MUMBAI - THE Islamist extremists who attacked Mumbai last week, killing 188 people and injuring more than 300, were on a 'suicide mission' to inflict maximum casualties, the city's police chief said on Tuesday.

'In our view this was a suicide mission,' Mumbai city police chief Hassan Gafoor told a packed news conference, adding that the militants aimed to 'create a sensation and kill as many people as possible'.

HONG KONG - CULINARY bible Michelin on Tuesday gave its coveted three-star rating to a Chinese chef for the first time, as French gastronome Joel Robuchon brought his global total of stars to 24.

Launching its inaugural guide to restaurants and hotels in Hong Kong and Macau, Michelin inspectors gave three stars to Mr Lung King Heen, a Cantonese restaurant in the Four Seasons hotel run by Chinese chef Chan Yan-tak.

MUMBAI - MUSLIM clerics in Mumbai said on Tuesday that the bodies of nine militants who carried out last week's attacks in the city should not be buried in India.

A group of Muslim scholars representing about 50 religious organisations met to discuss how the community should respond to the attacks that killed 188 people and injured more than 300.