With prime suspect Indian Mujahideen's expert bomb makers are in prison, investigators believe a bomb maker from outside the country was used for Mumbai blasts, says Vicky Nanjappa
Stating that the Mumbai serial blasts 'renew questions' about Pakistan's crackdown on militants, the American media has pointed out that the latest attacks in India's financial hub had all the markings of the Lashkar-e-Tayiba which also carried out the 2008 terror strikes there.
A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice Aftab Alam also issued notices to the Central Bureau of Investigation, on a petition filed by Zakhir Hussain Noor Sheikh, who was sentenced to death by the Mumbai Terrorist And Disruptive Activity (prevention) court.The petitioner contended in his appeal that the TADA court had failed to appreciate that there was no evidence against him, showing his involvement in the conspiracy.
Modi said during the Congress-led regimes, terror attacks and bomb blasts would take place in Mumbai 'any time' and its coastline had become 'entry point' for terrorists.
Memon, the only convict on death row in the case, handed over his mercy petition to the authorities of the Central Prison in Nagpur.
Every time blasts hit an unsuspecting city, there is an outcry about the need to ban ammonium nitrate -- the main constituent used while assembling a bomb. On July 13, serial blasts ripped through three sites in Mumbai and to no one's surprise, ammonium nitrate was found in the explosives. Though the government has stated its intention of banning ammonium nitrate, it is difficult even to regulate the sale of the product.Terrorists continue to use ammonium nitrate.
'My confidence in the Indian judiciary is absolute after I saw justice being delivered in Gujarat even when a BJP government was ruling the state. The Muslims of Gujarat believed that they will never get justice in a BJP-ruled state, but the facts are before all of us to make a judgment.'
"Unlike the recent bomb explosions in the city, Monday's bombs were of very high intensity...they have created huge craters at both the places of explosion," Forensic Lab Director Dr Rukmini Krishnamurthy told PTI.
A Ganesh Nadar meets victims of the 13/7 triple blasts in Mumbai and tries to gauge the immeasurable damage that has been caused to their lives.
The Professional Cricketers' Association (PCA) is investigating claims that players were pressured to go ahead with Saturday's Indian Premier League match between Royal Challengers and Mumbai Indians despite a bomb blast outside the stadium in Bangalore.
Lashing out at those who sought leniency for Yakub Memon, the Shiv Sena on Friday demanded they should be "tried for being enemies of the country" and also asked the government to ensure that the 1993 serial blasts convict does not become a martyr in the eyes of people.
Those who were held guilty included Safdar Nagori, Javed Ahmed and Atikur Rehman. Among those acquitted were Mohammad Irfan, Nasir Ahmad and Shakeel Ahmed.
Indian Intelligence Bureau officials told rediff.com that since the 2003 attacks, Lashkar started using their local resources in India. Post 1993, the police believed that all terror operations in India were executed from across the border. While this is true to a large extent, post 2003 one witnessed the real birth of home grown jihadi
Sadhavi Pragya Thakur, the prime accused in 2008 Malegaon bomb blasts, on Wednesday sought bail in the Bombay high court on the ground that she was sick and had spent more than five years behind the bars but the prosecution opposed the relief to her saying there was evidence against her.
A witness in a money-laundering case against Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik has stated before the Enforcement Directorate that fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim is based in Pakistan's Karachi city, while another witness said he was told that Dawood would send Rs 10 lakh to his siblings every month.
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Nishit Tiwari caught up with Khar resident Vinod Shukla, whose only source of livelihood was lost forever in the blast near Opera House
The court had on October 30 framed charges in the case against all the seven accused for terror activities, criminal conspiracy and murder, among others.
One accused was acquitted by the court.
Special Public Prosecutor Raja Thakare said that he would not pray for death at all.
The Nepal police have arrested a man suspected of having links with the Mumbai triple bomb blasts that killed 24 people on July 13. State-run Gorkhapatra daily reported on Tuesday that a 40-year-old man, Mohamad Zahid, was arrested on Monday from Baluwatar on the outskirts of Kathmandu. He was being questioned by the anti-terrorist police unit, the daily said. Zahid, a resident of Sarlahi district of southern Nepal bordering India, was allegedly involved in the blasts.
The bomb had exploded atop a bus stop in Dadar. The main objective of Bhatkal behind hatching the conspiracy and planting the bomb was to trigger communal conflagration in Mumbai, IM member Nadeem Sheikh said in his 25-page confession.
Parag Sawant sustained severe head injuries after a bomb exploded in a Virar-bound train.
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After a massive manhunt, the National Investigation Agency on Wednesday nabbed the elusive Students Islamic Movement of India operative Haider, who allegedly played a key role in the Patna blasts targeting Prime Minister elect Narendra Modi's rally last October.
Six years after the twin blasts at Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar, a special Prevention of Terrorism Act Court in Mumbai has given death sentence to all the three accused in the heinous crime.
Another nine Indigo flights came under the scanner after warnings that they have bombs on board.
The judge observed that although they were not part of the inner circle of the conspiracy, their participation in training camps and their consent to go to Pakistan for arms training suggested their active involvement.
From enjoying beer sessions with Shiv Sena founder late Bal Thackeray on the terrace of his Matoshree residence to going on vacations with Nationalist Conress Party chief Sharad Pawar and his family, the late thespian Dilip Kumar enjoyed warm relations with leaders belonging to different political hues, even though the ties strained later.
Prima facie, there was evidence to indicate that there was a 'conspiracy' between Hasina Parkar (Ibrahim's sister), Salim Patel (alleged associate of Ibrahim) and Malik to grab the land owned by Munira Plumber and her mother Mariyum Goawala, said R N Rokade, special judge for cases under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
Blackburn Rovers will visit India early next month, having cancelled their July trip at the last minute following blasts in Mumbai, the Indian owners of the English Premier League side said on Monday.
Security at important public places and vital installations in Mumbai has been beefed up following an e-mail received by a news channel threatening a series of bomb blasts in the city.
Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, convicted in 1993 bomb blasts case, on Tuesday urged a designated Terrorist and Disruptive Activities court in Mumbai to allow him to surrender before Yerwada jail in Pune instead of giving himself up before the special court.
Nine years after seven RDX bombs kept in Mumbai suburban trains exploded killing 188 people, a Special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act court is likely to pronounce its verdict on Friday.
CCTVs to monitor the goings-on in crowded places could thwart future terror strikes, but Indian cities don't have enough of them. Vicky Nanjappa finds out why.
Suspended police officer Sachin Waze was posted in the Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU) after oral instructions from the then Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh, according to a Mumbai Police report.
Security was tightened at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station and other sensitive locations in Mumbai on Wednesday after a threat to carry out explosions in the city, a media report quoted an official as saying.
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