Saturday, February 27, 2010

Horror director issues $11K movie challenge... and other news

Horror director issues $11K movie challenge
CBC.ca
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 tournament̢۪s 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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Thursday, February 25, 2010

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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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Diplomats Could Hold Key to India-Pakistan Talks... and other news

Diplomats Could Hold Key to India-Pakistan Talks
That familiarity could prove crucial as the two diplomats kick off the first round of peace talks between India and Pakistan since the Mumbai terrorist ...
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Counter-terror white paper warns of homegrown threat
The white paper, scheduled for release late last year, was initiated following the terror attacks in Mumbai, India, in November, 2008, which killed 166 ...
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Mumbai to feel the chill only for one more day
Mumbai: The city is suddenly, in the last couple of days, witnessing a cold spell with a dip in temperature, cloudy skies and even a light drizzle in few ...
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Mumbai, Saurashtra in QFs
Ahmedabad: Mumbai held their nerve to beat Punjab by three runs in the Vijay Hazare Trophy pre-quarters match on Monday. Wasim Jaffer's side were bowled out ...
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Three arrested in immigration racket in Mumbai
Mumbai: The Mumbai crime branch officers arrested three persons, including a woman, for running an illegal immigration racket.The police believe that the ...
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Mumbai is in a hole lot of trouble
Mumbai: Motorists or pedestrians in Mumbai could suddenly find themselves 10 feet under one of these days, considering the rate at which the roads have been ...
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Partial Road Collapse in Mumbai, India
A road in India's Mumbai City caved in Monday, causing chaos for locals and morning commuters. It happened at about 6:30am, just seconds after a school bus ...
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Mumbai office rents twice of Manhattan
MUMBAI: Despite the global meltdown, office rentals all over the world are expected to hold firm or increase in 2010 according to global property ...
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Mumbai's six terminally ill patients get gift of life
MUMBAI: Three brain deaths in the city have resulted in the gift of life for six terminally ill patients. Last week, the family of a 58-year-old man donated ...
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Feb drizzle takes Mumbai by surprise
MUMBAI: Even the overcast skies of the last few mornings had not prepared Mumbaikars for the brief spell of February rain that several parts of the city ...
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

'Mumbai needs cycling tracks'... and other news

'Mumbai needs cycling tracks'
MUMBAI, Feb 22, 2010 (Hindustan Times - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Amid all the enthusiasm that residents of Mumbai showed for ...
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All eyes in the sky for Mumbai Bird Race
Participants from across Mumbai and as far as Alibaug on the southern limits and beyond Virar on the northern side started at 6 am and collected details on ...
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India, Pakistan meet after year of living dangerously
Reuters
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The first official talks between India and Pakistan since the Mumbai attacks offer a tiny step to stability in South Asia, ...
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Mumbai welcomes first pro cycling event
MUMBAI: It finally needed somebody like Tobias Erler to make the statement of the Mumbai Cyclothon: "Chuck your motorbikes and take up this bike. ...
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'Mumbai Mirror has slandered Aishwarya Rai's modesty'
Sawf News
Amitabh Bachchan is understandably outraged at that recent Mumbai Mirror story alluding that Aishwarya Rai has stomach TB and consequently can't bear a ...
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Diktat stumps MSc students in Mumbai
Mumbai: An ambiguity in a circular issued by the Mumbai University's UG-PG section in 2008 is causing confusion and anxiety among master's degree students. ...
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Mumbai company cornered 75% of Cong LS poll spend on air travel
Over 75%, ie Rs85.63 crore, of the Rs113.56 crore spent on air travel went to Executive Airways Pvt Ltd, a Mumbai company. The next big provider of ...
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Mumbai pedals for green cause
MUMBAI: 'Burn fat, not fuel' was the message that participants were trying to spread as Mumbai witnessed it's first ever Cyclothon. ...
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Car-free day at Mumbai's Carter Road is high on noise
Mumbai: What started as a movement to keep one road free of traffic snarls and vehicular congestion went awry on Sunday as vehicular noise was replaced by ...
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Shopping complex in Mumbai flouted fire norms
Mumbai: Pradeep Zagade, the 45-year-old assistant fire officerwho died of suffocation while attempting to douse a raging fire at Goyal Shopping Centre in ...
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Monday, February 22, 2010

Navi Mumbai man is 13th Pune blast victim... and other news

Navi Mumbai man is 13th Pune blast victim
Atul Ganpat Anap (30) of Navi Mumbai and a Sudanese student, Amjad Ahmed, died on Saturday. Atul's wife, Rita, also injured in the blast, is still in the ...
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Pedal power in Mumbai
Mumbai: Whenever foreign athletes visited the country for cricket or any other event in the past, they raised questions on the quality of food. ...
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Navi Mumbai engineer becomes 13th victim of German Bakery bomb blast
Mumbai: Atul Ganpat Anap, a 30-year-old software engineer from Navi Mumbai (Nerul) became the 13th victim of the German Bakery bomb blast when he succumbed ...
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Man who built Navi Mumbai is in Gujarat
And, the man in command is the one who built Navi Mumbai, laid the Mumbai-Pune Expressway and built three international airports. Having recently taken over ...
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My name is India
The Hindu
Mumbai was spared a swine flu epidemic, unlike Pune. But this month it was laid low by a virus of acronyms — SS, BT, MNS, SRK, MNIK (for the uninitiated, ...
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Leaky pipes leave Mumbai dry
MUMBAI: You may be suffering through a 15% cut in supply as the BMC tries to save water for the impending dry months, but leaking pipes are bleeding ...
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Mumbai's commuters want more from railway budget
Mumbai: If Union railway minister Mamata Banerjee considers demands made by some of the passenger associations in the city, women commuters travelling on ...
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Mumbai suburbs brace for power punch this summer
MUMBAI: A power shocker is coming this April for 28 lakh Reliance Infrastructure consumers staying in suburban Mumbai. A substantial 400 MW of Reliance's ...
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Amitabh demands apology from tabloid
PTI Actor Amitabh Bachchan has demanded an apology from Mumbai Mirror, a city-based tabloid, for printing a story alleging that Aishwarya Rai Bachchan had ...
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Navi Mumbai man dead, injured wife yet to know
Atul and Rita had come to Pune from Nerul in Navi Mumbai, where they lived, for Rita's job interview with a leading IT company last Saturday. ...
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Sunday, February 21, 2010

