Fri, Nov 27, 2009
26/11: 'We are with you Mumbai!'Rediff.com journalists Vaihayasi Pande Daniel and Rajesh Karkera attend an emotionally-charged ceremony marking the killing of Jewish Rabbi Gavriel and his wife Rivka Holtzberg in the attack on Chabad House during the 26/11 carnage. They also attend a parallel ceremony, mourning slain NSG commando Gajendra Singh.
'There's a karmic logic to 26/11'The 26/11 attacks helped meditation guru Master Charles find the strong core of inner peace.
Thu, Nov 26, 2009
Mumbai: Prayers, tributes to 26/11 martyrsOn 26/11 anniversary, Mumbai remembers its victims.
'Unlike 9/11, not much was said post 26/11''The whole world was with New Yorkers. But in the case of Mumbai, it was a different scene,' feels actor-jeweller Waris Ahluwalia.
Drift prevails a year after 26/11'Our enemies can run rings around India because half of Indian political leadership has lost its intelligence and the other half has lost its nerve.'
In Chabad House, each room has a story to tellTwo Israeli Jews take an emotional tour of the Chabad House, which was targetted by terrorists during the Novmeber 26, 2008 carnage, along with rediff.com journalists Prasanna D Zore and Abhishek Mande.
Tharoor hits out at Kerala chief ministerUnion Minister of state for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor on Thursday dismissed as "unfounded and misleading" the charges by Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan who had accused him of using public platforms to deride the Left Democratic Front government in the state.
'It's important to defy terrorism'A Chuck Norris-look-alike, an immigrant labourer and a Man-U fan have just this one thing to say on the first anniversary of 26/11: It's important to defy terrorism. Rediff. com's Prasanna Zore and Abhishek Mande get a sense of the Mood on the first anniversary of the 26/11 attacks.
26/11 case investigating officer speaks outSenior Police Inspector Ramesh Mahale tells Sheela Bhatt that the Headley-Rana angle will not affect his case.
26/11: 'We should unite. It's the need of the day''Hate is a big, bad emotion. It's got to be eradicated. Religion is not the be all and end all. I say all the internal religious problems in our enchanting, multi-faceted India too should be thrown in the back seat,' says actor Ashish Chowdhury who lost his sister and brother-in-law in the attacks.
They treated & consoled hundreds of 26/11 victimsOn the night of November 26, 2008, as Mumbai reeled under a series of terror attacks, doctors, nurses, ward boys and others at the JJ Hospital worked frantically to save as many lives as they could.
26/11 victim almost died twice on operating table'Two of my friends are gone. I miss their voices and their company. I can't hug them. I can't joke with them any more but I have the gift of the experience of what life is. A lot of people don't understand this.' Canadian actor Michael Rudder was shot three times at the Oberoi hotel.
Leopold attack stirred up their relationshipFor Dara Huang and John Fesko, the terrorist attacks of a year ago triggered a re-examination of the nature of their relationship.
He walked hundreds of miles barefoot to mark 26/11Manohar Anand Patil, a former soldier, has walked hundreds of miles barefoot "to offer my gratitude to all the brave policemen and soldiers who sacrificed their lives to protect this city."
Omer Sheikh made the hoax calls to Pranab, ZardariPakistani terrorist Omar Saeed Sheikh made the hoax calls to Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Pakistan army chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani after last year's terror attacks on Mumbai, investigators have told Pakistan's Dawn newspaper.
'Kasab killed my family, he has no right to live''There is no need to delay Kasab's execution, he should be shot dead publicly in Mumbai.'
PM leaves for Port of Spain after US visitPrime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday wound up his four-day State visit here, first by a foreign leader under the 10-month-old Obama Administration, during which the two countries decided to transform their ties into "one of the defining" relationships of the 21st century.
Respect policemen: ChidambaramHome Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday lauded the sacrifice made by security personnel while combating terrorists during the Mumbai terror attacks.
Did Britain tip off Americans over Headley?British authorities have claimed that they had tipped off the Americans about David Coleman Headley, arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for plotting attacks in India at the Lashkar-e-Tayiba's behest.
'Mumbai has greater concerns than death'He sports a French-cut beard, perhaps to look older than he is. But Kini is all of 22 years and has worked with Dan Reed on Terror in Mumbai the much-talked-about documentary on the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai.
Headley had surveyed Nariman House before 26/11US terror suspect David Headley had conducted a detailed reccee of Nariman House before the Mumbai carnage and even entered the targeted Jewish Centre posing as a Jew, official sources said on Thursday. The new detail of Headley's movement in this western metropolis prior to the 26/11 attack came on the back of evidence that the US national had also visited and stayed at Taj and Oberoi here--the two luxury hotels which was attacked.
India developing tech to launch 6-tonne satelliteIndia's space scientists are developing semi-cryogenic propulsion technology using kerosene that is expected to give the country the capability to launch six-tonne class satellite, almost three times the weight its rockets can currently handle.
The courage and triumph of a 26/11 survivorLess than a year after he was shot in the chest and both his legs in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, Harnish Patel pulled out a personal miracle by completing the London Duathlon.
Will give proof of Indian role in Balochistan: PakPrime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Thursday that Pakistan will produce evidence of India's alleged involvement in fomenting unrest in the tribal areas and Balochistan when there is a need to do so.
No additional forces on China border: ArmyThe Army on Thursday dismissed reports of a build-up by Indian forces on the Sino-Indian border, but said infrastructure on the boundary in Arunachal Pradesh was being developed in a "big way".