Sunday,
November
30,
2008, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
Over.
183 dead. 327 hurt. Mumbai
attackers had planned an Indian 9/11, inspired by the
bombing of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad. The
Maharashtra govt said the aim was to destroy the Taj and
kill as many as 5,000 people. Mumbai,
November 29
Commandos of the
National Security Guard ended the takeover of the iconic
Taj Mahal hotel by terrorists since late Thursday night
when the last of the three gunmen who were playing a cat
and mouse game with the soldiers were shot dead a little
before 9 a.m.
Islamabad,
November 29
Pakistan today backtracked on sending ISI chief Shuja
Pasha to India in connection with the probe into the
terrorist attacks in Mumbai and instead deputed a
representative of the spy agency for the task.
New
Delhi, November 29
Soon after Pakistan backtracked on sending the
Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief to India in
connection with the Mumbai terror probe, Pakistan
President Asif Ali Zardari has blamed the about-turn on
a “miscommunication” with India.
Mumbai
experience to be part of NSG training New Delhi,
November 29
The NSG, which played a
pivotal role in the anti-terror operations in Mumbai, has
decided to include the siege experience in its new training
schedule for its elite Black Cat commandos. The NSG is purely
a deputation force with personnel and officials drawn from the
Army and various paramilitary forces like the CRPF, ITBP, CISF,
BSF and SSB.
Constable
Jadhav lives to tell how Karkare, others died Mumbai, November
29
A constable, who was in
the hijacked Mumbai police vehicle, survived the Wednesday
night mayhem to recount the horror of how ATS chief Hemant
Karkare and two other top officers of Mumbai police were
gunned down inside the Toyota Qualis by a terrorist duo
fleeing from CST.
Defence
forces on high alert Chandigarh, November 29
Besides putting the defence forces
on high alert, instructions have been issued to defence personnel to
keep their weapons with them all the time than getting them deposited
with the Quarter Guards of their respective units as per existing rules.
Sabina
Saikia’s death numbs media fraternity New Delhi, November 29
Shantanu Saikia had been dreading
this moment. But it came to him nevertheless, just as it did to hundreds
others who lost their dear ones to the dastardly terror attacks in
Mumbai. Missing since three days, the body of Shantanu’s better half
Sabina Sehgal Saikia was today brought out after the NSG cleared the
heritage Taj Hotel of terrorists.
A
fond farewell to men who led from
the front Mumbai/Bangalore,
November 29
Thousands of people
today poured into streets to bid a tearful adieu to the
bravehearts ATS chief Hemant Karkare and Major Sandeep
Unnikrishnan who sacrificed their lives while taking on
the militants in one of the bloodiest terror attacks in
the country.
ATS chief Hemant Karkare’s body being taken for cremation
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November 29
