Mumbai Terror Attacks

Years after 26/11, Mumbai's coastal security remains a concern Mumbai: Despite two gruesome attacks due to poor coastal security, the Mumbai Police seems to have major loopholes in its security system. Though they have come up with a report stating possible threats, little seems to have been done to make the coasts safer.

Five years after 26/11 attacks, CNN-IBN has accessed a nine-point Mumbai Police report admitting to specific coastal threats. It says:

- Lack of common entry and exit point for yachts at the Gateway of India poses a security threat. There is an urgent need for a common area to moor yachts."

- Encroachment of port areas need to be removed as it prevents police deployment and hampers coastal monitoring....more    
09:23 AM, Jun 10, 2013

26/11: India tells US to hand over Headley 'temporarily' for a year New Delhi: India has asked the US to "temporarily" hand over LeT terrorist David Headley for a year and extradite his accomplice Tahawwur Hussain Rana to get more information about the conspiracy hatched to carry out Mumbai terror attacks. In its fresh efforts to get access to the Pakistani American terrorist, India has conveyed to the American interlocutors to "temporarily" hand over Headley for a year after the US expressed...  
11:29 AM, Jun 02, 2013

26/11 attacks: India may get access to Headley, Rana New Delhi: India may get access for the second time to Mumbai attack terrorist David Headley and his accomplice Tahawwur Hussain Rana, currently in the custody of the United States, for questioning. The positive indication was given by Washington to New Delhi during a recent bilateral meeting held in America. Government sources said following New Delhi's consistent persuasion, the US has indicated to interlocutors that India could be given access...  
07:46 PM, May 29, 2013

26/11 Mumbai attacks: India to press for access to Headley's wife New Delhi: India is likely to press for access to Tahawwur Hussain Rana, and wife and two girlfriends of Mumbai attack terrorist David Headley during Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's visit to the United States next week. Government sources said though India got access to Headley, who carried out a recce of the 26/11 targets for the Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba, the US has not given any opportunity to question...  
08:00 PM, May 16, 2013

Will never allow Pak soil to be used by terror groups against India: Nawaz Sharif

Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif told CNN-IBN that he will share the Kargil report with India if voted to power. ...
08:48 PM, May 06, 2013

26/11 case: Abu Jundal's trial to start from May 4 Mumbai: The trial of suspected LeT operative Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks case will start in Mumbai from May 4. "The sessions court (which is conducting the trial) on Thursday issued production warrant against him," said a crime branch official. Mumbai crime branch took Jundal's custody from Delhi Police in the 26/11 case on July 21, 2012, and filed chargesheet in October. The chargesheet...  
08:49 PM, Apr 25, 2013

Don't put me in Kasab's cell, Jundal prays to HC Mumbai: Abu Jundal, an alleged operative of terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba and a key handler during the 26/11 terror attacks, has approached Bombay High Court seeking that he should not be kept in solitary confinement in the same cell where Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab once stayed. Jundal has been lodged in Arthur Road prison in central Mumbai. His cell was earlier occupied by Kasab, the lone arrested terrorist of 26/11 attacks,...  
07:53 PM, Apr 24, 2013

Jundal's trial in 26/11 case to start before Mumbai court Six months after the police filed the chargesheet against suspected LeT operative and key plotter of 26/11 Mumbai terror strike Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari, the trial is set to start. ...  
10:28 PM, Apr 03, 2013

Pak: Mumbai attacks case trial adjourned till March 30 The trial of seven Pakistani suspects, including Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, charged with involvement in the Mumbai attacks was on Saturday adjourned for two weeks as the judge was away to attend a training course. ...  
08:40 PM, Mar 16, 2013

'Kuber' boat owner serves notice on Ram Gopal Varma Owner of the boat 'Kuber', that was used in the 26/11 terror attack, has served a legal notice on film director Ram Gopal Verma who has used the boat's name and even its registration number in his film 'Attack of 26/11' which will release tomorrow. ...  
11:04 AM, Mar 01, 2013

US seeking information to convict Hafiz Saeed The US has said it continues to seek information on LeT founder and 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed that can convict him in the court of law. However, it refused to comment on the detailed interview given by the Mumbai attack mastermind, arguing that it does not want to "dignify" someone on which the US has declared a reward of $10 million for information leading to his conviction. ...  
04:47 PM, Feb 09, 2013

US defends court verdict on David Headley Terming the sentencing of LeT terrorist David Headley as a "positive example" of Indo-US counterterrorism cooperation, the United States defended the verdict, saying justice has been served as promised. "We promised that justice would be served, that justice is being served in this case," State Department spokesperson, Victoria Nuland told reporters, when asked about India's reservations over the court ruling. ...  
09:02 AM, Jan 26, 2013

Headley's term exposes US duplicity, India dissatisfied Pakistani terror group Lashkar-e-Toiba operative and 2008 Mumbai attacks conspirator David Coleman Headley has been sentenced to 35 years in jail but India has expressed its unhappiness about the verdict delivered by a Chicago court on Thursday. ...  
10:03 PM, Jan 25, 2013

BJP demands death sentence for Headley, seeks his extradition The BJP on Friday demanded death penalty for LeT terrorist David Headley, the plotter of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, and asked the Centre to press for his extradition from the US to face trial in India to find out the larger conspiracy by Pakistan-based elements. ...  
09:00 PM, Jan 25, 2013

Make Headley approver in 26/11 case in Pak: Nikam Terming the 35-year sentence awarded to David Headley as "inadequate and disproportionate", special 26/11 public prosecutor in India Ujjwal Nikam on Friday said he should now be made an approver in the case being tried in Pakistan to punish the perpetrators. ...  
04:08 PM, Jan 25, 2013

26/11: Headley sentencing a dishonour, says mother of US victim

David Headley was sentenced to 35 years in jail on Thursday by a Chicago court. ...
01:32 PM, Jan 25, 2013

26/11 Mumbai attacks: India's blunders on David Headley David Coleman Headley, one of the conspirators of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, was sentenced on Thursday to 35 years in prison. Headley, 52, whose meticulous scouting missions facilitated the assault by 10 gunmen from a Pakistani-based militant group, which killed 160 people - including children. ...  
01:05 PM, Jan 25, 2013

Want death sentence for David Headley: Home Secretary RK Singh After External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said India would have given 26/11 convict David Coleman Headley a longer term in jail, Home Secretary RK Singh has now said that Headley should be given death sentence. "We want death sentence for Headley and those who were involved killing of 165 people in Mumbai. We will keep asking for death sentence," RK Singh said. ...  
12:30 PM, Jan 25, 2013

Headley's sentencing might help yield more information: Ex-diplomat

Former Indian diplomat KC Singh said that the sentencing of 26/11 convict David Headley may help in yielding more information. "In the Mumbai blast case of 1993, we are still picking up people related to that. There is no time limit to catch a criminal and bring him to justice even if it is after many years. Headley, having got his sentence, might weave another story or might yield more ...
10:12 AM, Jan 25, 2013

India would've sought a longer jail term for Headley: Khurshid In his first reaction on David Headley's sentencing, Minister of External Affairs Salman Khurshid told CNN-IBN in an exclusive interview that India would have sought a longer jail term for 26/11 Mumbai attacks conspirator, had he been tried in India. He, however, added that he was satisfied with the prison term extended to him by the US. ...  
09:53 AM, Jan 25, 2013