Mumbai: Monday marks four years to the day when Mumbai witnessed the worst terror attacks in its history - the 26/11 carnage left 166 people dead and over 300 injured in its wake. There was absolute mayhem as blasts ripped through, one after the other at several crucial points in the city, including the Chhattrapati Shivaji Railway Station, the Taj hotel, the Trident, Cama hospital, Leopold Cafe and Chabad House. Mumbai was sieged, and at the heart of it were 10 Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists who had come to the city via the sea route.
Over 72 hours and an undying, unflinching, well-coordinated and gargantuan effort by the NSG commandos and the Mumbai Police later, one of those terrorists was captured alive. Ajmal Kasab, then a 21-year-old, was hanged to death just five days ago at Pune's Yerwada Central Prison, with Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil calling it a tribute to the victims of the bloodbath. The nation welcomed the execution, even as it came just days before the anniversary of the massacre.
Four years hence, Mumbai stands guarded, watchful. On Sunday, a peace march was organised by the wife of one of the victims of the attacks. On Monday, a special memorial service for the martyrs will be held and the Governor and the Chief Minister, Prithviraj Chavan will be in attendance.
Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh says that the city is better prepared today than it was four years ago. "For the last one week, our policemen have
07:39 AM, Nov 26, 2012
New Delhi: A bulletproof jacket is meant to stand between life and death. In Maharashtra Anti-Terrorist Squad chief Hemant Karkare's final moments, the loose and ill-fitting jacket proved to be no match for the terrorist's fire. Karkare's loose fitting and sub-standard bulletproof jacket shocked the nation but sadly security personnel engaged in counter insurgency operations across the country are in no better shape. CNN-IBN has access to copies of letters...
04:38 PM, Mar 28, 2012
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Digivijaya Singh on Tuesday showed phone records he said proved that he spoke to slain ATS chief Hemant Karkare a few hours before Karkare was killed on November 26, 2008. He is now demanding apologies from people doubted his claim. “I was hurt when Maharashtra Home Minister denied having any such records in the legislative assembly”, said Digvijay Singh. Digvijay's comment that Hemant Karkare had...
09:07 PM, Jan 04, 2011
New Delhi: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday claimed once again that slain Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad chief Hemant Karkare had spoken to him on the night of November 26, 2008 just a few hours before he (Karkare) was killed in a gunfight with Pakistani terrorists in Mumbai. Addressing the media in New Delhi, Singh claimed that he received a call from the ATS landline number on a mobile phone registered...
03:11 PM, Jan 04, 2011
New Delhi: After questions were raised over his claim, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Monday promised to release proof of his telephonic conversation with slain ATS chief Hemant Karkare hours before he was killed in Mumbai terror attacks. Singh has called a press conference in New Delhi on Tuesday saying he would release the record of the phone call Karkare made to him on that fateful day. "Despite the...
11:01 PM, Jan 03, 2011
Bhopal: Congress leader Digvijay Singh and slain police officer Hemant Karkare did talk just before the Mumbai terrorist attack, sources in the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) said on Monday. The sources said there was proof to back the claim by the former Madhya Pradesh chief minister that had ignited a huge row. The sources said a call was made from number 9425015461 to Karkare's number on November 26, 2008,...
08:17 PM, Jan 03, 2011
New Delhi: Congress leader Digvijay Singh today expressed surprise over Maharashtra Home Minister's statement denying existence of any record of a telephonic conversation between him and slain ATS chief Hemant Karkare just before the 26/11 attacks. "I was not expecting him to say that...," Digvijay said hours after RR Patil dismissed the Congress leader's statement that Karkare had spoken about threats from right-wing groups during a telephonic conversation with him...
09:30 PM, Dec 16, 2010
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has contradicted Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh's claim that slain Maharahstra ATS chief Hemant Karkare had called him just a few hours before the November 26, 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai. Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil told state Assembly on Thursday that there was no evidence of Karkare calling Digvijaya. "There is no evidence of telephonic conversation between Digvijaya singh and slain police officer Hemant Karkare....
02:03 PM, Dec 16, 2010
Guwahati: Sticking to his controversial statement on Hemant Karkare, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday said he was "not a liar" and was trying to get phone records to prove that the slain Maharashtra ATS chief had spoken to him a few hours before the 2008 Mumbai attacks. "I am not a liar, there is no need for me to lie that I had spoken to Hemant Karkare. There is...
05:27 PM, Dec 14, 2010
Digvijaya Singh is the newsmaker of the day for his stand on speaking to Hemant Karkare before 26/11 attacks. ...
11:41 PM, Dec 13, 2010
Digvijaya Singh is the newsmaker of the day for his stand on speaking to Hemant Karkare before 26/11 attacks. ...
11:41 PM, Dec 13, 2010
Guwahati/New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh, who created a flutter by stating that slain Maharashtra ATS chief Hemant Karkare was under threat from right-wing groups, on Monday insisted that he had spoken to the police officer a few hours before the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai in 2008. "I am trying to get the records and I am sure those who are saying that I did not talk to Karkare...
05:35 PM, Dec 13, 2010
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh has created another political storm with yet another controversial statement. Singh on Saturday claimed that he received a call from the Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad chief Hemant Karkare just two hours before the 26/11 terror attack. According to Singh, Karkare reportedly told him that he (Karkare) faced threat from those opposed to the Malegaon blast investigations which had unearthed Hindu terror links. Karkare allegedly...
08:32 PM, Dec 11, 2010
Kavita Karkare, widow of former Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad chief Hemant Karkare who was killed fighting Pakistani terrorists on the night of November 26, 2008 in Mumbai, has rubbished Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh claims that her husband had called the Congress leader just hours before the Mumbai terror attack saying that his life was under threat. Speaking to CNN-IBN she said that she knew nothing of her husband making a...
06:15 PM, Dec 11, 2010
Mumbai: The widow of slain Maharashtra ATS chief Hemant Karkare on Saturday slammed senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh for claiming that her husband feared for his safety from hardline Hindu groups, who were upset over his probe into the Malegaon bomb blast. Talking to reporters here, Kavita Karkare accused Singh of playing votebank politics and denied that any conversation had taken place between her husband and the Congress leader, as...
03:06 PM, Dec 11, 2010
Mumbai: Maharashtra is honouring its 26/11 hero. The road in Malegaon, where an RDX bomb allegedly planted by the members of Abhinav Bharat outfit killed six persons on September 29, 2008, was named after slain ATS chief Hemant Karkare on Thursday. The inauguration of the 'Shaheed Hemant Karkare Road' (between Bhikku Chowk and Shashtri Chowk) was done by Malegaon MLA Mufti Mohammed Ismail. He is also the head of Malegaon's...
12:11 PM, Sep 17, 2010
Author S.M. Mushrif is all set to release the Marathi edition of his book "Who Killed Karkare? - The Real face of Terrorism in India". ...
01:31 PM, Jun 25, 2010
The Supreme Court dismissed the petition that wanted an independent fact-finding committee to look into the case. ...
07:55 PM, May 12, 2010
The action comes after a CNN-IBN expose on Tuesday on ballistic trials. ...
09:37 PM, Jan 08, 2010
A suspect DRDO official will be questioned on Thursday. ...
06:29 PM, Jan 07, 2010