BJP MLA wants Shivaji memorial in Konkan, not Mumbai... and other news

BJP MLA wants Shivaji memorial in Konkan, not Mumbai
Jathar said, "Why has development been saturated in Mumbai? The memorial must be constructed there (Sindhudurg)." He added that it would help develop Konkan ...
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A million litres of water go down drain in Mumbai
Mumbai: Work on a skywalk in Andheri cost Mumbai 10 lakh litres of water in just one hour on Friday morning. A contractor, appointed by the MMRDA to work on ...
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Mumbai top cop's wings clipped
Mumbai: The police commissioner of Mumbai is no more on a par with the director general of the state police force (DGP). He will now report to the DGP, ...
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Night before, blaze victim built ramp for his disabled wife in Mumbai
Mumbai: Forty-five-year-old Pradeep Kumar Zagade, the fireman who lost his life fighting the blaze at Goyal Shopping Arcade in Borivli (West) on Friday, ...
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Asian stocks slide on US Fed move; Nikkei falls 2 pc
London/Mumbai, Feb 19 (PTI) Asian stocks tumbled today with most of the region's benchmark indices sliding at least one per cent, as investor sentiment was ...
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Aamir Khan withdraws resignation from copyright panel
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Bollywood actor Aamir Khan on Friday withdrew his resignation from a committee set up to discuss amendments to the Copyrights Act, ...
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Virgin GSM Mobile services now in Mumbai, Maharashtra and Goa
World News
By Agencies Mumbai: Virgin mobile is please to announce the launch of its services in Maharashtra, Mumbai and Goa to entice the utmost amount of prepaid ...
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India Rupee Weakens a Second Day After Fed Raises Discount Rate
The rupee slipped to 46.305 per dollar as of the 5 pm close in Mumbai, from 46.2875 yesterday, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. ...
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Virgin launches GSM services in Mumbai, Maharashtra
Virgin Mobile India, a Tata Teleservices brand, has launched GSM services in Mumbai and Maharashtra telecom circles to tap the growing market of young ...
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Dozen killed in road accident on Mumbai-Goa highway
MUMBAI: In a road mishap, at least 12 persons including three women and two children were killed when an vehicle in which they were travelling dashed a ...
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Saturday, February 20, 2010

Mumbai Indians Start Online Ticket Sales For IPL III... and other news

Mumbai Indians Start Online Ticket Sales For IPL III
Mumbai Indians spearheaded by Sachin Tendulkar have started sales of online tickets for the franchise's home matches for IPL III commencing on March 12. ...
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Maharashtra government guns for illegal migrants in Mumbai
Mumbai: With the 'Marathi manoos' plank off-limits for the state government, it has decided to go after migrants of another kind — foreign, ...
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Flight from Mumbai to Ahmedabad and then to jail
AHMEDABAD: A gang of thieves came to the city from Mumbai to earn a quick buck. If this was not unusual enough, the mode of transport they took definitely ...
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Inquiry implicates five Mumbai cops for attending gangster's party
PTI Mumbai: Five policemen, including an IPS officer who were suspended for allegedly attending a party thrown by members of Chhota Rajan Gang in suburban ...
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Ramu memorial basketball from Feb 21 in Mumbai
Mumbai: Basketball lovers are in for a treat from February 21-28 as India's finest cagers will vie for top honours in the 26th edition of the All-India Ramu ...
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Nirmal Pandey died at 48 due to Massive Heart Stroke in Mumbai
infocera
Nirmal Pandey bollywood actor died at 48 due to massive Heart Stroke in Mumbai. Nirmal Pandey who shot to fame with his role of Vikram Mallah in Shekar ...
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A Bollywood song and dance
Economist
That was also despite a slow start in Mumbai. Of 63 cinemas due to release the film on February 12th only 13 did so. They were deterred, for that day only, ...
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Indian seafarers reach Mumbai after being released by Somali pirates
Mumbai, Feb.18 (ANI): As Somali pirates released a Panamanian-flagged ship on Tuesday that carried a crew of 26, most of whom Indians, eight of the released ...
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US 'committed To' Terror Suspect Headley's Trial Over 26/11 Mumbai Attacks
(RTTNews) - The United States is committed to the trial of terror suspect David Headley charged with plotting the 26/11 Mumbai carnage and ensure a severe ...
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Experian India Joint Venture Gets Credit Bureau License From RBI
The company has also appointed Phil Nolan as managing director of the India credit bureau based in Mumbai, it said in a release. ...
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Friday, February 19, 2010

