US suspect in Mumbai attacks to change plea... and other news

US suspect in Mumbai attacks to change plea
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The American charged with scouting targets for the 2008 assault on Mumbai that killed more than 160 people will plead guilty this week, ...
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US suspect in Mumbai siege, Danish plot to plead guilty

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CHICAGO — The charismatic Chicago man accused of being a scout for the deadly 2008 Mumbai siege and a plot to kill a Danish cartoonist is set to plead ...
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Mumbai duo in touch with '93 blasts accused
MUMBAI: An Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) officer has revealed that police established a connection between the two Mumbai men recently arrested for plotting ...
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Mumbai Terror Plot Suspect to Plead Guilty, Defense Lawyer Says
By Andrew M. Harris March 16 (Bloomberg) -- David Coleman Headley, who is accused of helping to plan the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks and a ...
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Marathi plays cash in on the migrant issue
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) seem to have found support in Marathi theatre. Over the past few years, several plays have ...
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Chicago man to plead guilty in 2008 Mumbai terror attacks
Headley is accused of traveling to India from 2006 to 2008 to scout targets that were later under attack by terrorists in the November 2008 siege of Mumbai ...
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Mumbai Indians buoyed by Pollard's arrival
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Daredevils are on a roll but their opponents for Wednesday's home game, the Mumbai Indians, have been buoyed by the arrival of IPL-3's ...
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34300 doses of imported H1N1 vaccine arrive in Mumbai
Mumbai: Maharashtra on Monday got 34300 doses of imported swine flu vaccine made by French Pharma company Sanofi-Pasteur. The vaccines arrived in Mumbai, ...
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Chirag United beat Mumbai FC 2-0
Mumbai: An inspiring performance by Chirag United striker Joshimar da Silva Martins gave the visitors a comfortable 2-0 win over a jaded Mumbai FC in a ...
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Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians
A Delhi-Mumbai tie in Ranji Trophy is usually at the top of the charts. In the IPL, the contest between these two metros should be electrifying. ...
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2 of Pune among 5 held for burglary at Hema Malini's bungalow... and other news

2 of Pune among 5 held for burglary at Hema Malini's bungalow
The burglary at film star Hema Malini's bungalow in Mumbai has a Pune link. Among the five arrested, all of them natives of Nepal, in the case by the Mumbai ...
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MNS men target cell co for not using Marathi
MUMBAI/THANE: A day after the Supreme Court castigated MNS leader Raj Thackeray for his hate speeches, his supporters in Mumbai and Thane went on the ...
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Continental CEO will cancel flights before fines
Smisek said many passengers on delayed flights "really want to go to LA or Mumbai, but the government by God says, 'We're going to fine you $27500. ...
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Mumbai doctors give man with Parkinson's his life back
Mumbai: After being denied surgery by several doctors in the US, a 71-year-old suffering from advanced Parkinson's disease was finally operated upon in ...
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Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge pirated DVDs seized in Mumbai
MUMBAI: The Mumbai Police, on behalf of the film industry, conducted a raid and seized over 6189 pirated DVDs and CDs worth around Rs 4,66000. ...
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Don't impose Hindi on us, says Raj
MUMBAI: A day after the Supreme Court asked him to desist from making provocative speeches targeting north Indians, MNS chief Raj Thackeray on Tuesday said, ...
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Dedicated helicopter corridors at Mumbai, Delhi airports soon
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has decided to introduce dedicated corridors at the Delhi and Mumbai airports to ensure safe and efficient ...
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IPL 2010 Preview - Mumbai Indians
The Reliance Group bought the Mumbai franchise of the IPL with a record highest bid of USD 111.9 million. Squad: Sachin Tendulkar (captain), Dwayne Bravo, ...
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Photos: Shahrukh Khan and Akon Party in Mumbai
Mumbai has rarely been so fired up! Last night, R&B superstar Akon lit up Shahrukh Khan's IPL party at the JW Marriott with a performance out of this world! ...
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After 20 years , Sachin returns to Mumbai's maidans
Mumbai's cricket aficionados reckon Sachin Tendulkar played last played on the maidans of Mumbai in 1990, when he turned out for Shivaji Park Youngsters in ...
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BofA Merrill looks to bring Nakhate back from JPMorgan... and other news

