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| December 29, 2008 | |
'Dad wouldn't like me crying' Arun Patil
His mother, wife and daughter recall Inspector Vijay Salaskar, the son, husband and doting father.
The year when India flexed its muscles Sagar Pathak
Tracing the highs and lows of the defence forces' through 2008.
Ban PIA flights at Mumbai airport, demand protestors Arun Patil
The residents of Sahar Village along with the members of Mitra Mandal, a non-governmental organisation, staged a protest against the recent terror strike at the Chhattrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai on Monday.The protestors urged the airport authorities to ban all aircraft of the Pakistan International Airlines from taking off or landing at the airport. It also urged airport workers to refuse to undertake any work of PIA flights.
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| December 28, 2008 | |
Victorious NC in driver's seat Umer Ganie
No single party could benefit from the high turn-out, as the elections resulted in a hung assembly.
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| December 26, 2008 | |
Under the shadow of gun Sandeep Mahankal
Security beefed up after the terror attacks.
26/11: Why did the commando operations take 60 hours? Krishnendu Halder/Reuters
A former Special Forces commando candidly assesses the Mumbai operations.
'Mumbai is a model for future terrorist attacks' Reuters
'India will have to prepare for many more attacks like this. India will have to do something to prevent something like this from happening again.'
Remembering tsunami victims A Ganesh Nadar
Villagers remembered and mourned that day four years ago, when the destructive Tsunami waves had forever altered the course of their lives.
The couple that evaded terror, twice!
Dara Huang and John Fesko had just asked for the check at Leopold's when they heard the first shots. As they made their way to the Taj, little did they know...
How the Cama nurses saved all their patients Reuben N V
They took life-saving decisions that saved the lives of every patient, their relatives and others.
Braveheart bus driver looks back on 26/11 Savera Someshwar
Hidden, crouching in the darkness, Santosh pulled out his cell phone and called his family. They were angry that he was not home yet. "Leave the bus," said his mother sternly. "Just come back home. There is no need to put your life at risk." They believed that, when your time was up, no one could prevent death; but they thought he was being unnecessarily stupid...
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| December 24, 2008 | |
The world's most powerful people Reuters/Hugh Gentry
Newsweek has compiled a list of the 50 most powerful people in the world today. Let's take a look at who all have made it to the list.
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| December 21, 2008 | |
Hotel Taj reopens PTI
Hotel Taj reopened on Sunday after being closed for three weeks.
Hotel Trident reopens Sanjay Sawant
Hotel Trident reopened on Sunday after being closed for three weeks.
Taj Hotel memorial mourns terror victims Vaihayasi P Daniel
The Taj Mahal Tower hotel, when it reopened on Sunday evening, unveiled a poignant memorial to the victims of the terror attack in its lobby atrium among lit Christmas trees, candles for the victims, reindeers and fairy lights
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| December 18, 2008 | |
A whiz kid from a family of musicians Sreeram Selvaraj
Meet Abhishek Raghuram, who started performing on stage when he was nine, without even a formal arangetram.
He put duty before safety Kind Courtesy Indian Express
'AGutsy Indian Express photographer Vasant Prabhu risked his life to take images during the early siege at the Taj.
They fought to the last man for India Paresh Gandhi
Salman Rushdie slammed Islamabad for its 'cynical denial' that the terrorists involved in the Mumbai attacks were not its nationals.
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| December 17, 2008 | |
Terror's youngest victim Hitesh Harisinghani
The heart-rending story of four-month-old Sheetal Yadav.
Anti-terror protests in San Diego
The Indian community in San Diego organized a peace march on December 14 at the Balboa Park, the city's largest urban cultural park and home to 15 major museums, to protest the terrorist attack on Mumbai on November 26.
Commemorative Stamp honouring Sam Manekshaw released on Vijay Diwas Photograph Courtesy: Rashtrapati Bhavan
President Pratibha Patil released a Special Commemorative Stamp in honour of Late Field Marshal Sam Bahadur Manekshaw at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday.
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| December 13, 2008 | |
Inside Pakistan's terror schools
Terror training schools teach hundreds of recruits in suicide missions.
Navy scores another win over pirates
Continuing with its successful run against sea pirates, a Navy warship on Saturday drove away a group of sea brigands that attacked a merchant vessel off the Gulf of Aden and apprehended 23 of them.
