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Mumbai Weekly News - 29 April 2011

4 more men charged in 2008 Mumbai terror attack
The Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) — US prosecutors charged four Pakistani men Monday in connection with the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, that killed 166 people, including six Americans, although none of the defendants is in US custody. ...
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M for Malinga, the true match-winner for Mumbai
Hindustan Times
Mumbai Indians Lasith Malinga in action during the match between Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super...... How would you describe 16 wickets in six matches? Isn't this an outstanding statistic, especially in a format tailor-made for batsmen? ...
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Air tickets to get cheaper from Mumbai, but not Delhi
Times of India
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the airport development fee ranging between Rs 100 to Rs 1300 levied per passenger per trip at Mumbai, Delhi and other airports was illegal since it was not authorized by the Airport Economic ...
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Mumbai Police hand WC security bill of Rs 2.65 cr to MCA
IBNLive.com
PTI | 10:04 PM,Apr 28,2011 Mumbai, Apr 28 (PTI) Mumbai police have presented a bill of Rs 2.65 crore to the Mumbai Cricket Association for providing security during the three matches of 2011 ICC world cup, which were played at Wankhede stadium here. ...
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Railways rescue Air India passengers
Daily News & Analysis
By DNA Correspondent | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA Passengers of the national carrier Air India continued to suffer on the second day of the pilot strike as more pilots struck work on Thursday, and cancellations rose to 60. To add to their woes, ...
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Citizens' visions of Mumbai's new development plan
Times of India
MUMBAI: The city's new development plan (DP) is still three years away from implementation. But citizens' groups, NGOs and urban planners have started formulating their own vision of Mumbai's future-they want the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation ...
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Shor In The City is funny and engrossing
Daily News & Analysis
By Aniruddha Guha | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA Shor In The City is the second film this year to adopt a parallel story format with Mumbai as the backdrop. Dhobi Ghat was a simple tale of four individuals and their lives in the metropolis. ...
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Statistical highlights: Mumbai Indians vs Deccan Chargers
Times of India
Mumbai Indians have become the first side to record five wins out of six games played. # Andrew Symonds and Rohit Sharma were involved in a stand of 102 (unbroken) for the fifth wicket - Mumbai Indians' best in the IPL. # Andrew Symonds has aggregated ...
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Mumbai's Home Sales Drop to Two-Year Low as Unsold Units Climb to a Record
Bloomberg
By Pooja Thakur - Wed Apr 27 18:30:01 GMT 2011 The Imperial residential towers rise over the Tardeo area of Mumbai. Photographer: Pal Pillai/Bloomberg Mumbai home sales dropped to a two- year low in the first quarter as record prices and interest rates ...
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Rohit, Harbhajan star for Mumbai
The Hindu
MUMBAI: Rohit Sharma masterminded Mumbai Indians' eight-run win over Chennai Super Kings in the DLF IPL-IV league match at the Wankhede Stadium on Friday. He made a strokeful 87 off 48 balls to boost the home team's score to 164 for four and also ...
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The Hindu
Tendulkar-led Mumbai Indians are the favourites: Gilchrist
Times of India
CHANDIGARH: With IPL 4 nearing halfway mark of league stage, Kings XI Punjab skipper Adam Gilchrist on Monday said the competition is wide open, barring Mumbai Indians' strong position at the top, and every side would be desperately looking to win each ...
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After Red Corridor, a golden one from Ahmedabad to Mumbai
Daily News & Analysis
By Divyesh Singh | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA According to initial information provided by arrest naxalite Angela Sontakke, the newly formed Golden Corridor Committee (GCC) oversees the movement's activities in Mumbai, Thane, Pune, Ahmedabad and Surat ...
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Massive rally of mariners in Mumbai
IBNLive.com
CHENNAI: As a mark of protest and to show solidarity with the seven seafarers, who were held hostage by Somali pirates in retaliation to the action of Indian authorities on pirates, the mariners have planned a massive march in Mumbai on Wednesday to ...
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Woman's body found in gunny bag on Mumbai local
Times of India
MUMBAI: The body of a young woman was found bundled inside a gunny bag on a train at Churchgate station early on Monday. The incident had an uncanny resemblance to a case in February when the slaughtered body of a woman was discovered inside a suitcase ...
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Jyothy close to $203 mln deal for Henkel India stake-srcs
Reuters
By Indulal PM and Nandita Bose MUMBAI, April 27 (Reuters) - Indian fabric whitener and detergent maker Jyothy Laboratories Ltd is in advanced talks to buy Henkel AG's (HNKG_p.DE) majority stake in its Indian arm for 9 billion rupees ($202.8 million) ...
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Click, clack, ding! The end of the typewriter
Daily News & Analysis
By Ashutosh Shukla | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA The loud click-clack of typewriters, already fading away as offices embrace computer, is now destined to fall silent. Godrej and Boyce, the country's only remaining seller of manual typewriters have only ...
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2 Bowlers Find Success With a Flair All Their Own
New York Times
By HUW RICHARDS Connoisseurs of unorthodox cricketing should be in for a treat Friday when Rajasthan plays Mumbai in the Indian Premier League. To watch either Mumbai's Sri Lankan paceman, Lasith Malinga, or Rajasthan's Australian fireballer, ...
