The explosives were found in a haversack that was among the 150 unclaimed baggages at the terminus post the November 26 attack. The haversack was similar to the one carried by the terrorists who attacked the terminus, says acting ATS chief K P Raghuvanshi.
The number of militants who entered the city through the sea was 10 and "they are all accounted for," said Joint Commissioner of Mumbai Police (Crime Branch) Rakesh Maria. He, however, said that they were probing possible local support being extended by some people in the metropolis and "everything would be clear only after investigations".
Stock and other financial markets are likely to resume trading today, after a day, as these were shut in the wake of deadly terrorist attack in Mumbai.
Shocked by the footage of horror shown on television, spin legend Shane Warne, stranded in Singapore en route to Mumbai, said no amount of money would make him tour the troubled Indian metropolis for the now-postponed Champions League.
With Indian intelligence and security agencies still groping to identify the terrorists who have struck at the country's financial capital, three Australian victims have now come out describing them as 'young boys'.
The Shiv Sena on Monday claimed that it was their party activists beat up and drove away scores of candidates from northern region candidates who came for railway recruitment exams in Mumbai.
All educational institutions in Shimla and Kullu districts will remain closed on Monday as heavy to extremely heavy rains continue to lash the state, district officials said.
It also signed a 24:76 joint venture agreement with Delhi-based real estate company Emaar MGF for building six hotels under the upper mid-segment brand Hyatt Place. Both companies will invest $200 million into the project. The first of the Hyatt Place hotels will be launched by 2011. The remaining 14 hotels will come up under the Park Hyatt, Grand Hyatt and Hyatt Regency brand names. The new properties will recruit staff in excess of 7,000.
Life in Kolkata came to a standstill even before Cyclone Aila hit on Monday, killing 17, including a woman, and injuring many. High-velocity winds and heavy rains lashed the coastal areas of the state from Monday morning. All flights, including international ones, at the NSC Bose International Airport were suspended from 1400 hours, airport sources said.
Fear of Islam is not new to the West; 9/11 merely added fuel to the fire, writes Kavitha Rajagopalan in her new book Muslims of the Metropolis. The author argues that Westerners tend to look at Muslims as one entity, ignoring the fact that they are diverse and unrelated communities, and to associate Islamic identity with largely negative social stereotypes. The result is that Muslims live in the West under the constant scrutiny of the rest of society and of the government.
A senior BEST official expressed hope of the stalemate getting resolved soon.
The publishing industry in the western countries, which once thrived because of the cost advantage, was suffering from high cost of production, including wages. With advent of digital printing, the cost of printing books had also become costlier, due to high cost of paper and machinery.
Gold jewellers in Mumbai lost Rs 1,200 crore (Rs 12 billion) of business during the terrorist bloodbath that engulfed the metropolis from Wednesday to Saturday, a top industry official said.
He said the terrorists, claiming themselves to be from a hitherto unknown Deccan Mujahideen outfit, took the coastal route and landed at Sasoon Dock. From there they changed over to boats to reach the shore, he said.
The last two first phase ties of the ONGC I-League, to be played at Mumbai's Cooperage football ground in South Mumbai on November 29 and 30, also have been cancelled, according to the All India Football Federation.
Taking a fresh swipe against the North Indian population in the state, the Shiv Sena on Monday alleged that their burgeoning population in the metropolis was adding to the travel woes of 'Marathi Manoos'
'You should follow common sense precautions, avoiding low-lying areas that appear to be flooded,' says the warden advisory by the American Citizens Service Unit put up on the Consulate General of United States website of India on Monday. The advisory warns them of open manholes and non-existent sidewalks.
A Mumbai court on Thursday acquitted 12 people who were accused in the 1992-93 Mumbai riot cases, citing lack of evidence.
As of last year, Delhi may have overtaken Mumbai even as for over two decades now, Census reports have pegged Mumbai as the country's biggest metropolitan area. According to the studies, Delhi is not actually a state but the National Capital Territory, while the 2001 Census only included the NCT population.
Urban planners and real estate experts say bad town planning in Mumbai and rising deaths during the ongoing pandemic are a "sad reality". Dev Chatterjee and Raghavendra Kamath report.
'I think it is my 140th game, and I have never played in a game where we haven't had nets but sometimes you have to remember what happened in the cyclone -- people lost their lives'
The Information Technology sector has been exempted from the purview of the agitation.
The petitioners challenged the reclamation and construction work for the project on the primary ground that it will result in damage to the coastline and destroy major marine life along the coast and livelihood of the fishermen.
Patil, who hails from Maharashtra, came to Mumbai directly from Indonesia to visit those injured in the three-day-long terror attacks who are now lodged in various hospitals.
Hours after the last three terrorists were eliminated in Taj Mahal Hotel, Maharashtra Director General of Police A N Roy said his force would do whatever it could to catch the perpetrators of the terror strikes in Mumbai. "We have knocked down many and we will catch the rest," Roy said, when asked about the strategies being taken to arrest the people behind the terror acts in the metropolis
The gag order was issued on February 14 following Raj's statements against north Indian migrants that had led to violence in the metropolis and parts of Maharashtra.
Chitra Govindan shares a heart-warming incident she witnessed when she was travelling by a Mumbai local.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Wednesday advised people to stay at home and schools to shut as a precautionary measure after heavy rains lashed Mumbai, Konkan and other areas of Maharashtra.
What if Raj does not move for bail: If he declines to move for bail, he will be first sent to judicial remand for 14 days, which will be extended till the charge sheet is filed
Heavy overnight rains lashing the metropolis submerged many low-lying localities today even as the weatherman forecast heavy rainfall in the districts of Gangetic West Bengal.
The Cricket Association of Bengal described the left-hander's sacking as "grave injustice" and said it would lodge a strong protest to BCCI.
Some birds were found dead in southern and eastern parts of Kolkata on Friday, triggering panic among residents even as culling operations in bird flu-hit areas of Birbhum and South Dinajpur districts continued at a slow pace.
Latur and Nanded in Marathwada region of Maharashtra would soon be on the aviation map with the launch of flights from this metropolis to these towns, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel has said.
Kolkata has upstaged Delhi as the air pollution capital of India, accounting for more deaths due to lung cancer and heart attack than the capital city. CNCI scientists maintain that more than seven in 10 people in Kolkata, including children as well as elderly people, suffer from various kinds of respiratory disorders. Lahiri said roadside hawkers, shopowners, traffic policemen, auto-rickshaw drivers and others who spend long hours on the road were the most vulnerable.
The Mumbai Cricket Association requested the Maharashtra government to allot it a plot of land for building a bigger stadium in the southern part of the metropolis.
The bandh call was initially given to protest against the spiralling prices of food items, but later issues like alleged terror by Communist Party of India-Marxist cadres ahead of next month's panchayat election and the alleged attack on Banerjee were added.
The fifth Mumbai Marathon has enhanced its prize money to USD 2.4 lakh and has attracted 40 of the world's top 100 marathoners.
Talking to reporters after paying a 'courtesy call' on Chief Minister M Karunanidhi at the latter's Gopalapuram residence in Chennai, he said the Centre would fund the project in Tamil Nadu on the lines of the financial assistance extended to the metro rail projects in Bangalore and Hyderabad.
Trinamool supporters were seen holding placards and shouting slogans in protest against the renewed violence at Nandigram on Sunday that claimed at least one life and left several injured.
Thackeray did not even spare Hindi and English channels and he barred them from covering his press conference, alleging they were giving a distorted picture about him.
