By Ravi Velloor, South Asia Bureau Chief

NEW DELHI: This one's for Mumbai.

When it was all over, Indian cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar leapt high with his bat aloft, pumped the air with his other fist and was lifted off the ground by an adoring playing partner.

The English XI that had unsuccessfully battled all day to oust him clapped in appreciation as his stroke took the tally of runs to 387 - the winning score needed by India to win the first of the two five-day matches against England.

Peace process with Pakistan on hold

SRINAGAR: India said yesterday that its peace process with Pakistan had been put on hold in the wake of last month's attacks on Mumbai by Islamic militants, but asserted it was not preparing for war.

The Indian government said the future of relations between the two nuclear-armed South Asian rivals depended on how Pakistan responded to demands for action against the alleged plotters of the attacks.

'I do admit there is a pause in the composite dialogue process because of the attacks on Mumbai,' Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee told reporters in Srinagar, the main city in volatile Indian Kashmir. 'What we expect, and what we have pointed out to (Pakistani counterpart) Shah Mahmood Qureshi is that Pakistan should fulfil its commitment of not allowing its territory for terrorist attacks against India.'

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