BofA Merrill looks to bring Nakhate back from JPMorgan
MUMBAI: Bank of America Merrill Lynch, which in the last year struggled in India due to merger uncertainties with Bank of America and staff exodus, ...
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Tighter security at airport gate
The CISF is increasing security on the city side of all sensitive airports, including Mumbai, to thwart possible attacks. They fear terrorists might attempt ...
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Cops follow railway coupon clue, catch three killers in Mumbai
Mumbai: It was a well-scripted murder. But the assailants dropped a vital clue: a railway coupon book, which eventually resulted in their arrest. ...
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Centre fails to keep promise to provide security to industry
New Delhi: The UPA government had announced after the Mumbai attack that it would provide a central industrial security force (CISF) cover to private ...
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Mumbai second best place to live in India
Mumbai: Mumbai may be the financial capital of India but when it comes to overall liveability factor, the city loses out to the country's political capital, ...
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Mumbai police officer in soup for not opposing bail of accused
Mumbai: Not opposing the bail plea of an accused in Navi Mumbai's fake ration card case has landed a police inspector in trouble with the Bombay high court. ...
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Govt sounds terror alert for Kolkata, Mumbai, Bangalore
NEW DELHI: The government on Monday sounded a terror alert for three cities -- Kolkata, Mumbai and Bangalore -- after interrogation of Indian Mujahideen ...
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Delhi tops liveability index, Mumbai No. 2
Mumbai ranks second, followed by Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad, while Lucknow, Patna, Visakhapatnam and Jamshedpur are ranked lowest.
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Maoists turning Ahmedabad-Mumbai stretch into 'Red Corridor'?
SURAT: Plans are afoot for quite some time now to turn the Ahmedabad-Mumbai stretch into a 'Red Corridor' with bases of Maoists in several towns along the ...
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One dead in stampede for Mumbai police jobs

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MUMBAI — One man died in a stampede at a police recruitment centre in the Indian city of Mumbai on Monday as 30000 candidates rushed to lodge job ...
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Holi Festival Celebrated on the beach in Juhu, Mumbai... and other news

Holi Festival Celebrated on the beach in Juhu, Mumbai
Revelers celebrate the Hindu Festival of Colors "Holi" on the beach in Juhu, in the city of Mumbai. Locals colored each other with powder and paint in ...
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Heritage colony in Mumbai loses fences
Mumbai: The controversy surrounding Willingdon Colony in Santacruz (W) took a new turn on Tuesday with residents alleging that the builder Sumer Associates ...
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10-yr-old girl molested in tony South Mumbai club
Mumbai: A 10-year-old Parsi girl, who had gone to the posh Breach Candy Club for a swim on Sunday, was allegedly molested by a 19-year-old boy. ...
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State proposes to reduce auto rickshaw's road life in Mumbai
Mumbai: The humble auto rickshaw might be coming to the end of the road in Mumbai. The state transport department has proposed to reduce the lifespan of the ...
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Mumbai's fire brigade wants latest bulletproof vests
Mumbai: A substandard bulletproof vest is widely believed to have been responsible for the death of former anti-terrorism squad chief Hemant Karkare during ...
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US court orders Mumbai firm to pay Rs 38.5 cr
It's one of the best available in the market," said a spokeperson of the Rs 1000 crore company in Mumbai. In a statement mailed to The Indian Express on ...
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Ragged for months in Mumbai, youth kills self
JAIPUR/MUMBAI: Upset over constant ragging at the Mumbai-based Advanced Training Institute, a 20-year-old student -- identified as Satyendra Kumar ...
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Railway police nab youth who robbed tourist in Mumbai
Mumbai: Mumbai Central railway police arrested a youth for robbing a South Korean tourist in a train on Monday. The arrested person has been identified as ...
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Graham Napier shrugs aside Indian Premier League fears with Mumbai Indians

Telegraph.co.uk

By Paul Bolton Napier arrived in India early on Tuesday morning and went straight into a training session with the Mumbai Indians. England all-rounder Ravi ...
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Old caves of Mumbai to get a new look

Daily News & Analysis

Mumbai: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has finally taken the responsibility of restoring two of the well-known caves in Mumbai — the Mandapeshwar ...
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Rhodes to success in IPL III... and other news

Rhodes to success in IPL III
Mumbai: Fielding plays a crucial role in any team's fate in the Twenty20 format of the game. And for the Mumbai Indians, there is none better thanJonty ...
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Bollywood's first family boycotts 'Indian Oscars'

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MUMBAI — Bollywood's first family said Saturday they would boycott the industry's top awards ceremony because of a row with a tabloid newspaper. ...
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Uddhav now bats for Sachin
The Shiv Sena, which recently blasted Sachin Tendulkar for his statement on Mumbai, is now batting for him. Party executive president Uddhav Thackeray on ...
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Celebrate a dry Holi, says Mumbai mayor
Mumbai: Mumbai's first citizen Mayor Shraddha Jadhav has appealed to the Mumbaikars to celebrate a dry holi this year. Mayor Jadhav said since there is not ...
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Bollywood's first family boycotts 'Indian Oscars'
Screen legend Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek both said they would not attend the Filmfare Awards Saturday evening after the Mumbai Mirror published a ...
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Filmfare Awards: And the winners are...

