Mumbai: With a two-year-old daughter in tow, Rinku Vishwakarma is still struggling to cope with the loss of her husband Mankeshwar, who fell victim to the blast at the crowded Zaveri Bazar on July 13 last year.
"Last year, on the same day I saw my husband for the last time... a year has passed but still the pain lingers...its yet to heal..what is beyond my control is to explain to my little daughter about her father's tragic end," says Vishwakarma.
"My daughter always sees his photo and enquires about him. Pointing towards the moon, she asks us to call her father soon," said the 35-year-old housewife with tears welling in her eyes.
Though Vishwakarma got the promised amount of Rs five lakh from the state, she says it was not easy as it involved too much of documentation....
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02:52 PM, Feb 10, 2012
Mumbai: The toll in the July 13 Mumbai triple blasts climbed to 27 with one more injured succumbing on Thursday evening, an official said. The victim has been identified as Prashant H Joshi, 34, and he breathed his last around 2.50 pm, at Sir JJ Hospital where he was undergoing treatment for the past two months, the hospital dean TP Lahane said. The triple blasts, at close intervals, shook the...
08:38 AM, Sep 16, 2011
Mumbai: A 34-year-old man, who had sustained severe burn and head injuries during one of the three blasts in the city on July 13, died on Thursday at a local hospital, taking the death toll to 27. "Prashant Joshi, injured in Zaveri Bazaar blast, died this afternoon while undergoing treatment," TP Lahane, Dean of J J hospital said. Splinters used in the explosion had pierced into Joshi's body. Besides, he...
10:10 PM, Sep 15, 2011
Mumbai: Moments after the blast outside the Delhi High Court on Wednesday, Mumbai which has several times been the target of terror - the most recent being the serial blasts on July 13 this year - went on a high alert. Mumbai Commissioner of Police Arup Patnaik said, "We've tightened up security levels. I went to high court and various courts and reviewed positions. We have increased security, more frisking...
09:14 AM, Sep 08, 2011
New Delhi: The government on Thursday said all indications pointed to involvement of an Indian terror module in last month's Mumbai serial blasts and that right wing fascist forces were also on the rise in the country. The assessment by Union Home Minister P Chidambaram came even as the opposition and UPA ally NCP accused the Centre of being soft in its approach to terrorism. "While no conclusion has been...
01:10 AM, Aug 05, 2011
Mumbai: Investigations are still on into the July 13 serial blasts which rocked India's business hub Mumbai - but more important than that is the post-traumatic care for the victims at this point. However, a report by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) reveals that the government agencies have not maintained a follow-up with victims post the major terror attack. One such person is 66-year-old Anantrai Gandhi whose life...
09:38 AM, Jul 28, 2011
New Delhi: The Nepal Police have detained a 40-year-old man, Mohammad Zahir, under the suspicion that he was in touch with the Mumbai blasts suspects. He was heard having conversations about the Mumbai blasts and has sent text messages, sources said. The Union Home Ministry has received the input regarding Zahir's detention from the Government of Nepal on Tuesday. Sources said, Zahir is a resident of Sarlahi district near the...
05:24 PM, Jul 26, 2011
Mumbai: Another victim of the July 13 serial blasts, who was admitted to KEM Hospital in Mumbai, succumbed to his injuries on Monday taking the death toll in the terror attack to 24. Mankeshwar Vishwakarma (48) who was undergoing treatment at KEM Hospital, died early on Monday morning, hospital sources said. According to sources, Vishwakarma, who was a carpenter by profession, had sustained severe head injuries during the blast at...
12:37 PM, Jul 25, 2011
New Delhi: A week since the serial blasts ripped through India's financial capital Mumbai on July 13, killing 20 people and injuring over a 100 and still no arrests have been made yet The blasts took place at three prime locations in the city - Opera House, Zaveri Bazar and Dadar. But the probe has taken a nationwide character with teams panning out to Ajmer, Kolkata, Kishengarh and Hyderabad. The...
10:04 AM, Jul 21, 2011
Mumbai: Claiming it has got "very good" leads from the sketch of the suspect of July 13 serial blasts, Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Wednesday indicated that the suspect hails either from central or northern parts of the country even as the agency has scanned a whopping one lakh phone calls for any clue. "We have got very good leads from the sketch of the suspect. We have information that...
02:55 AM, Jul 21, 2011
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09:06 PM, Jul 19, 2011
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10:01 PM, Jul 18, 2011
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh's hint on possible involvement of the RSS in the recent Mumbai terror attacks resulted in clashes between the BJP and the Congress workers on Sunday. The incident took place in Shajapur in Madhya Pradesh where the BJP workers gheraoed the Congress General Secretary's convoy with black flags. Police had to resort to lathicharge to bring the situation under control. Digvijaya Singh had said...
07:35 AM, Jul 18, 2011
Mumbai: Faiz Usmani, the brother of Ahmedabad blast suspect Afzal Usmani, died after being questioned by the Mumbai Crime Branch late Saturday night. The provisional post mortem report says that he died of a heart attack. A CID probe has been ordered into the death, after Usmani's family members alleged he died of police torture. "I want justice. Strict action should be taken and the guilty should be punished," said...
09:06 PM, Jul 17, 2011
Alappuzha: Intensive efforts are underway to nab the culprits behind the July 13 Mumbai serial blasts, Defence Minister A K Antony said on Sunday. "The culprits behind the blasts may be from within the country or outside, but they will be brought before the law soon," he said during an informal chat with reporters. The investigation would be without any prejudice and those found guilty would get deserving punishment, he...
07:08 PM, Jul 17, 2011
Mumbai: Days after Mumbai terror attack, sulking Congress leader Gurudas Kamat alleged the Maharashtra government had not learnt a lesson and ignored precautions that needed to be taken. Kamat, who visited his constituency Mumbai North West on Saturday night for the first time after his resignation, criticised the state government for not learning a lesson from the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai. "If 5,000 CCTV cameras would have been set...
12:22 PM, Jul 17, 2011
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