Motormen's flash strike derails Mumbai's lifeline once again... and other news

Motormen's flash strike derails Mumbai's lifeline once again
MUMBAI: Western Railway (WR) motormen once again brought the city to a grinding standstill—though only for half-an-hour—after they went on a flash strike on ...
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Pakistan-based group claims India bombing: report
AFP
The banned Lashkar-e-Taiba is blamed by India for the attacks on Mumbai in November 2008 which killed 166 people and led to a suspension of dialogue between ...
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Mumbai kiski jaan?
Also the way chief minister of Maharashtra Ashok Chavan and the Mumbai Police handled Mr Gandhi's recent visit to Mumbai is commendable. ...
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Mumbai slum rehab project to boost HDIL's revenue
Housing Development and Infrastructure Ltd (HDIL) has won a Rs2,000 crore slum rehabilitation project in Mumbai. The company will develop around 1.2 million ...
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Threat pushes DC games to Cuttack
Hyderabad/Mumbai/Delhi, Feb. 16: Responding to the threat to withdraw from the third edition of the Indian Premier League, the IPL governing council on ...
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Jet Airways Connects Mumbai to Johannesburg
Travel Agent
Effective April 14, Jet Airways will begin daily nonstop flights from Mumbai to Johannesburg in South Africa marking Jet Airways' first international route ...
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No composite dialogue, Pakistan told
The Hindu
Talks between India and Pakistan went into an impasse after the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. According to the tentative schedule, ...
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Unknown group lays claim to Pune attacks
The caller said the group broke off from Lashkar-e-Toiba, which was linked to the 2008 attacks in Mumbai, because LeT was taking orders from Pakistani ...
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Mumbai suspect accuses Jamaat chief
Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, the only surviving suspected attacker in the Mumbai attacks of 2008, has apparently accused Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, ...
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Pirated DVDs of 'My Name Is Khan' seized in Mumbai
MUMBAI: Mumbai police have seized over 3000 pirated DVDs including that of Shah Rukh Khan's 'My Name Is Khan' during a raid on pirates in the city. ...
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Thursday, February 18, 2010

O'Grady to race in Tour de Mumbai... and other news

O'Grady to race in Tour de Mumbai
Australian sprinters Stuart O'Grady and Baden Cooke will help launch India's first professional cycling race in Mumbai on Sunday. ...
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Divisions run deep despite India and Pakistan's return to talks
THE UPCOMING talks between India and Pakistan in New Delhi are the first since the November 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks. But while they signify an easing ...
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Lord Adair Turner too pitches for tax on short-term capital flows
MUMBAI: The chairman of UK's financial services regulator Lord Adair Turner is the latest in a growing list of global voices supporting financial ...
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Senior citizen held for 'rape' in Mumbai
Mumbai: A senior citizen and his friend, both businessmen and residents of Lokhandwala in Andheri (West), were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly raping a ...
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Photos: Shahrukh Khan Returns to Mumbai After 'My Name is Khan' Promotional Tour
We bet there's no place like home! Welcome back! Check out our pics of Shahrukh Khan, Kajol and Karan Johar at Mumbai airport below.
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Terrorism cannot derail peace process
It may have been the first such assault since the one on Mumbai in November 2008 that killed more than 160 people and was blamed on the Pakistan-based ...
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Ready with back-up, IPL tells teams
Mumbai: With reports of security threat increasing by the day, the Indian Premier League (IPL) has written to the franchisees stating that it is ready with ...
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3 Bharat Nepali aides held for Azmi's murder in Mumbai
Mumbai: Three persons suspected to be from the Bharat Nepali gang were arrested by the Mumbai crime branch for allegedly murdering criminal lawyer Shahid ...
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Centre wants to separate Mumbai: Uddhav Thackeray
Mumbai: An already hassled Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray just got one more thing to worry about. The reason is a recent report in a local ...
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Last of this metro
True, the breakaway Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) did reasonably well in Mumbai/Greater Mumbai in the 2009 assembly elections. ...
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Current gold price in indian rupees – India's gold prices today in Mumbai ... and other news

Current gold price in indian rupees – India's gold prices today in Mumbai ...
Demand for gold is on the rise because gold traders are purchasing the precious metal as the price comes down after the 2009 hike in gold prices. ...
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Kerry Says India-Pakistan Talks Must Go On
But suspicion immediately fell on Islamist terrorists The Mumbai attacks, which killed more than 160, were launched from Karachi by the banned terrorist ...
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Pune blast overshadows Valentine's Day celebration in Mumbai
PTI Mumbai: The Pune blast played a spoilsport and affected the celebration of Valentine's Day in the city today. Unlike Ram Sene in Karnataka, no prominent ...
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Deccan Chargers threaten to pull out of IPL
MUMBAI: If Indian Premier League's (IPL) governing council does not revoke the decision of moving out all the home matches of Deccan Chargers, scheduled to ...
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Bal Thackeray threatens to disrupt IPL in Mumbai
Mumbai, Feb.15 (ANI): In a complete U turn after giving its word on not disrupting the upcoming Indian Premier League tournament, Shiv Sena on Monday said ...
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Banks Should Hold More Capital: FSA's Turner
By ADAM BRADBERY And BIJOU GEORGE MUMBAI—The chairman of the UK's financial regulator continued to push for stricter capital requirements for banks, ...
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Sena-BJP MPs walk out of CM's meet; say govt failed to act
Mumbai, Feb 15 (PTI) Alleging failure by the Maharashtra government to act on Central intelligence inputs of a possible terror strike in Pune, ...
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'Thackeray's Mumbai stand against India's integrity'
Kozhikode, Feb 15 (PTI) Flaying Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's 'Mumbai for Marathis' stand, West Bengal Governor and former National Security Adviser, ...
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India Investigates Possible Militants' Involvement in Pune Blasts
The attack came just a day after India and Pakistan agreed to meet on February 25th to reopen a peace dialogue that New Delhi put on hold after the Mumbai ...
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IPL 2010 revised fixtures
Nagpur, discarded as an option for Mumbai Indians [ Images ] to play its home matches, now hosts three matches of Deccan Chargers. ...
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

