The ungainly barricades surrounding the Taj Mahal and Trident hotels, the indifferently manned metal detectors at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, the strong smell of fresh paint at Nariman House and a bullet lodged on the cracked surface of a table at Leopold Cafe.
Five militants were killed in a day-long fierce gunfight in frontier north Kashmir Kupwara district on Saturday.
At least 11 militants have been killed and three women civilians injured in separate incidents of firing in three districts of Imphal East, Thoubal and Chandel in Manipur, official sources said.
The Supreme Court stayed the death sentence awarded to underworld don Aftab Ahmed Ansari for the attack on the American Centre in Kolkata in 2002 on Tuesday.
The terrorists were nabbed in a joint search operation launched Friday night by the 52 Rashtriya Rifles and Special Operation Group, Baramulla.
Seven suspected militants were killed in an encounter with Assam Rifles personnel in Manipur's Imphal East district, the police said on Sunday. The incident happened on Saturday at Andro, about 25 km from Imphal, in the district.
One woman passenger was killed and two fight stewards injured when unidentified gunmen opened fire at a Pakistan International Airlines flight while landing at the Peshawar airport late Tuesday night.
A 26/11 survivor who saw the massacres at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus recounts a tale of horror.
The judge rejected the argument saying there is no bona fide argument or evidence that Kasab did the act under duress or because of pressure from the LeT or its chief Hafeez Saeed. "There was no duress, no pressure on Kasab. Rather, when they were in Karachi their travel got delayed. At that time Kasab was anxious to attack India."
A thick security blanket has been thrown in areas in the vicinity and checkpoints and security bunkers have been set up at all major junctions in the city.
Three days before the anti-terror court pronounces its verdict, 23-year-old Vaishali Omble, daughter of the slain policeman, told PTI that her family will never forgive Kasab, who altered their lives forever.
Andhra Pradesh police has foiled yet another attempt to supply arms to the Naxalites in the state by seizing a big cache of arms and ammunitions in the Medak district.
A mysterious consignment of 10 AK-47 rifles along with telescopes landed here in a cargo plane three days ago and now security agencies are hot on trail of a man from Uttar Pradesh.
The operation to fully sanitise the Pathankot base, which was attacked by six terrorists last Saturday, is in its final phase.
Gangster Abu Salem has denied in his statement before the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act court in Mumbai that he went to the house of Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt.
"They can go on and on," says a security person outside the Taj Mahal Hotel in South Mumbai, talking about the amount of ammunition that the terrorists are carrying on them.
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Rashid Malabari's interrogation has revealed that the D-Company wanted to eliminate Varun Gandhi with the help of henchmen from Ghaziabad. Sources told rediff.com Malabari said Chotta Shakeel promised to arrange for men and also an AK-47 rifle from Ghaziabad to carry out the task.
In India, the anniversary of 26/11 comes and goes with only the bare minimum of remembrance. We don't even bother very much about honouring those who acted with great bravery that day, rues Vir Sanghvi.
The CBI said the ground where Ranbir's body lay was deeply penetrated by bullets of AK-47 rifles. The deep penetration indicated that bullets riddled the body while it lay on the ground.
'Once positions are hardened and troops start building defences, it is difficult for soldiers to step back.'
A person was seriously injured in an explosion while making a bomb inside his residence at Sivasagar town in eastern Assam. The police also recovered a huge cache of explosives and ammunition from a rubber plantation in Goalpara district of western Assam on Tuesday.
Two personnel of the Border Roads Organisation were killed and another injured as National Democratic Front of Bodoland insurgents fired at them in upper Assam's Dhemaji district, on Monday night.
Four of the injured were referred to Jaipur in a critical condition, police sources said.
At least four Hindi-speaking people were shot dead and two others injured by militants from the banned outfit National Democratic Front of Bodoland in Assam on Tuesday.Heavily-armed NDFB ultras fired from AK-47 rifles on a group of people near Naharani tea estate at Rangapara in central Assam's Sonitput district at 9.30 am, killing the four, police said. Besides two women, a man and a boy from the same family were shot dead by the militants.
Yadav, who combated terrorists armed with AK-47s with a vintage .303 rifle, was on Saturday felicitated and rewarded with Rs 10 lakh by Railways Minister Lalu Prasad at the RPF Investiture Parade.
Fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim's aide Abbas Mohammed Sameeza, who allegedly facilitated landing of arms and ammunition off the Gujarat coast prior to the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, has been arrested in Mumbai, the police said on Wednesday. Sameeza, who had been staying in suburban Andheri for many years by changing his appearance, was arrested from his residence on Tuesday. Based on specific information, police zeroed-in on Sameeza.
NSG commandos on Saturday found bodies of 22 guests and a fourth terrorist from Taj which they secured this morning after overwhelming the terrorists.
When the weapons were being identified in the special court, Kasab kept laughing at the witness and shook his head indicating that the weapons did not belong to him. This invited the wrath of Judge M L Tahaliyani, who warned Kasab to behave properly in the court. The judge told him that all the time he was seen laughing.
The Mumbai terror attack trial began today with an eyewitness telling the special court that he had seen prime accused Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab firing from AK-47 rifle at Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) Tukaram Omble, who fell to the bullets at Girgaun chowpaty on November 26 last year.
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Three hundred and five members of the United Liberation Front of Barak Valley led by its president Pancharam Apeto gave up arms before Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi in Guwahati on Monday.
Two Indian Mujahideen terrorists allegedly involved in the Delhi and other recent serial blasts were on Friday killed in a fierce encounter in South Delhi that left two Delhi Police Special Cell personnel injured, one of whom is said to be in a "critical" condition.
Youths from Malaysia, South Africa and Sudan too were trained in these camps.
Four militants were killed in the wee hours of Monday in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district, a defence spokesman said. Acting on a tip off, the troops launched an operation in the general area of Gulmarg and in the subsequent encounter killed four militants around 0500 hours on Monday, Defence Spokesman Col C K Kachhari told PTI.
Constable Mukesh Jhadav earned Rs 90 a day and gave up his life to save others.
Armed with AK-47 rifles and grenades, a group of four terrorists attacked the CRPF troops centre at around 2.20 am on Tuesday, a CRPF spokesperson said.
All the 12 policemen, who went missing after an encounter with Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada forests, have been killed by the extremists, police sources said on Friday.
An AK-47 rifle, one SLR, three Insas rifles and a .303 rifle were also recovered from the encounter spot.
'There is something called duty. I had to keep the respect of my uniform. Looking after the public is our duty. That was what I was doing,' says Jillu Yadav.
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