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Commando Surender Singh was injured fighting terrorists at the Taj Mahal hotel in the 26/11 attacks. Now, as an Aam Aadmi Party candidate for the Delhi state elections, he says he is fighting corruption. Rediff.com's Sumit Bhattacharya reports.
Indian Army personnel on Wednesday conducted yoga sessions at more than 100 locations along the country's land and maritime borders, forming a 'Bharatmala' on the occasion of the International Day of Yoga.
'They will wait and watch for some time before making any new move. There have been too many arrests in the past couple of months and the organisation has been shaken up, but only temporarily.... We planned to hit tourist spots in Rajasthan, blow up a train... We had planned on carrying out an attack at the Taj Mahal.' Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa accesses Indian Mujahideen bomb-maker Tehseen Akhtar's confession.
Veteran industrialist Ratan Tata, who headed Tata group whose iconic hotel in Mumbai was one of the sites of the 26/11 terror attacks, on Thursday penned a heartfelt tribute saying the wanton destruction that took place 12 years ago will never be forgotten.
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One of the commandos, who was part of the action in Taj Palace hotel, described to rediff.com how the drama unfolded and the ordeal they underwent to flush out the terrorists who had held the entire city ransom.
Mumbai-born Ghulam Noon, better known as Britain's 'Curry King' for his vast Indian food empire, was one of the guests at the Taj Mahal Hotel during the terror crisis but managed to escape.
Giving an account of the commando raid at the besieged Taj, the leader of Indian Navy's elite Marine Commandos (MARCOS) on Friday said his team saw about 50 dead bodies scattered through the hotel during the flush out operation.
This made it difficult for the commandos to fire, to prevent an explosion.
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In sarcastic comments Samajwadi party leader Azam Khan on Friday took on outfits demanding construction of a temple dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse,saying such temple should be constructed in every state.
"I tell all my guys in the office to see this as running a marathon. The front runners are a million times our size. In a marathon, you don't run in front of the pack; you stay in the back and wait for your turn, otherwise you'll run out of steam."
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The death toll stands at 5,30,702 with three fatalities reconciled by Kerala, data updated at 8 am by the ministry stated.
Hollywood heartthrob Tom Cruise, who is on a promotional spree for his upcoming action film Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol, landed in New Delhi on way to Agra. The actor is accompanied by Anil Kapoor, his co-star in the film to visit the Taj Mahal. It is Cruise's first visit to India. Cruise, 49, looking dapper in a white t-shirt and khaki pants, arrived at 6 am and checked into a hotel.
The health ministry sources said even if there is a wave, deaths and hospitalisation will be very low.
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With the Gateway of India looming in the background, United States President Barack Obama spoke at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai on Saturday. Obama paid tribute to victims of the 26/11 terror attacks on the first day of his visit to India. After his brief address, Obama and his wife mixed with the gathering, shaking hands with some of them and talking to the families of the victims
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"The man has been isolated at his home and teams of the health department have been asked to conduct tests of his family members and those who came in contact with him," CMO said.
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'I could see the silhouettes of three men on the sixth floor.' 'I pointed them out to the NSG personnel standing beside me and suggested they take them out.' 'They did not have the clearance to fire.'
'We are trying to harden the targets. We have so many soft targets. Hardening of even one of them in itself becomes a challenge... If you go by all the alerts that have come, including the targets tracked down by David Headley, there are more than 115 targets in Mumbai city. Even if you try to harden all those targets, every day new targets are coming up. Now you have to add all these new hotels and restaurants,' Rajvardhan, the daring police officer who fought the terrorists at the Taj Mahal hotel on 26/11, tells Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel in the second part of a three-part exclusive interview.
Two persons died and several were injured in Friday's communal clash in Kosi-Kalan town in Mathura district, close to Agra, the city of Taj Mahal.
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The United Nations has dedicated a solidarity tree in remembrance of victims of terrorism with a solemn ceremony that also honoured victims of the 2008 Mumbai attack, on the eve of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the world organisation.
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