After '3 Idiots', MNIK adds to BO bonanza... and other news

After '3 Idiots', MNIK adds to BO bonanza
The film shows up a first day haul of Rs 8 crore with Mumbai screening it in only half the theatres and Pune drawing a no-show due to the Shiv Sena threat. ...
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Bhatkal bros emerge prime suspects
MUMBAI: Even as Maharashtra ATS and Pune police wait for the chemical analysis reports to establish which group was responsible for Saturday's bomb blast in ...
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RBI recommends opening of ANZ Mumbai branch
NEW DELHI: RBI has recommended to the finance ministry that ANZ Bank be allowed to open a branch in Mumbai, opening the doors to the bank that was caught up ...
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Aapnu Bombay as much as Amchi Mumbai
At a time when Thackerays are threatening to rip apart the social fabric of Mumbai by raising the Marathi Manoos bogey, a walk down memory lane is essential ...
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Azmi murder: Family blames Mumbai cops
MUMBAI: Slain advocate Shahid Azmi's family has held Mumbai police responsible for his killing, even as cops are yet to make a breakthrough in his murder. ...
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India Avoids Attack Blame, Rebuffs BJP Call to Suspend Talks
It was the biggest terrorist strike in the nation since the November 2008 Mumbai attack killed 166 people, which India blamed on Pakistan-based ...
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Largest Media Groups in India, Pakistan Launch Private Peace Initiative
As the governments in India and Pakistan try to resume their peace dialogue derailed more than 15 months ago by the Mumbai terror attacks, a private peace ...
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US had warned of attack in Pune, Mumbai
This CD was later released to the media but it did not mention the names of Pune or Mumbai. "In hindsight, it does appear that they must have had more ...
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Students run 'Marathon of Hope' for cancer patients in Mumbai
Mumbai, Feb 14(ANI): Hundreds of school children participated in a cancer awareness run organized by the Canadian-based Terry Fox Foundation in Mumbai on ...
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From Mumbai to Pune, signs of a lesson learnt
Granted the scale of the Pune bomb attack pales in comparison to the full frontal assault that heavily armed terrorists launched on Mumbai in November 2008, ...
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Monday, February 15, 2010

Pune blast: Security beefed up in Mumbai, Maharashtra... and other news

Pune blast: Security beefed up in Mumbai, Maharashtra
Mumbai, Feb 13 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan said late Saturday that security in Mumbai and other parts of the state had been tightened in ...
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Delhi, Mumbai to have separate airspace for choppers
The Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Saturday announced that Delhi and Mumbai would soon have dedicated air corridors for helicopter operations. ...
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49 Mumbai halls screen MNIK; Sena calls Chavan SRK bodyguard
We love Mumbai, and Shah Rukh is really excited. He will be coming to the cinemas on Sunday to meet his fans," she said. She also visited Metro cinema in ...
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Bombing at bakery in western India kills 8; tourists were apparent targets
A few hours drive from Mumbai, Pune is a leafy cosmopolitan city known for its corporate office parks and outsourcing campuses for software and call-center ...
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1st significant terror act in 14 months: Chidambaram
CHENNAI: Union home minister P Chidambaram tonight described the blast in Pune as a "significant terrorist incident" since the Mumbai attacks 14 months ago ...
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12/2: Is it The beginning of a new Mumbai?
As the dust settles on the Shah Rukh vs Shiv Sena episode, television channels are quick to proclaim Mumbai and Mumbaikars as having ‘defeated’ the Sena ...
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Separate corridors for choppers in Mumbai, Delhi
Delhi and Mumbai airports will soon have dedicated air corridors for operating helicopters in the congested airspace of these airports. ...
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Telangana casualty: IPL 3 shifts venue
The seven matches, including the tournament opener of Hyderabad's home team, Deccan Chargers, now stand shifted to Mumbai and Nagpur. While Mumbai hosts the ...
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Eight die in India's first big attack since Mumbai
Reuters
New Delhi suspended a four-year-old peace process with Islamabad after the Mumbai attacks, blamed on Pakistani-based militants. ...
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BPCL's Mumbai refinery starts producing cleaner petrol, diesel
PTI Mumbai: State-run Bharat Petroleum Corp (BPCL) today said its Mumbai refinery has commenced production of cleaner petrol and diesel. ...
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Sunday, February 14, 2010

Mumbai bound... and other news

Mumbai bound
Despite a reported population of 18 million (unofficially 20 million) and the city's near chaotic traffic, driving around old Mumbai is an absorbing ...
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Stay tuned, Berklee College of Music is on a Mumbai hunt
Mumbai: The Boston-based Berklee College of Music is in India to tap promising talent and to ensure that it gets a fitting formal training. ...
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Take action against Rahul, Uddhav tells Cong govt
Commenting on Rahul's Mumbai visit, Thackeray said, "It was just a drama in protection of commandos. We never felt the need to indulge in such dramas. ...
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'Khan' bows amid Sena threats
Hollywood Reporter
With the Sena demanding an apology from Khan that the actor refused, the tension escalated, leading to a fortification of Mumbai cinemas by hundreds of ...
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Mumbai police foil protests against 'Khan'
By NAMAN RAMACHANDRAN Robust action by Mumbai police on Friday stymied plans by a radical Hindu group to disrupt the release of "My Name Is Khan. ...
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Mumbai Attackers Could Have Been Guided By an Indian: Govt
NEW DELHI - The ten Pakistani terrorists who attacked Mumbai on Nov 26, 2008 could have been guided by an Indian handler whose true identity was yet to be ...
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Mumbai's Limo boss lent money to builders
Mumbai: The interrogation of Sayed Masood, chairman of the City Limouzine group, has revealed that he had invested in the projects of some city-based ...
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India, Pakistan set date for talks
India suspended its fragile peace process with arch-rival Pakistan following the Mumbai siege that left 164 people dead. The assault has been blamed on ...
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'Khan' Premieres Quietly in Mumbai
By ARLENE CHANG MUMBAI—The film "My Name is Khan" premiered in Mumbai Friday amid tight security and on a much-reduced number of screens after right-wing ...
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India, Pakistan to resume talks on Feb 25
AFP
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan and India will soon hold their first official talks since the Mumbai attacks, Islamabad announced on Friday, in a move seen as a ...
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Saturday, February 13, 2010

