recycling project at Mumbai airport
Water World
PUNE, India, Apr. 12, 2011 -- To meet rapid growth demands, a new terminal building is being planned at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai, India. To conserve scarce water resources, the new building will feature a wastewater recycling ...
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Symonds-Bhajji bhai bhai?
NDTV.com
New Delhi: When Andrew Symonds was picked up by Mumbai Indians during the Indian Premier League (IPL) Season Four players' auction in January, almost instantaneously there was talk about sparks flying in a dressing room that the Queenslander would have ...
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Salman won't get intimate with Sonakshi
Hindustan Times
No, the actor is not repulsed by her; he has only refused to shoot an intimate scene with the Shotgun girl in Sajid Nadiadwala's next. s to suit Salman's needs, Mumbai Mirror reported. Buzz is that Salman froze after watching the love making scenes ...
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Cops bust lunch-break 'massage' parlour in Mumbai
NDTV.com
Mumbai: Mumbai police busted a full-fledged prostitution racket that was operating under the cover of a beauty clinic in South Mumbai. Investigations have revealed that a high-income corporate clientele from the vicinity visited the salon. ...
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Cops to grill Metro officials over drowning incident
Times of India
MUMBAI: The Saki Naka police have summoned officials of Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd ( MMOPL) and Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) for questioning after two boys, aged 11 and 9, drowned in a 10-ft deep trench at a construction site ...
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Indian tattoos - traces of the divine
AFP
MUMBAI — Girish Giridhara's arms are tattooed with Hindu gods, goddesses and sacred mantras. The spiritual designs are intricate but also hardly surprising for a man who once trained to be a priest. Shaven-headed, with gold earrings and a red tilak on ...
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AFP
Rupee up on strong euro, dlr inflows; shares, oil weigh
Reuters India
By Shamik Paul MUMBAI (Reuters) - Robust dollar inflows and a strong euro lifted Indian rupee on Friday, though profit booking by traders, weak local shares and high oil prices limited the upside. The partially convertible rupee ended at 44.07/08 per ...
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Mumbai's CST is the cleanest station
NDTV.com
Mumbai: Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) has already been accorded the status of a heritage structure. But this station is not one to rest on its past laurels. After eight years, the CST station has again been conferred the distinction of being the ...
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NDTV.com
Mumbai Angels invests in ZipDial
Moneylife Personal Finance site and magazine
ZipDial receives Series A investment of over $800000 from both Indian and US angel investors, led by Mumbai Angels, an angel investing group. ZipDial Mobile Solutions Pvt Ltd is a Bangalore-based company founded by Valerie Rozycki (CEO) and Amiya ...
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38 Indian cities fall in moderate to high risk seismic zones
The Hindu
PTI Top metros like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata fall under moderate to high risk seismic zones of the country, the National Disaster Management Authority has said. “Earthquake is a major issue of concern. Over 58.6 per cent of land in India is ...
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The Hindu
Chennai, Mumbai squads well balanced in IPL 4
NDTV.com
Mumbai: The recent IPL auction brought about changes in all teams that were involved in last year's tournament. While the finalists Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians retained most of the core members of their squads, the same was not true with the ...
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26/11: MV Kuber's owners attempt suicide
Zee News
Porbander: MV Kuber, the ill-fated boat that was hijacked by terrorists to reach close to the Mumbai coast to launch the 26/11 attacks has once again come in the limelight. Narsinh Masani, the brother of the owner of fishing vessel attempted suicide, ...
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Pirates hijack cargo ship off Oman's coast
CNN
The NV Susan K was sailing to Sudan from Mumbai, India, when it was attacked and boarded by 10 pirates just 35 miles from the Omani coastline, it said. The Antigua and Barbuda-flagged ship has 10 crew members, including four from Ukraine and six from ...
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News from ILEETA 2011: Preparing for a Mumbai- or Beslan-style attack in the ...
Police News
There's no such thing as too much ammo unless you're on fire... or swimming The November 2008 terrorist attack on the city of Mumbai that killed more than 170 and wounded more than 300 others two-and-a-half years ago was a game-changer for American law ...
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