'Pakistan has violated UN coventions' Paresh Gandhi
The Overseas Friends of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday urged the United Nations Security Council to impose sanctions on Pakistan unless Islamabad stops encouraging terrorists on its soil to strike against India.
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| December 11, 2008 | |
The NSG commando who won't give up
Insiyah Vahanvaty
A K Singh's injury may mean no more missions for him. But the elite commando won't go down without a fight.
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| December 10, 2008 | |
The unforgettable faces of terror
Mumbai Police has released the photographs of eight of the ten terrorists who unleashed terror in Mumbai.
'Ultimately, it was the havaldar who caught the terrorist' Uriel Sinai/Getty Images
'Anti terrorism activity does not have much scope for bribes.'
'My father was not a Pakistani spy' Sanjay Sawant
An exclusive interview with the slain Kuber's captain's family.
The miracle baby born that horrific night Reuben N V
The story of a baby born with the help of courageous doctors and nurses who worked even as terrorists rained bullets at the Cama Hospital.
UP bus fire toll rises to 63
PTI
"63 pilgrims travelling in the private bus that was returning from Jai Gurudev Ashram in Mathura have been killed in the mishap that occurred on Tuesday evening," district magistrate, Firozabad, Amit Gupta said.
'Shantaram' returns to Leopold
Matthew Schneeberger
Had the terrorists come five hours earlier, I wouldn't be here talking to you," says Gregory David Roberts, the Australian author of the novel Shantaram, oft-considered a foreigner's Ode to Mumbai. "We were here in the evening, then left for the airport, as we had to fly to Australia that night for business."
'I would have run over the terrorists'
Uttam Ghosh
Maruti Phad saw the terrorists kill the Mumbai police officers.
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| December 09, 2008 | |
Sombre celebrations mark Eid Sandeep Mahankal
Eid celebration were low key around the country in the aftermath of the terror attacks.
How unsafe are our seas? Sebastian D'Souza/AFP/Getty Images
What must be done to protect India's maritime defences against the enemy?
'How we caught the fidayeen alive' A Ganesh Nadar
How a Mumbai police team did what no else has in the war against terror.
Hamid Gul: The man who knows too much Chindu Sreedharan
Just why is Pakistan's former spy chief among the most dangerous men in the world?
Terrorists pictures released Arun Patil
If anyone needs a proof that who unleashed terror in Mumbai, here are the pictures of the terrorists. The Mumbai Police on Tuesday released the pictures -- all hail from Pakistan.
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| December 08, 2008 | |
Congress takes 3rd straight win in Delhi PTI
The Congress party on Monday retained power for the third consecutive term in Delhi, winning 40 seats in the 70-member Assembly in a keenly fought electoral battle.
The Chouhan Magic PTI
It's celebration time for the BJP in Madhya Pradesh.
The Raman effect PTI
The Congress party on Monday retained power for the third consecutive term in Delhi, winning 40 seats in the 70-member Assembly in a keenly fought electoral battle.
Ashok Chavan sworn in as Maharashtra CM Sandeep Mahankal
Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal and 37 other ministers were sworn in at a simple function at Raj Bhawan in Mumbai on Monday by Maharashtra Governor S C Jamir.
Graphic of Delhi Poll results KBK
Graphic of Delhi [Images] assembly poll results.
Congress scores a hat-trick in Delhi
PTI
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and five of her cabinet colleagues were among the successful candidates of Congress in the keenly contested electoral battle for the 70-member House.
Chouhan leads BJP to second term in MP
The Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party are in a neck-to-neck contest in Madhya Pradesh with both parties leading in 13 constituencies each.The Samajwadi Party, Independents and Bahujan Samaj Party were ahead in one constituency each in the 29 seats, trends for which are available till now.Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and Independent nominees Narendra Singh Khushwaha, Paras Ram Mudgal and Jai Singh Durbar were ahead in Bhind, Morena and Ujjain (south)
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| December 06, 2008 | |
Under-fire Raj douses public ire Arun Patil
Conspicuous by his silence when terror ripped the city apart, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena leader finally went out and thanked the firemen who doused the fire at the iconic Taj Hotel on that fateful night.