India's Largest Fund Favors Stocks After Reaping Credit Gains... and other news

India's Largest Fund Favors Stocks After Reaping Credit Gains
To contact the reporter on this story: Pooja Thakur in Mumbai at +91-22-6633-9032 or pthakur@bloomberg.net; V. Ramakrishnan in Mumbai at +91-22-6612-9116 or ...
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Japanese are back to check their donations in Mumbai
Mumbai: A Japanese delegation was at the state-run JJ Hospital, on Thursday, to inspect machinery Japan had donated in 2004. Apparently, the country has a ...
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Mumbai inflict 78-run on Gujarat
Ahmedabad: Mumbai inflicted a huge 78-run defeat on Gujarat to maintain a clean slate in the West Zone Vijay Hazare Trophy here. ...
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Buzz gets louder on social space
MUMBAI: We're sitting here at the Nasscom India Leadership Summit 2010 in Kalina in Mumbai, and the place shows some buzz, reflected as a thumb pin on a ...
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Mumbai may fail to keep date with MNIK
MUMBAI: Unimpressed by the Maharashtra government's appeal to be brave, many single-screen cinemas and multiplexes in the state have decided not to release ...
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Wipro's Cigma Wins NASSCOM Award for Process Innovation
NASSCOM was set up in 1988, at Mumbai to facilitate business and trade in software and services and to encourage advancement of research in software ...
Read at MarketWatch (press release)

No need for exhibitors to panic: Mumbai top cop
Mumbai Police Commissioner D Sivanandan tried to reassure theatre owners and the people the people of Maharashtra. CNN-IBN spoke to Mumbai Police ...
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Mumbai tweets for My Name Is Khan
Mumbai: There are no accidents. Shah Rukh Khan miffs Shiv Sena, Shiv Sena makes lemonade of his latest release (not to imply it's a lemon), the Congress ...
Read at Daily News & Analysis

Mumbai attacks defence lawyer gunned down - police
BBC News
A lawyer for one of three men accused of involvement in the deadly Mumbai (Bombay) attacks in 2008 has been shot dead, Indian police say. ...
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Mumbai's perfect 'Valentine' eve
Yes we know it's not Valentine's Day yet, but love was certainly in the air here. The premiere of Warner Bros Pictures Valentine's Day on Wednesday night ...
Read at Times of India

Friday, February 12, 2010

Top 5 Airport Hotels in Mumbai... and other news

Top 5 Airport Hotels in Mumbai
Sawf News
February 10, 2010, (Sawf News) - A survival guide for the weary international traveler who arrives at an unearthly hour in Mumbai, India's financial capital ...
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'Why only SRK, why not Bachchan?'
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena worker on the street is unhappy. While following orders and protesting against film star Shah Rukh Khan for his alleged sympathy for ...
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India hands over more info on Mumbai
Islamabad—India has handed Pakistan more information about the deadly Mumbai attacks ahead of the first anniversary of the carnage that killed 166 people on ...
Read at Pakistan Observer

Drunk driver Nooriya tested positive for drugs: Police
MUMBAI: Nooriya Haveliwala, accused of drunk-driving and knocking a policeman and a man dead Jan 30, has tested positive for drugs and faces fresh charges ...
Read at Times of India

High court wants Mumbai traffic disciplined
Mumbai: Indisciplined motorists wreaking havoc on innocent citizens have angered the Bombay high court. Hearing a PIL filed by top lawyers and Bombay Bar ...
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More controversies at Mumbai International film festival
For the first time in the history of the Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short and Animation Films two of the top awards were not handed ...
Read at Indian Express

Mumbai is not a commercial product
Mumbai is not a commercial product. It is made by the toiling masses. Maharashtrians have a natural claim over it as the city is organically linked to the ...
Read at Economic Times

Poll defeats apart, Tiger still calls shots in Mumbai
MUMBAI: Well over a decade after the saffron combine was dislodged from power in Maharashtra, and more so after the 2009 electoral debacle of Shiv Sena-BJP ...
Read at Times of India

Mumbai Police Detain 1000 Over Film Protest
By ARLENE CHANG Indian police stand guard next to a poster of the film "My Name is Khan" in Mumbai Wednesday, which is to open Friday. MUMBAIMumbai police ...
Read at Wall Street Journal

Expert from Chennai offers respite for Mumbai's water woes
Mumbai: While Mumbai continues to grapple with a water crisis and citizens conjure up new ways to conserve the precious commodity, a wastewater treatment ...
Read at Daily News & Analysis

Thursday, February 11, 2010

From Mumbai to Delhi, man on mission to spread message of religious unity... and other news

From Mumbai to Delhi, man on mission to spread message of religious unity
Fifty-year-old Krishna Das is always in the heart of the rush-hour crowd, from Juhu Circle in Mumbai to the ITO crossing in Delhi. Das is travelling through ...
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Repair of potholes on Mumbai roads gets jammed till Feb 19
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed till February 19 the opening of tenders floated on February 6 by the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai ...
Read at Times of India

Shiv Sena vandalises multiplexes
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government's assurances of security fell flat on Tuesday as the Shiv Sena, smarting from its botched attempt at disrupting Congress ...
Read at The Hindu

