
New Delhi: Home Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday admitted in the Rajya Sabha that Pune and Mumbai attacks were two major blots on the records of Home Ministry. "Blast in Pune last year and three explosions in Mumbai on July 13 are two blots and I accept it," Chidambaram told the Rajya Sabha. "we hope to overcome our deficiency as we improve our police force, our security agencies and our...

06:43 PM, Aug 04, 2011

Mumbai: The arrest of German Bakery blast mastermind Mirza Himayat Baig has sparked a blame game between the Mumbai Anti-Terror Squad chief and his deputy. After the arrest of Baig, ATS chief Rakesh Maria had said, "We have made the first arrest. Himayat Baig was arrested from Camp Road in Pune." But barely eight days later, his deputy DIG Ravindra Kadam said it's improper to call Baig the mastermind as...

05:50 PM, Sep 18, 2010

Mumbai: In an embarrassing development for the Maharashtra government, top officials of the state police on Thursday appeared to differ over the role of Mirza Himayat Baig, nabbed in connection with the Feb 13 German Bakery blast in Pune. Pune-based Deputy Inspector General of Police Ravindra Kadam Thursday told mediapersons that though Baig was a part of the blast conspiracy, he never travelled to Pune to carry out the blast....

10:32 PM, Sep 16, 2010

With the arrest of 2 LeT operatives, the Maharashtra ATS claims it has cracked the German Bakery blast case. ...

10:17 PM, Sep 08, 2010

Pune: Two people have been arrested from Marathawada region of Maharashtra in connection with Pune's German Bakery blast by the Mumbai Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS). One of the accused was arrested from Aurangabad and has been identified as Himayat Baig. Baig is reportedly also wanted in case related to the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). The other person was arrested from Nashik and has been identified as Bilal. Police also...

12:52 PM, Sep 08, 2010

He was arrested in connection with an 2009 arms seizure case and alleged to be involved in the Pune blast. ...

09:09 AM, Jul 05, 2010

The ATS was left red faced as a court granted bail to the blast suspect saying there was no evidence against him. ...

06:18 PM, Jun 15, 2010

ATS has strongly suspected that the blast at Pune's German Bakery was the handiwork of the Indian Mujahideen. ...

07:42 PM, May 27, 2010

The family says that on the day of the blast he was in Karnataka attending a wedding. ...

07:14 PM, May 27, 2010

Abdul Samad Bhatkal has been booked on charges of being involved in an Arms Act case of 2009 and not for the blast. ...

12:10 AM, May 26, 2010

Abdul Samad Bhatkal, a suspect in the Pune bombing that killed 17 people on February 13 ...

08:04 AM, May 25, 2010

Yasin Bhatkal has been identified by Maharashtra ATS as one of the main conspirators of the Pune bomb blast. ...

01:35 PM, Apr 08, 2010

It was the first terror attack in India after 26/11 Mumbai attacks. ...

03:23 PM, Mar 14, 2010

He has asked the public to share information about the blast. ...

12:03 AM, Mar 03, 2010

An unknown group had called an Indian journo claiming responsibility of the blast. ...

05:01 PM, Feb 25, 2010