Deshmukh and Chavan together
Sandeep Mahankal
In the wake of the recent terror attacks, security in the city has been beefed up as lakhs of patrons gathered today to observe B R Ambedkar's 'Mahaparinirvan Divas' at Chaitya Bhoomi in central Mumbai.
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| December 04, 2008 | |
'We want to celebrate what's right in India' Paresh Gandhi
Anjali and Michael Pollack relive that horrific night at the Taj during the terror attacks.
The NRI who saved 150 lives
Matthew Schneeberger
"The gunshots were getting louder and louder and the floor and ceiling were actually shaking from the blasts. I knew if we stayed put that, eventually, they'd find us. As an entrepreneur, you learn to think that nothing is impossible. The word 'No' doesn't register. So I asked myself, 'How do we do this?' and 'What would Richard Branson do?'" says British businessman Deepak Kuntawala.
Terror anywhere, this Peace Bell tolls
Paresh Gandhi
The Bell of Hope rings every time terror strikes any part of the world. The City of London gifted this bell to the City of New York a year after the attacks of 9/11. On November 3, St Paul's Chapel invited India's Deputy Consul General Dr A M Gondane to ring the Bell of Hope following the terror attacks in Mumbai.
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| December 03, 2008 | |
'They were a lovely couple' Uriel Sinai/Getty Images
'I had a feeling the rabbi was shot that night'
I am also a victim: Zardari Photographs courtesy Larry King Live, CNN
The Pakistan President rejected India's demand that Islamabad hand over some 20 suspects, believed to be in Pakistan.
Loumia and Mourad were lovely people Pal Pillai/AFP/Getty Images
Dr Lakhani now ushers me into his office and launches into the tragic tale of the Amarsys.
'Hand of terror is very large' Paresh Gandhi
Four Hasidic rabbinical students at the Chabad Lubavitch world headquarters in Brooklyn, New York, remember slain Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife Rivkah.
'Dead bodies were lying on hand-carts'
Harish Kotian
Vicky Salian, who works as a radio jockey for Radio City 91.1, spent the whole of Wednesday night at St George's Hospital, helping the staff shift victims from the ambulances to the hospital beds.
He had seen war, but Mumbai was something else
He has seen his country ravaged by five wars in eight years, yet the Mumbai tragedy left him shocked.
Rice arrives in India; to meet Pranab, Advani Raveendran/AFP/Getty Images
United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday on a day's visit, during which New Delhi is expected to share with her evidence on the Mumbai terror strikes, pointing towards involvement of 'elements' based in Pakistan.
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| December 02, 2008 | |
A nation mourns the dead, adopts Moshe Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images
Amid heart-rending scenes, thousands of tearful Israeli mourners dressed in black and chanting hymns on Tuesday bid an emotional farewell to the six Jews who fell victims to the deadly Mumbai terror strikes.
Leopold hums back to life Vaihayasi P Daniel
Like every day of the year and nearly every hour of the day, the cafe is packed to capacity. But Monday was different.
On the trail of the terror boat Vaihayasi Pande Daniel
The MS Kuber, the trawler that the terrorists apparently sailed in from Porbandar in Gujarat to Mumbai, docked somewhere in the Mumbai waters.
Baby Moshe leaves for Israel Uriel Sinai/Getty Images
Baby Moshe, who was orphaned in the Mumbai terror attack, left for Israel with his nanny Sandra Samuel.
Hemant Karkare was very friendly to students Arun Shitole
Hemant Karkare was very friendly to students.
Spare a thought for the wounded soldier Insiyah Vahanvaty
It is easy to forget how young this man is as he smiles and tells you his horror-laden yet heroic tale of the terrorist attacks. However, his emotions come pouring through in tears when he remembers details that are too painful to bear.
Candle light vigil in US for terror victims Mohammed Jaffer/SnapsIndia
Congressman Joe Crowley at a Candle Light Vigil to pay the last respect to the victims of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai. The meet was held at Jackson Hights on Monday.
'How can our .303 rifles fight against AK-47?' Andri Tambunan
While leaving his Airoli home in suburban Mumbai on Wednesday night, Sudam Aaba Pandarkar, an assistant sub-inspector of the Thane Railway Police, could never have imagined the terrible night that awaited him.
After bullets, media terrorises Jadhav
Andri Tambunan
A police officer, who was injured in the terror attack, is struggling hard to cope with the constant media scrutiny.
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