Mumbai to Melbourne
Sure, Mumbai is a long way from Melbourne and the Senas (and their supporters) aren't racist in the traditional sense of the term. ...
Read at Indian Express

Is Pawar behind Sena's renewed opposition to SRK-starrer?
It also came just as Sena also had its thunder stolen by Rahul Gandhi's ride in a Mumbai suburban train. Congress sources said while MNIK's ...
Read at Times of India

Whos afraid of Barack Obama? Not Indian IT
Mumbai: Indian software firms are shrugging off proposed legislative measures in the US that are aimed at discouraging offshoring of jobs-the mainstay of ...
Read at Livemint

India's 10-Year Bond Yields Rise to Four-Week High on Inflation
"The undertone of bonds is bearish with the market bracing for more negative data," said Srinivasa Raghavan, head of treasury at IDBI Gilts Ltd. in Mumbai. ...
Read at BusinessWeek

Visual treat for art connoisseurs at the Mumbai art festival
Mumbai, Feb.9 (ANI): The nine-day ongoing annual art festival here is drawing a good response with art lovers along with international tourists visiting in ...
Read at Oneindia

Mumbai Stocks Higher; Mahindra, Renault Talks
6:00 PM Mumbai, 8:30 AM New York – Stocks advanced in Mumbai after rally in emerging markets. Software exporters led the gainers. Cement makers lift prices. ...
Read at 123Jump.com

'Burma VJ' wins Mumbai prize
By NAMAN RAMACHANDRAN LONDON -- Anders Ostergaard's "Burma VJ -- Reporting From a Closed Country" took the top prize at the 11th Mumbai Film Festival of ...
Read at Variety

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Tata Faces 'Heat' From Daimler, Volvo as India Paves Its Roads... and other news

Tata Faces 'Heat' From Daimler, Volvo as India Paves Its Roads
Improvements begun in 2000 for the "Golden Quadrilateral" project linking New Delhi and Mumbai triggered a shift from trucks weighing less than 16 tons to ...
Read at BusinessWeek

Mumbai's message: let the talks go on
It's all happening in Mumbai, India's most enterprising city, one which still throbs to the memory of Saadat Hasan Manto's heartache, at the fact of his ...
Read at The News International

Cong fumes at Pawar-Thackeray meet
AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi's visit to Mumbai and his trip in a local train had virtually derailed the Sena. "Mr Pawar's meeting with Thackeray is ...
Read at Economic Times

Ashok Chavan apprises PM of Mumbai's water woes
PTI Mumbai: Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan today apprised prime minister Manmohan Singh of the drinking water crisis faced by Mumbai residents. ...
Read at Daily News & Analysis

Congress flays Pawar for 'bowing' down to Thackeray
Mumbai: The meeting between NCP chief Sharad Pawar and Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray at the latter's residence in Bandra on Sunday night has left the ...
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Sky-high plan comes crashing down in Mumbai
Mumbai: A little more than a year ago, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) officials were patting their own backs for coming up ...
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Sena legislators who black-flagged Rahul lose security cover
MLAs and MLCs in Maharashtra are provided security by the Protection and Security Department of the Mumbai Police, and are assigned policemen not above the ...
Read at Indian Express

Rewards promised to Mumbai cops are just fake cheques
Mumbai: Nestled uncomfortably in the Mumbai police's image of being aggressively protective of its own is the farce of medals and cash awards the force ...
Read at Daily News & Analysis

BCA offers Ranji coach job to Mumbai counterpart
VADODARA: Former Mumbai cricketers seem to have caught the fancy of Baroda Cricket Association (BCA) when it comes to selecting coach for its Ranji team. ...
Read at Times of India

Trend of movies premiering on the internet catching up
Mumbai: A new trend has arrived in Bollywood: Simultaneous releases on the marquee and the net. Film-maker Chandan Arora's latest movie starring south ...
Read at Daily News & Analysis

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Neetu lands in Mumbai on way to film institute... and other news

Neetu lands in Mumbai on way to film institute
Indian Express
Confirming this, Kiran Moghe, state unit head of All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA), said Neetu flew into Mumbai on Sunday and was planning to ...
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India proposes two dates this month for talks
Pakistan should also "expeditiously conclude" investigations in a transparent manner and unveil the larger conspiracy behind the Mumbai attacks. ...
Read at The Hindu

Congress fixated on train travel
After the Congress general secretary took a local train in Mumbai, campaign managers are out to promote the theme. The buzz is that every individual should ...
Read at Daily News & Analysis

Big land deals in Mumbai trigger price rise again
Bangalore: Land prices are on the rise again, at least in Mumbai. After a lull of some two years, India's financial capital has seen at least half a dozen ...
Read at Livemint

Sharad Pawar meets Bal Thackeray on IPL
The Hindu
Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray meeting Union Minister Sharad Pawar and BCCI president Shashank Manohar in Mumbai on Sunday. Mumbai: Nationalist Congress ...
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Rahul's foray into Mumbai
There is one aspect of Rahul Gandhi's much-covered half-day visit to Mumbai last week that we should ponder. Apart from the fact of his deciding, ...
Read at Express Buzz

I'm very proud to be an Indian: Shah Rukh Khan
It was just that: visa, NOC, security problems, and the problem that in Mumbai all hell can break loose. We didn't consider any nationality while picking ...
Read at Daily News & Analysis

Bachchan steers clear of Shiv Sena's Mumbai controversy
Kochi, Feb7 (PTI) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan today sought to steer clear of the controversy over Shiv Sena's 'Mumbai for Marathis' campaign, ...
Read at Press Trust of India