NDTV.com

The 55th Annual Filmfare Awards has kick started at Yash Raj Studios, Mumbai. This time the starry night will honour movies released between 2009-10. ...
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Gafoor is new head of Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau
By SHAHID RAZA BURNEY | ARAB NEWS MUMBAI: In a late evening reshuffle of senior police officers, the Maharashtra government appointed former Mumbai Police ...
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I am not sick: Aishwarya Rai
And she wants to shout from the rooftop that a news story, published by a Mumbai tabloid, claiming that the actress is unable to conceive as she is ...
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Mumbai police conduct mock drill before Holi
MUMBAI: A day before Holi festival, the police today conducted a mock drill at the Siddhi Vinayak temple at Dadar in central Mumbai. ...
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India Budget Offers Central Bank Scope to Raise Rates
Stocks rose after yesterday's budget release, with the Sensitive Index gaining 1.1 percent in Mumbai, helping pare losses since the start of the year that ...
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Horror director issues $11K movie challenge... and other news

Horror director issues $11K movie challenge

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Indian filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma poses in front of a poster for his upcoming horror film Phoonk 2 in Mumbai on Monday. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)An Indian ...
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Larsen Units to Borrow 100 Billion Rupees to Build Roads, Power
Mumbai-based Larsen will use half the money for five road projects and the rest to finance a 1600 megawatt thermal power project in Rajpura, Punjab, ...
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Mumbai Bonanza For Central, But WR Gets Little
MUMBAI: It was almost like a tale of two cities on Wednesday, with railway minister Mamata Banerjee's budget promising a bonanza for the eastern half of ...
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Wadia sells Mumbai bldg to Axis for Rs 640 crore
MUMBAI: A new four-storey commercial building at Worli is being sold for Rs 640 crore, pitching it as one of the costliest in the country. ...
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India's German Bakery Death Toll Rises to 16 Including 5 Foreigners

UK Today News

This bombing is the first blast since the deadly Mumbai 26/11 attack by terrorist that killed many people. German Bakery was very popular with foreign ...
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India and Pakistan hold first Kashmir peace talks since Mumbai attack

Times Online

It stalled when Pervez Musharraf, then President of Pakistan, faced a domestic political crisis, with India suspending the dialogue after the Mumbai attacks ...
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Mumbai University no longer 5-star, at least not on paper
Mumbai: Mumbai University, which aspires to be among the world's top 200 universities, has failed to get its accreditation (certification of competency, ...
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'Lateral thinker' in Mumbai tomorrow
Mumbai: "Creative thinking is a skill that can be learnt and is based on motivation and not talent," says professor Dr Edward de Bono, the man who coined ...
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Confident Mumbai to face Tamil Nadu
PTI A confident Mumbai will take on Tamil Nadu in quarter final of Inter-Zone Vijay Hazzare one-day tournament’s knock out match to be played in Rajkot on ...
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US cites secret evidence in Mumbai attack case
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Prosecutors preparing to try a Pakistani-born Chicago businessman on charges he aided the 2008 Mumbai attackers invoked a secrecy law on ...
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One Mumbai not enough: Hafiz Saeed... and other news

One Mumbai not enough: Hafiz Saeed
At a 'Kashmir solidarity' rally in Lahore, Saeed, accused by India of masterminding the Mumbai terror attack, was back at spewing venom against India saying ...
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On Holi, Mumbai to get extra water
MUMBAI: Mayor Shraddha Jadhav on Tuesday said the city would get extra water supply on the occasion of Holi but has appealed to citizens to not waste water. ...
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Anxious moments ahead of India's key sporting year

BBC News

The Shiv Sena has a powerful presence in the financial capital, Mumbai (Bombay), and had threatened to disrupt games if they featured Australian players. ...
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South Asia rivals aim to rebuild trust

BBC News

India and Pakistan are preparing to hold their first formal talks since the 2008 Mumbai (Bombay) attacks. Negotiations will take place in Delhi on Thursday ...
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Mumbai tops in accidental deaths
Mumbai: The country's financial capital has earned the dubious distinction of being the nation's death capital as well, with the highest number of accident ...
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Pakistani militant group easily evades ban
Both nations mobilized troops to their shared border as tensions spiked following Mumbai. Another major attack by Pakistani militants on Indian soil would ...
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Mumbai moves one up to 5th slot in world's expensive offices
Mumbai: Mumbai is the fifth most expensive office location in the world, said Cushman & Wakefield in its recent analysis. The Nariman Point area in Mumbai ...
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26/11 case: Mumbai's special court fixes date to start final arguments

All India Radio

Mumbai's special court conducting the trial in 26/11 terror attack case today asked the prosecution and the defence to start their final arguments in the ...
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India-Pakistan talks only the first stepping stone
Some see talks as cushioning the impact of any fresh Mumbai-style attack on India which might tip the nuclear-armed countries into war, as well as helping ...
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BARC scientist found murdered in Mumbai
Mumbai, Feb 23 (PTI) A scientist of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) was found murdered at his residence in south Mumbai, police said today. ...
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