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Analysis: Western chains flock to India as fast-food craving
Reuters
By Nandita Bose and Neha Singh MUMBAI (Reuters)- McDonald's (MCD.N) made its name serving up hamburgers fast, but it took the world's biggest hamburger chain four years to enter India -- without its signature dish. A number of fast-food and cafe chains ...
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Bollywood star Ahuja bailed over maid rape
AFP
MUMBAI — A court in the Indian city of Mumbai on Wednesday granted bail to Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja who is appealing against a conviction for raping his maid. The Bombay High Court ordered the release of Ahuja, star of several films including ...
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AFP
Mumbai beaches to soon have women lifeguards
Indian Express
The Fire Brigade Department of the Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is giving advertisements in local newspapers for recruiting women lifeguards. "The recruitment of women lifeguards comes in wake of the 33 per cent reservation for women in ...
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BMC to give Bihar what it could not give Mumbai
Times of India
MUMBAI: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is trying to set someone else's house in order by doing what it could not achieve in its own backyard: Pothole-free roads. A team of civic engineers is on a visit to Bihar to help the resurgent state ...
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Salgaocar aim for win against Mumbai FC
Times of India
PTI | Apr 28, 2011, 05.30pm IST MARGAO: Smarting from the defeat against defending champions Dempo, Salgaocar would look to increase their lead at the top when they take on Mumbai FC in the 24th round match of the I-League on Friday. ...
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Hygiene camp for Mumbai's pani-puri sellers
IBNLive.com
Mumbai: A Congress member of parliament will Wednesday organise a hygiene awareness camp for pani-puri and bhel-puri sellers in north Mumbai. The camp, organised by Sanjay Nirupam comes in the wake of recent attacks on pani-puri and bhel-puri sellers ...
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Bollywood film shoot halted over 'illegal' dancers
AFP
MUMBAI — A Bollywood film starring screen legend Amitabh Bachchan was disrupted in Mumbai on Tuesday after a political party protested against the use of foreign dancers. Members of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) forced shooting of the action ...
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AFP
Patna police to seek Hasan Ali's remand
Times of India
PATNA: A Patna Police team would appear in a Mumbai court on Tuesday for taking Pune-based stud owner and tax evader Hasan Ali Khan on remand. Hasan, who is languishing in Arthur Road Central Jail in Mumbai, had earlier filed a bail petition in a ...
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Superbug at Mumbai's doorstep
Daily News & Analysis
By Somita Pal | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA Clinical microbiologists at Pune's Sassoon hospital and National Centre of Cell Science (NCCS) have found as many as 20 people infected with the NDM-1 (New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-1) gene since the last ...
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Profit chase leads Rediff to group-discount site wagon
Daily News & Analysis
By Lison Joseph | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA Rediff, the once-shining star of Indian e-commerce, made a late entry into the already-getting-crowded 'group discount' deals bandwagon. Group discount deal websites such as Groupon — which recently ...
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India's Power Finance $1.2 bln issue on May 10 - sources
Reuters
By Ketan Bondre and Sumeet Chatterjee MUMBAI, April 26 (Reuters) - Indian state-run Power Finance Corporation Ltd will launch its share sale on May 10, four sources with direct knowledge of the matter said, marking a deal that could raise up to $1.2 ...
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Filmstar Prithviraj marries Mumbai journalist
IBNLive.com
New Delhi: Malayalam film actor Prithviraj Sukumaran has tied the knot with Mumbai-based journalist Supriya Menon in a low-profile ceremony held in his hometown of Palakkad, according to reports. The Tamil-Malayalam actor is said to have married ...
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Vulnerable Mumbai Indians faces off against Chennai Super Kings
The Hindu
MUMBAI: Chennai Super Kings takes on the might of Mumbai Indians in an away match of DLF IPL-IV at a time when the latter appears vulnerable in many areas. The sharpness seen in the first week has given away to frayed edges in home conditions. ...
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The Hindu
Sachin avoids referring to Sri Sathya Sai Baba's demise
The Hindu
Sachin Tendulkar, captain of Mumbai Indians, who decided to lead his team against Deccan Chargers in the Indian Premier League match here on Sunday, preferred to avoid referring to the demise of Sri Sathya Sai Baba when he went out for the toss here at ...
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The Hindu
Mumbai airport runways to remain closed for five hours today
Daily News & Analysis
Flights in and out of Mumbai have been drastically rescheduled for today because both runways at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport will remain closed for five hours from 11.30am to 4.30pm. Considerable delays are expected after the airport ...
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Gold hits record high; traders continue to stock
Economic Times
MUMBAI: Gold hit another record on Thursday afternoon following firm overseas markets, though a strong rupee kept the upside limited, with traders booking deals to stock up for a festival next week, dealers said. At 1:00 pm The most-traded gold for ...