'Kerala in Mumbai' launched
MUMBAI: A magazine, 'Kerala in Mumbai', has been launched here by Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan. KV Sathyanath, is the Editor of the magazine and ...
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Lalu lashes out at Maharashtra decision on Mumbai cabbies
... Marathi speaking drivers and those who have stayed in Mumbai for 15 years, terming it "dangerous" and sought chief minister Ashok Chavan's dismissal. ...
Read at Times of India

Monday, February 8, 2010

Wrong is right for Siddharth... and other news

Wrong is right for Siddharth
But now in Indian Film Company's Striker, he portrays the role of a carrom player, Surya, who grows up on the fringes of crime in Mumbai in the mid 80s but ...
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Two arrested for killing brother, assaulting mother in Mumbai
PTI Mumbai: A 21-year-old college student and his friend have been arrested for allegedly stabbing to death the former's brother at his residence in ...
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Indian offer for talks 'calculated initiative'
India has noted "some steps" taken by Pakistan to bring the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks to justice, but emphasises that much more is to be done yet.
Read at Daily Times

'93 serial blast accused held in Navi Mumbai
MUMBAI: An accused in the 1993 serial blasts case, Feroz Abdul Rashid alias Hamza managed to evade arrest for 17 years. But the law finally caught up with ...
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Rocking Mumbai's swish set
Catering to the ultra wealthy, the bank saw Mumbai's swish set soaking in the essence of the trio's masterpieces at a sit down dinner at the Taj Lands End. ...
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ArcelorMittal picks site for Indian steel plant:report
By Mumbai Bureau MUMBAI (MarketWatch) -- ArcelorMittal (MT, MT.AE), the world's largest steelmaker, has finalized its decision on a site at Kuditini--near ...
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Toyota Q World event held in Mumbai
Toyota Kirloskar Motor held the Toyota 'Q' World in Mumbai on February 6, 2010. The event which would cover a period of 4 months was a two-day event where ...
Read at Wheels Unplugged

India and Pakistan to resume talks
NEW DELHI // India and Pakistan are moving swiftly to resume bilateral talks that stalled after the Mumbai attack in 2008. The Indian foreign secretary, ...
Read at National

1993 blasts accused Hamza held in Mumbai
Feroze Abdul Rashid Khan alias Hamza, a prime accused in the 1993 serial blasts case, was arrested by the Mumbai crime branch on Friday after dodging police ...
Read at Hindustan Times

My daughter thought we'd have to leave Mumbai: Shah Rukh Khan
"I almost feel apologetic to the Mumbai police — they are following me and my family around to make sure we are safe. There are barricades around my house ...
Read at Daily News & Analysis

Sunday, February 7, 2010

Rahul takes the Dadar Fast to make his Mumbai point... and other news

Rahul takes the Dadar Fast to make his Mumbai point
My father was born in Mumbai, mother in Italy, great-grandfather in Allahabad. I live in Delhi. Where should I say I belong to? I know one thing. ...
Read at Indian Express

Sohrabuddin case: CBI summons CID officials
Officials of the special crime branch, CBI, Mumbai, have summoned police inspector Dilip Trivedi, deputy superintendent of police RJ Hadiya, ...
Read at Times of India

Rangarajan for gradual unwinding of fiscal stimulus
MUMBAI: Although RBI has set the ball rolling with the unwinding of the monetary stimulus, C Rangarajan, chairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory ...
Read at Economic Times

Green plumbers will help Mumbai tide over water crisis
Mumbai: Mumbai's water woes have made everyone sit up, take notice and think of ways to conserve water. It's a crisis that has united all communities in the ...
Read at Daily News & Analysis

Rahul dares Sena, boards local train in Mumbai
Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi today arrived in Mumbai, boarded a crowded local train and even withdrew money from an ATM, amid the Shiv Sena's ...
Read at Business Standard

It's just not Mumbai anymore
Mumbai is delightfully different. At Davos, Mukesh Ambani says that Mumbai is for everyone, while Anil Ambani had earlier declared his admiration for ...
Read at Hindustan Times

The Striker Movie Review Misses the mark
It has many things going for it - a fresh coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of communal tension in the suburbs of the 1990s and 80s Mumbai, ...
Read at Apun Ka Choice

Shiv Sena threat casts shadow over 'My Name is Khan'
MUMBAI: Bollywood is jittery over the fate of "My Name Is Khan", one of its biggest films of the year, with lead actor Shah Rukh Khan facing the ire of the ...
Read at Economic Times

India offer of talks aims to break deadlock over ties with Pakistan
5 (Xinhua) -- One day after India proposed to Pakistan for the resumption of talks suspended after Mumbai attacks, words were doing the rounds Friday here ...
Read at Xinhua

Only 11 inspectors for over 73000 lifts in Mumbai-Pune region
There are only 11 inspectors to handle and inspect more than 73000 lifts in Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai and Pune region in Maharashtra, a query under the ...
Read at Sify

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Hands-on visionary: Industry remembers Tahir Hussain... and other news

Hands-on visionary: Industry remembers Tahir Hussain
Veteran producer Tahir Hussain, actor Aamir Khan's father, died after a cardiac arrest in Mumbai on Tuesday morning at Khan's Bandra home. ...
Read at Indian Express

Search party leaves for Mumbai to trace Ranjit Bajaj
The police have dispatched a search party to Mumbai on Monday night to arrest Ranjit Bajaj, three days after a case of attempt to murder was registered ...
Read at Indian Express

Security beefed up across Mumbai after fidayeen alert
Mumbai: Security was beefed up across the city on Tuesday, especially at railway stations, following a fidayeen alert received by the police headquarters. ...
Read at Daily News & Analysis

