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Australian cricket side cancels tour to India: SYDNEY: Cricket's multi-million dollar Twenty-20 Champions League has been thrown into jeopardy by the terrorist attacks in Mumbai.Victoria and Western Australia had qualified for the tournament and the teams were due to fly out in the next few days.The Victorian side was booked to stay at the Taj hotel, where Westerners are reportedly being held hostage and a large fire has broken out.Cricket Victoria's Eivion Bowen said the team's participation is now in doubt."Yes, we were due to book into the Taj with some officials due to fly over tomorrow and the bulk of the team due to go over there on Saturday," he said."We're awaiting advice from the government and also Cricket Australia and their security personnel and we're just sifting through the facts at the moment and trying to work out how that affects our guys and obviously trying to ensure the safety of anybody who does in fact go over." India set 2

Situation in Mumbai remains grave: Maharashtra CM: MUMBAI: Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has said that situation was "grave" in the terror-hit Mumbai and asked the Centre to provide more security forces to deal with the situation.Deshmukh said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi called him and expressed concern over the attacks.Deshmukh assured people that his government will take stringent action against the culprits involved in the attacks. Police are fighting the terrorists, he said, and asked people to be at home and maintain peace. Smoke, fire engulfs Mumbai hotel: MUMBAI: Flames and a massive plume of smoke engulfed Mumbai's five-star Taj Mahal hotel Thursday, following an encounter between police and gunmen holding foreign guests hostage. Flames were suddenly seen pouring out of the upper floors of the historic old wing of the hotel, where gunmen had held around a dozen guests hostage as part of a series of assaults aga

MUMBAI: Officials said police have killed four suspects in the Mumbai terror attacks and arrested nine more.State home secretary Bipin Shrimali said four men were killed in two incidents when they tried to flee in cars. State Home Minister R.R. Patil said 9 others were arrested, but declines to provide details.Officials said at least 82 people were killed and another 900 wounded. In addition, the attackers were holding hostages Thursday morning.

MUMBAI: Pakistani cricketers Suhail Tanveer and Kamran Akmal were also present in Mumbai when terror struck the financial capital of India, however, both cricketers are safe and sound, Geo T.V reported.Many Pakistani and International cricketers are expected to arrive in Mumbai in next few days as T20 Champions League is scheduled to commence from today (Thursday).Both players are in India to represent Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

DUBAI: An appeals court in Dubai on Tuesday suspended three-month jail terms against two Britons convicted of having sex on the beach in the booming Gulf emirate but ordered them to leave the country. Michelle Palmer, 37, and Vince Acors, 34, who have been on bail during their trial, were not in court when the verdict was issued. Their lawyer Hassan Matar said the three-month prison sentence had been suspended by the court but that the pair would now be deported. The two were found guilty in October of having sex in a public place and drinking alcohol in a highly publicised case in the emirate, which despite its pro-Western outlook still adheres to certain strict Islamic rules and bans sex out of wedlock. Palmer and Acors denied charges of having sex in public and committing public indecency, but admitted to being under the influence of alcohol when they were caught on Dubai's Jumeirah public beach in July after meeting at a champagne brunch in a five-star hotel. In addition to the

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: At least 101 people have been killed in attacks by gunmen in Mumbai, police said on Thursday. "At least six foreigners have been killed and the death figure has gone up to 101 now," Ramesh Tayde, a senior police officer told from Mumbai's control room. In one of the most violent terror attacks on Indian soil, Mumbai came under an unprecedented night attack as terrorists used heavy machine guns, including AK-47s, and grenades to strike at the city's most high-profile targets -- the hyper-busy CST (formerly VT) rail terminus; the landmark Taj Hotel at the Gateway and the luxury Oberoi Trident at Nariman Point; the domestic airport at Santa Cruz; the Cama and GT hospitals near CST; the Metro Adlabs multiplex and Mazgaon Dockyard -- killing at least 101 and sending hundreds of injured to hospital, according to latest reports. The attacks have taken a tragic toll on the city's top police brass: The high-profile chief of the anti-terror squad Hemant K