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DoCoMo's India Partner Gains After First Annual Profit in Decade
Bloomberg
By Ketaki Gokhale - Tue Apr 26 11:58:48 GMT 2011 Tata Teleservices Maharashtra Ltd. (TTLS) the listed-unit of NTT DoCoMo Inc. (9437)'s Indian partner, rose to its highest in more than three months in Mumbai trading after reporting its first annual ...
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I-League: Mumbai FC, Chirag United play out a boring draw
Times of India
PTI | Apr 25, 2011, 10.44pm IST KOLHAPUR: Failure to cash in on their chances saw hosts Mumbai FC eke out a goalless draw against Kolkata club Chirag United in the I-League match at the Sahu Maharaj Ground on Monday. Both teams had their chances, ...
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Mission Impossible 4 shooting in Mumbai!
Times of India
Hollywood star Tom Cruise may not be coming to India but his double is moving around in the bylanes of Mumbai searching for Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor. Yes, Mission Impossible 4-Ghost Protocol which marks Anil Kapoor's debut in mainstream Hollywood is ...
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Adarsh scam: Panel raps Maharashtra govt over silence on land ownership
Daily News & Analysis
Place: Mumbai | Agency: PTI The inquiry commission set up to probe the Adarsh Housing Society scam today questioned Maharashtra government's silence on the ownership of the disputed land in south Mumbai. "Why is the state government not saying anything ...
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Probe Mumbai Congress chief as per law: Court
Mangalorean.com
Mumbai, April 28 (IANS) In what could be a setback for Mumbai Congress chief Kripashankar Singh, the Bombay High Court Thursday directed investigating agencies not to wait for its orders to probe a case involving his allegedly unaccounted wealth. ...
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HC asks Mumbai traffic police to form zonal sub-committees
IBNLive.com
PTI | 09:04 PM,Apr 26,2011 Mumbai, Apr 26 (PTI) Observing that there is a need for zonal level monitoring of traffic in the city, the Bombay High Court today directed the traffic police to form zonal sub committees to look into implementation of ...
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No red tape or turf war in probe Mumbai terror attack: Timothy Roemer
Daily News & Analysis
Place: New Delhi | Agency: PTI There were no "red tapes no turf battles" in investigating the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks when FBI agents worked extensively with their counterparts in the Indian police and intelligence agencies, US Ambassador to India ...
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Mahindra launches Maxximo Mini van at Rs 3.2 lakh
Economic Times
MUMBAI: Mahindra & Mahindra , one of India's leading auto makers , today announced the launch of its next generation passenger carrier Maxximo Mini Van priced at Rs 3.2 lakh. "Maxximo Mini Van is priced at Rs 3.2 lakh (Ex-Showroom BS3, Navi Mumbai) and ...
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Mumbai girl to swim in crocodile-infested lake in Oz
Hindustan Times
PTI Mumbai school girl Swapnali Yadav will compete in an open swim contest in a crocodile infested lake in Western Australia, but is confident the event's organisers would have taken the necessary precautions. Swapnali, the only swimmer from India to ...
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3 cops injured in two hit-and-run cases in Mumbai
IBNLive.com
PTI | 08:04 PM,Apr 27,2011 Mumbai, Apr 27 (PTI) Three police constables, including a woman cop, were injured in two separate hit-and-run cases when a drunken man and a student hit them driving their vehicles rashly, police said today. ...
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Daily News & Analysis
In this updated book, he has added a few extra chapters, including a chapter on the terrorist attack on Mumbai on 26 November 2008. We bring an excerpt from the said chapter: The terrorist attack on Mumbai on November 26, 2008, must be reckoned as one ...
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Use 'decent' ringtones: Mumbai top cop tells police force
NDTV.com
PTI, Updated: April 27, 2011 17:50 IST Mumbai: Mumbai police has ordered its men to refrain from setting 'item numbers' or 'vulgar songs' as their ringtones in the mobile phones and advised them to instead use 'decent' tones. ...
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Sena looking for firebrand to restore party's image
Times of India
MUMBAI: The Shiv Sena is frantically looking for a Bal Thackeray clone to restore the party's militant image and to take on the ruling Congress-NCP combine in the Maharashtra legislature. Efforts are afoot to rejig the Sena legislature party (SLP) with ...
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Aamir challenges Mumbai!
Times of India
After shooting at Lower Parel station, the director shot at Western Railway's Charni Road station in South Mumbai. According to a unit hand the shoot happened on Sunday evening. "Camera was placed on a bridge close to the station. ...
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Hindustan Times
Christians across Mumbai welcomed Easter on Sunday with a midnight mass and broke their fast with a traditional feast. Marzipan sweets and Easter eggs were served in many households. "The Easter egg symbolises Christ's resurrection and new life," city ...
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Mumbai Terrorism Survivor Completes Boston Marathon
velonews.competitor.com
She was the victim of a horrible act of terror in Mumbai, India. At the time, she was at a dinner party in the Oberoi Hotel when terrorists barged in with machine guns and started shooting. Three bullets pierced her leg. ...
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Mumbai prepares for Easter feast
Daily News & Analysis
By Manoj R Nair | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ, but besides being a prominent day in the Christian calendar, the day also has its non-spiritual aspects, especially the epicurean. ...
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