Protection to all citizens in Mumbai, assures Chavan
Stressing that the state government would ensure the protection of all, Chief Minister Ashok Chavan said everyone had the right to come and stay in Mumbai ...
Read at Indian Express

Govt doc held taking bribe in Mumbai
Mumbai: A doctor and her assistant were arrested by the sleuths of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday for demanding a bribe of Rs3 lakh from another ...
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Mumbai FC look to dominate in I-League
Mumbai: On a 10-match unbeaten run, Mumbai FC will look to carry on the momentum and achieve maximum points against Viva Kerala when the two sides meet at ...
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Krishna: door not closed for talks with Pakistan
We expect, based on the dossiers provided us, they should investigate further and bring the perpetrators of the Mumbai attack to justice," he said. ...
Read at The Hindu

Civic hospitals in Mumbai may soon charge user fees
Mumbai: Healthcare at public hospitals may soon cost you more. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), which runs most public hospitals in the city, ...
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From Miami to Mumbai: Bollywood Leaving Magic City
But now it looks like the monster will have to terrorize Mumbai instead. "The unions just wouldn't budge," Robert Parente, head of Miami's film office, ...
Read at NBC Miami

Bilateral talks if Pakistan visit happens: Chidambaram
There has been no ministerial visit from India to Pakistan since the 2008 Mumbai terror strikes. The last visit was by Pranab Mukherjee in May 2008 who was ...
Read at Hindustan Times

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Godrej Plans to Triple Palm Oil Output as Indian Demand Surges... and other news

Godrej Plans to Triple Palm Oil Output as Indian Demand Surges
That may boost the Mumbai-based company's output to more than 75000 metric tons, he said. India surpassed China as the biggest buyer of palm oil last year ...
Read at BusinessWeek

Beckingham is new British Deputy High Commissioner in Mumbai
Peter Beckingham took charge as the new British Deputy High Commissioner in Mumbai, with responsibility for Western India, on Monday. ...
Read at Indian Express

40 countries, 200 short films & documentaries at Mumbai festival
The 11th Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF)—with a bouquet of 200 short films and documentaries from 40 countries — will take off on February 3 at ...
Read at Indian Express

RPT-India's DB Realty gets full bids for $325 mln IPO
MUMBAI, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Indian developer DB Realty Ltd's $325 million initial public offering was oversubscribed on Monday, the second day of the sale, ...
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Water projects will be focus of Mumbai's civic budget
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will be pouring money into the water sector in the next fiscal with the hope that this alleviates the ...
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Abu Jindal, Indian link to 26/11, identified
Mumbai: Abu Jindal, one of the alleged masterminds of the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai, has been identified by the intelligence agencies. ...
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Rocky romance turns risky for couple in Mumbai
Mumbai: An outing to the seaside and the search for some privacy almost proved fatal for a young couple. Amit Dubey, 21, and Suhasini Yadav, 19, ...
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BJP won't buy 'Mumbai for Marathis' theory
His message came two days after his mentor, Rashtriya Swamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat said: "Mumbai is for all Indians … nobody can prevent Indians from ...
Read at The Hindu

Reliance Communications Rises After Profit Beats Estimates
The stock rose 2.3 percent to 173.65 rupees in Mumbai trading. The shares have risen 2.1 percent in the past year, compared with a 74 percent jump in the ...
Read at Bloomberg

Couple trapped due to high tide at Mumbai beach rescued
Mumbai, Feb.1 (ANI): A couple was rescued with the help of fire brigade personnel and locals residents after a high tide trapped them on rocks in the sea ...
Read at Oneindia

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Sugar Prices to Remain 'Strong' as Deficit Widens... and other news

Sugar Prices to Remain 'Strong' as Deficit Widens
Shares of sugar millers advanced in Mumbai. "The demand-supply mismatch should lead to strong prices as we move ahead both globally and domestically," said ...
Read at Bloomberg

Shiv Sena takes on SRK at his house
They have also banned the screening of his upcoming film 'My Name is Khan' in Mumbai. They wanted Shahrukh Khan a written apology for supporting the ...
Read at Bollywood Mantra

Now, book train tickets at Mumbai post offices
Rediff
Railway tickets would henceforth be available at post offices in Mumbai [ Images ]. To begin with, this facility has been introduced at four post offices, ...
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'India committed to providing security to foreign players'
... Chidambaram said: "Let players from Australia, let players from Pakistan come to India, let them play in Mumbai or any other part of the country. ...
Read at Sify

Stay away from Mumbai issues, Sena warns RSS
Slamming the Shiv Sena for its controversial 'Mumbai for Marathis' slogan, Home Minister P Chidambaram said such a 'pernicious' thesis has to be rejected ...
Read at Hindustan Times

Fire at Gateway Distriparks' Mumbai facility
MUMBAI: Gateway Distriparks Ltd has informed BSE on Monday that a fire has broken out on January 31 late night at the warehouse of its Punjab Conware CFS ...
Read at Hindu Business Line

Asia shares turn mixed in late trading
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Asian stocks turned mixed late Monday after trading solidly lower earlier in the day, as Hong Kong, Seoul and Mumbai indexes ...
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Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Drops After Reporting Quarterly Loss
1 (Bloomberg) -- Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. dropped as much as 7.5 percent in Mumbai trading after India's state-owned operator reported a loss for the ...
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Indian shares dip on Asian cues; techs drop
MUMBAI, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Indian shares were trading 0.7 percent lower on Monday, weighed down by losses in software outsourcing firms such as Infosys ...
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Hundreds of enthusiasts enjoy car show in Mumbai
Mumbai, Feb 1 (ANI): Hundreds of car enthusiasts enjoyed a 'super car show', which was organised with the objective of bringing luxury sedan-owners and car ...
Read at Oneindia