The detailed role of the six convicts in the case, whose trial was separated from the main one, which concluded in 2007.
'The entire idea behind the serial bomb blasts was to strike fear in the minds of Indians.' 'I don't think the blasts were targeted to derail the Indian economy; the idea behind the blasts was retribution.'
Wazhul Kamar Khan, whose name figures in the '50 most wanted' fugitives list, has been staying in Thane district near Mumbai, police sources said on Tuesday. Khan, who was arrested last year for his alleged role in the 2003 Mulund train blasts in Mumbai, has been living in Thane's Waghle Estate with his mother, wife and children after he was let out on bail.Khan was also involved in the 2003 Vile Parle and Ghatkopar blasts besides the 2002 Mumbai Central blasts.
Domestic airlines and the railways have not effected any change in their schedules due to the blasts. "All flights to and from Mumbai will operate as per schedule," said a spokesperson for Indian Airlines.
Subhash K Jha remembers a decent, kind, gentle person, who didn't quite get his due.
Mumbai police and Maharashtra ATS officials on Tuesday questioned the family members of terror suspect Jaan Mohammad Shaikh, arrested for allegedly being part of a Pakistan-organised module, and searched his home in Mumbai, police said.
The Delhi Police's Special Cell on Tuesday busted a Pakistan-organised terror module with the arrest of six men, including two ISI trained terrorists.
The quantum of punishment will be pronounced by the special NIA court on Monday, a spokesperson of the federal agency said.
'What's the point of remembering something that sad?' Darshan ponders, almost to applause from the senior citizens in earshot. 'Quite right, quite right,' they chime in unison, 'it's best left forgotten.'
'You can never feel safe. I don't think about such things... life just carries on like this train,' said Manoj Jha, as held on to a pole at the entrance.
The sketches are unlikely to be released to public to maintain confidentiality of the probe.
Additional sessions judge MG Deshpande on Tuesday acquitted Solanki and Gohil of all charges. The detailed order became available on Wednesday.
Even before the train came to a complete halt, there was no place to sit in the first class. Business as usual.
Ammonium nitrate mixed with fuel oil was used as the explosive cocktail in the bombs that went off on in Mumbai on Wednesday. Detonators and timer devices were employed and mobile phones used to trigger the blasts. As terrorists continue to get more and more innovative with their 'explosive' choice, India seems to lag behind as it grapples to counter them with an Explosive Acts dating back to 1884. Vicky Nanjappa reports
Criminal jurisprudence is based on an interesting saying, "It is better that ten guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer." However, that does not seem to apply to the Maharashtra Anti Terrorist Squad. There are several instances to show that the agency has botched up its investigation, the latest being Pune Bakery blast main accused Himayat Baig.
A television channel put the blasts' number at eight
The National Investigation Agency on Tuesday said there was no proof against Lt Col Prasad Purohit in the Samjhauta blast case.
'When there was no crime committed, everything had to be fabricated. They see it as a war, and everything is fair in love and war.'
A TADA court on Tuesday directed the Thane police commissioner to conduct an inquiry after a media report claimed gangster Abu Salem, an accused in 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, had married on a train while being escorted by police to Lucknow for a court hearing.
The assistance of the National Security Guard and the Forensic Science Laboratory in Hyderabad was also taken to come to a conclusion.
Of the eleven, one is an electronic engineer who studied in Texas, another a textile engineer and yet another is a mechanical engineer.
Faisal Sheikh, Tanvir Ahmed, Kamal Ansari and Ehtesham Siddiqui were booked under MCOCA
At least 120 passengers are feared killed and 150 injured after suspected Maoists blasted rail tracks in West Midnapore district early on Friday, derailing 13 coaches of a Mumbai-bound express train, five of which were hit by a speeding goods train.
The investigations into the Mumbai terror attacks indicate the role played by one of the country's most wanted fugitives. Rahil Sheikh, the alleged mastermind behind the Mumbai serial train blasts on July 11, 2006, provided the Lashkar-e-Taiyba vital information about the targets, Intelligence Bureau sources told rediff.com
In his petition to the Supreme Court, Yakub had stated that he had been in jail for more than 20 years, which is more than the jail term awarded for life imprisonment, which is 14 years.
Fugitive gangster and drug smuggler Santosh Shetty has been arrested in Bangkok by the Thailand police. Mumbai crime branch officials took him into custody on Thursday.
Both have been found guilty of conspiracy.
A rail track between Sonua and Lotapahar stations in West Singhbhum, under Chakradharpur Division of South Eastern Railway (SER), was damaged past Friday night in a blast that was allegedly triggered by the Maoists.
'As a police officer, I had gone on deputation to the prison department; on both occasions (the hanging of Ajmal Kasab and Yakub Memon), the government said that I should remain present.' 'I was not mentally prepared for these sensitive operations and had to work on myself to lead the teams.'
Police have said this is normal in such a sensitive case.
He was arrested after a 'brief exchange of fire'.
What the terrorists have failed to achieve so far in other parts of India through their repeated acts of terrorism, the Government of India and the Bharatiya Janata Party have achieved for them in Jammu and Kashmir -- the government through its shockingly ham-handed handling of a sensitive issue and the BJP by its cynical exploitation of the communal tensions arising from the government's mishandling
Three persons have been arrested in connection with the sensational murder case of lawyer Shahid Azmi in Mumbai, the police said.
There was utter confusion among cops as various theories were being applied in this case. First and foremost, the attack was carried out in a Muslim holy place, which foxed the police as this was a relatively new trend of the terror outfits.
Minister of State for Information Tariq Azim said Pakistan would take action if India provides evidence connected to Mumbai blasts. It will depend very much on what proof India provided, he told BBC.
The accused Asif Khan Bashir Khan alias Junaid was arrested from Belgaum.
Facing embarrassment, the government has ordered an inquiry to find out how the name of an accused in the 2003 Mulund train blasts, living in a Mumbai suburb, has figured in India's most wanted list of fugitives handed over to Pakistan.
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