Mumbai Terrorist Attacks

The general manager of Mumbai's Taj Mahal Palace and Tower hotel, Karambir Singh Kang, still works at the place where his wife and two children were killed. Neeti Kang, 40, Uday, 12, and five-year-old Samar were among the 31 people who died at the luxury seafront hotel after Islamist militants stormed the building on November 26 last year and began shooting. Kang, 41, who has worked for the Indian Hotels Co. Ltd that owns the Taj for 19 years, confronts his past every day when he crosses the... Read Full Story

The general manager of Mumbai's Taj Mahal Palace and Tower hotel, Karambir Singh Kang, still works at the place where his wife and two children were killed. Neeti Kang, 40, Uday, 12, and five-year-old Samar were among the 31 people who died at the luxury seafront hotel after Islamist militants stormed the building on November 26 last year and began shooting. Kang, 41, who has worked for the Indian Hotels Co. Ltd that owns the Taj for 19 years, confronts his past every day when he crosses the... Read Full Story

Life was very different for Sadashiv Chandrakant Kolke 12 months ago. He worked at a small restaurant in Mumbai and had a regular income, most of which he sent home to support his family. But everything changed on November 26 when he took a friend to the city's main railway station, just as two men walked on to the concourse and began firing indiscriminately with AK-47 assault rifles and lobbing hand grenades. The 39-year-old was one of more than 100 people injured at the Chhatrapati Shivaji... Read Full Story

I was in jail before 26/11, says ‘Kasab’ Staff Reporter MUMBAI: Mohammad Ajmal Amir ‘Kasab,’ the lone surviving gunman in the Mumbai terror attack case, on Friday denied having ever fired at passengers at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus. He also told the special sessions court that he was in police custody 20 days before the attacks. As per the trial procedure, the court was recording his statement under Section 313 of the Criminal Procedure Code. To questions posed to him, he said... Read Full Story

Faith leaders on Tuesday gathered at a Jewish religious and cultural centre in Mumbai to light candles to those who died in last year's deadly terror attacks on the city. The candles were lit after a moment of silence to remember the six people who were killed at Chabad House on November 26-29, including the respected rabbi who ran it, Gavriel Holtzberg, and his pregnant wife, Rivka. The ceremony, on the ground floor of the bullet-scarred five-storey building in bustling Colaba Market... Read Full Story

India has handed Pakistan more information about the deadly Mumbai attacks ahead of the first anniversary of the carnage that killed 166 people, Islamabad said Wednesday. "The dossier was handed over to our high commission in New Delhi by the Indian ministry of external affairs," Pakistan's foreign ministry said. India and Washington blamed the November 26-29 siege on Pakistan's banned militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the attacks stalled a fragile four-year peace process between the... Read Full Story

One of the prime suspects in last year's Mumbai terrorist attacks suddenly withdrew his confession today and claimed he had been framed by police. Mohammad Ajmal Kasab is on trial in Mumbai accused of being the lone surviving gunman from the attacks, in which 166 people died over three days in November last year. Prosecutors are adamant that Kasab is the young man seen clutching an automatic rifle and striding through the city's railway station in a picture that has become the iconic image of... Read Full Story

The United States welcomed Wednesday a Pakistani court's decision to charge seven suspects in connection with the Mumbai attacks. "These indictments are an important step. Pakistan has pledged it would... do what is necessary to bring the perpetrators of these attacks to justice," a State Department official told AFP on the condition of anonymity. "That is certainly a positive step but... a lot more needs to be done to make sure these types of attacks don't emanate anywhere from Pakistani... Read Full Story

(RTTNews) - A Pakistani anti-terror court Thursday adjourned to January 6 next year proceedings against seven suspects, including Pakistan-based terrorist outfit Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, charged with involvement in the Mumbai attacks.... read full » Read Full Story

A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Wednesday indicted seven suspects over last year's Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people and all those in the dock pleaded not guilty, a defence lawyer said. Pakistan has been holding seven suspects in connection with the November 26-29 siege in India's financial capital, including the alleged mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and alleged key Lashkar-e-Taiba operative Zarar Shah. "All seven of them have been indicted, including Lakhvi. The accused pleaded... Read Full Story