Sunday, January 4, 2009

Mumbai attacks planned to cause war: governor... and other news

Mumbai attacks planned to cause war: governor
LAHORE: The Mumbai attacks were meant to push India and Pakistan to war to weaken both the countries, Governor Salmaan Taseer said on Friday. ...
Read at Daily Times

Slumdog Millionaire is a journey from the gutters to the stars
Times Online
His new film, Slumdog Millionaire — a gorgeous adrenalised love story set in contemporary Mumbai — has just been nominated for four Golden Globe awards, ...
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Investors Swoop In After Mumbai Attacks
Are foreign investors fleeing India after the Islamic militant attack in Mumbai on Nov. 26-29? Not at all. They have adopted Nathan Rothschild's maxim that ...
Read at Forbes

US envoy meets Zardari on Mumbai terror attack
PTI Amid intense global pressure on Pakistan to act against the perpetrators of the Mumbai carnage, the US on Friday underlined the need for New Delhi and ...
Read at NDTV.com

Major carriers announce more fare cuts
The airline is also offering an all-inclusive fare of Rs 2926 for the Delhi-Mumbai-Delhi and of Rs 2176 for the Mumbai-Hyderabad-Mumbai outer. ...
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India's Bonds Rally After Central Bank Slashes Interest Rates
The yield on the 8.24 percent note due April 2018 fell 22 basis points to 5.07 percent at the 5:30 pm close in Mumbai, according to the central bank's ...
Read at Bloomberg

Jet Airways slashes international fares by 25%
MUMBAI: After cutting domestic fares by 40% on Monday, the country's largest private carrier, Jet Airways, has now cut international fares and special ...
Read at Economic Times

NIA unlikely to take over Mumbai attack probe
"At this point when investigations are progressing smoothly under Mumbai's crime branch and a lot of evidence has come out, we do not want to change horses ...
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Lashkar rejects 'confession' in Mumbai probe
AFP
SRINAGAR (AFP) — The Pakistan-based militant outfit blamed for the Mumbai attacks rejected Friday a report that one of its leaders had acknowledged the ...
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The Divine Comedy of Mumbai
02, 2009 Rajanish Kakade / AP Kept in the basement of the Asiatic Society library, a colonnaded marble building in Mumbai's colonial heart, is perhaps the ...
Read at TIME

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