Mumbai A

Mum A v Eng XI, Day 2: as it happened

Hiken Shah's unbeaten 84 and Cheteshwar Pujara's 87 guided Mumbai A to 232 for 4, as the home team trails England XI by 113 runs. ...  

Mumbai A captain rues absence of Sandhu

Medium pacer Sandhu sat out because of an illness and Yadav says that weakened their bowling in the warm-up against England XI. ...  

Bairstow ton leads England XI to 338 for 6

Eoin Morgan and Samit Patel also hit half-centuries as the visitors hit back from 66 for 4 against the Mumbai XI on day one. ...  

Mum A v Eng XI, Day 1: as it happened

Eoin Morgan and Samit Patel also hit half-centuries as the visitors hit back from 66 for 4 against the Mumbai XI on day one. ...  

Cook, Prior likely to be rested for second warm-up

Most likely Alastair Cook, Matt Prior along with Graeme Swann can be rested for their second warm-up match against Mumbai A. ...  

Alastair Cook taking warm-ups seriously

England captain Alastair Cook is looking forward to his team's second warm-up against Mumbai A starting Saturday. ...

Focusing to spend some time at the crease: Yadav

Suryakumar Yadav is focusing on cutting out the frills a bit and occupying the crease more this season. ...  

Mumbai 'A' face England in second warm-up

Mumbai A will take on the visiting England team in the second three-day warm-up game. ...  

Pakistan may allow Indian 26/11 probe team visit

New Delhi: Pakistan may allow a team of Indian investigators a visit to examine evidence collected by Pakistan against November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, but the dates are yet to be decided, an official said on Monday. "Pakistan has in principle agreed to allow the National Investigation Agency (NIA) team a visit," a home ministry official said here Monday. "We are awaiting intimation of the dates on which the team...  

No Pak panel to be allowed unless NIA team visits Pak

New Delhi: India is unlikely to permit a Pakistani judicial commission to visit here again to cross examine the Mumbai terror attack witnesses unless an NIA team is allowed to go to that country first and determines the necessity of such an exercise. India wants to send a team of National Investigation Agency (NIA) to Pakistan to examine the material evidence collected against arrested 26/11 terror attack prime accused including...  

Mumbai airport ground staff on strike

Mumbai: The ground staff at the Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) are on a protest. The cleaning and loading crew said that they are protesting against the firing of 150 workers. They are also agitating for the wages that have not been paid to them for two months. Last week, Delhi and Mumbai state governments said that the controversial airport fee at the New Delhi and Mumbai airports from...  

26/11: Mumbai police file supplementary chargesheet

Mumbai: The Mumbai police on Tuesday filed a supplementary chargesheet in the 26/11 attacks case naming Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist and Mumbai attacks handler Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal as the main conspirator. The chargesheet filed by the police is voluminous and runs into 56 volumes. The documentation includes the alleged confession of Jundal and details of how he hatched the deadly terror conspiracy. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has Jundal's...  

Kingfisher staff protests outside Mumbai airport

Mumbai: Nearly 70 staffers of the beleaguered Kingfisher Airlines began protesting outside the Mumbai airport on Monday morning demanding payment of salaries. Their protest march will end at Kingfisher House which is adjacent to the airport. The protesting staff members said that the management had communicated with them so far over measures being taken to address their grievances. The airline has temporarily locked down its operations and grounded its fleet...  

26/11 attacks: Chargesheet to name Jundal as key conspirator

Mumbai: City police would soon file a supplementary chargesheet in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks case, describing LeT operative Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal as one of the main conspirators who was briefed about the terror operation four months in advance by his bosses in Pakistan. In the chargesheet, which is expected to be filed in a fortnight, the investigators would mention that Jundal, who had completed first year Masters...  

There is no political cell within ISI: Pak govt tells SC

Islamabad: Pakistan's Defence Ministry on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that there is no political cell within the ISI, adding another twist to a case regarding the powerful spy agency's alleged efforts to influence national politics. A military official representing the Defence Ministry told a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry that no political cell was operating in the ISI. The bench was hearing a petition filed by...  

26/11 trial in Pakistan adjourned till September 29

Islamabad: The trial of LeT commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and six other Pakistani suspects charged with involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks was on Tuesday adjourned till September 29 as the judge was unavailable to conduct the hearing. Court officials in Rawalpindi said the hearing had been put off till Saturday. It could not immediately be ascertained whether the judge was unwell or on leave. Five prosecution witnesses had been...  

Social worker writes daily to Pranab, PM for Kasab's hanging

Thane: A social worker, who had barely left the CST railway station when Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab and his accomplices wreaked havoc on November 26, 2008, has been sending letters every day to the Prime Minister and President since then, praying that he must be hanged immediately. On death row for the brazen Mumbai terror attacks in 2008, the lone surviving perpetrator, Kasab, recently filed a mercy petition before the...  

26/11: Kasab sends mercy plea to the President

Mumbai: The 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks convict Ajmal Kasab has sent his mercy petition to President Pranab Mukherjee. Kasab's mercy plea has been filed through the Arthur road jailor to the President's office. Kasab has been sentenced to death in the 26/11 case. If executed, Kasab will be the 52nd person to be hanged in India since independence. Kasab has ahead of him people like Mohammed Afzal Guru, the terrorist...  

Kasab gets copy of SC's death sentence verdict

Mumbai: Mumbai terror attack convict Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, lodged in a high security jail in Mumbai, has been given certified copy of the last month's Supreme Court verdict confirming death sentence on him, while he remained silent on filing a mercy petition. "Kasab was given certified copy of his death sentence confirmation verdict three days ago on which he had signed. One copy was given to him and the...  

Court allows Maha ATS to take Jundal to Nashik

Mumbai: A special MCOCA court today allowed Maharashtra ATS to take 26/11 key handler Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal to Nashik in connection with a case in which he made a bid to attack the police academy there. The court remanded Jundal to judicial custody till September 24 in the Aurangabad Arms Haul case. The ATS would produce Jundal in a Nashik court and seek his remand, officials said. ATS...