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Today is the 60th Republic Day of India and I do remember the Indian Army, which is the best in the world. Today morning I was watching the news related to the Republic Day celebration and I thought we should not forget the Indian Army on this occasion which has brought so many proud moments to the nation.

I was not at all happy with the post 26/11 situation in the country, since we do believe that we should have taken some strong steps against those militants and especially against those bastards whose hands are behind them. If Indian army would have given the orders then they have the capability that they can destroy all the terrorists either hiding in India or abroad. But, there are some diplomatic issues related with India. We have an image of peaceful nation, and we never try to destroy that image. It is good, no doubt, but I am not sure when the time will come that we will take revenge of the death of our own civilians. A few years back terrorists attacked our Parliament but we did nothing, even the same happened with us this time too. Only 10 people from Pakistan came to our financial capital and killed more than 150 people and injured so many people. Although all the proofs are clearly saying about the hand of Pakistan in the attack, but we never took some strong action against them.

I don’t know for what our politicians are waiting for? Indian Army is always saying that they are ready to take any type of actions against any army, but Indian Government is not giving them the order. I know their capability and I deeply believe that the time has arrived that they should be allowed to take action against militants. I am not writing this post against any country but yes I am always against that country which is supporting the militants who are killing our own civilians.

Indian Army has proofed their strength in the past too and they have the capability of doing the same in the future too. I still remember the Kargil war. On the occasion of the 60th Republic Day I News India pay homage to the soldiers who lost their life to save our country.

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In a latest update to the investigation of the Mumbai Terror attack, the US warned the India about a possible attack on Mumbai a month back only. As per CNN news, this sort of information was confirmed.

US have already warned the Indian government about a possible attack on Mumbai and they said that a group might enter the country by water and launch an attack on Mumbai. This is a sensible matter and Indian government is doing the damage control steps after the attack.

The relationship between India and Pakistan is worst affected from this attack. The army of both the country is at a red alert from last few dates. It is like an emergency situation in both the countries.

In an attempt to give punishment to the responsible persons, Indian government has already removed Mr. Shivraj Patil from the post of the Home Minister; on the other hand the home minister of the Maharashtra government, Mr. R. R. Patil too faced the heat. He has resigned from his post. Maharashtra CM Mr. Deshmukh has too reported to resign from his post, but the Congress party has not taken any decision on his resignation yet.

Earlier Pakistan government has announced that they will send the ISI chief to India to help the investigation process, but they later denied it. On the other hand they claimed that they had not received any evidence that militants from within its borders carried out the attacks. They are always saying that they will fully support the investigation.

Indian government has already warned Pakistani High Commissioner in Delhi about the evidences and it’s stance on the Mumbai attack. On the other hand Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan has also passing the strict message to Pakistan government.

On the other hand US have supported India in every aspect of the investigation. US secretary of state Condoleeza Rice is coming to India. This is creating some extra pressure on Pakistan.

Tags: CNN News, Condoleeza Rice, Deshmukh, India, Mumbai, Mumbai Attack, Mumbai Terror Attack, Pakistan, RR Patil, Shivraj Patil, US, Water Attack

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In a latest update, US sent the FBI team to Mumbai to investigate into the matter. As we all are aware that Mumbai is facing the biggest ever terror attack from Wednesday night. The fight between the terrorists and Commandos are still going on in the city.

One more breaking news is that fresh firing has been reported form the Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus, which is also known as CST, RBI Building, and GT Hospital. It is the same railway station from where terrorists started the mission of attack.

Commandos has found the crdit card and Marisos Id from the terrorists. Four China Made handgrenades and 7 AK 47 Magazines, and a cash of 6800 INR, and 1200$ has been found from one terrorist who was shot dead by the commandos,

During the incident NSG has lost the Major Sandeep Wonikrisisnan. For more information on the terror attack on South Mumbai please click here.

Tags: FBI, FBI Team, India, Mumbai Blast, Mumbai Blast and Firing, Mumbai Firing, Terror Attack on India, Terror attack on Mumbai, Terrorist, US

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Latest Number of Casualties: As per the state home ministry Maharashtra, at 9 PM IST, number of people who lost the life in the terror attack are 125 people, including 14 policeman and 6 foreign tourists. Number of injured people are 327 which includes 26 policeman and 7 foreign tourists. 5 Terrorists are also reported dead in the incident.

Latest Update at 8:43 PM: One more blast happened in Taj Hotel. Number of deaths in the terror attack from last night reached to 101 including 6 tourists.

Latest Update at 7:27 PM: One fresh fire broke in the Oberai Hotel probably the fire took place in the 4th floor. It is a huge fire and Fire Brigade has installed to control it.

Latest Update at 2:00 PM: There are the incident of two more bomb blast reported in Oberai Hotel. A few more people has lost their life in the incident. Total casualties has crossed the triple figure and more than 1000 of people are injured.

Indian Air Force and Navy is ready to help Indian Army. About 16 police men including 3 officers are reported dead in the attack.

BJP, the main opposition party of India has decided to stop attacking the UPA governement in the ongoig polling campaigns for today. They said that they will support the Indian Govt. on the issue of fighting against the terrorism. Party Chief Rajnath Singh told the media that this is a national disaster and a challenge to the Indian unity.

BJP has appealed to the people of the country to enhance the morale of the persons who are fighting against the terrorism. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Lal Krishna Advani the opposition leader will visit Mumbai together. LK Advani is in contact with the PM for two times on this issue.

Latest Updates at 7 AM: 80 people lost their life in the biggest terror attack on India. There are the incident of 12 bomb blast and some firing in different places of Mumbai. 3 Top cops of the ATS including the Hemant Karkare, who was the ATS chief, too lost their life in the attack. Around 10 blast occurred in the Hotel Taj, and more than 40 people are still under the capture of the terrorist in the Hotel Oberai.

Gujrat Govt. claimed that they gave the report of this type of attack but the CM and the Home Minister of Maharashtra denied having any information about the attack. This incident was claimed by Deccan Mujahideen.

Terrorism strikes in India again. This time it is the South Mumbai. Today evening a report of one or two bomb blast and a few reports of firing has been reported from the South Mumbai.

It is reported that more than 15 people are injured in the incident and a few people has lost the life too. There are the report of a few people hiding in a few railway station and continuously doing the firing too. The rumors are spreading from all side about bomb blast and firing. Five foreigners are also reported injured in the incident.

All the local train in the are has been stopped and people are hiding here and there too. A blast inside the CST railway station is also reported. Police has reached to the place and a few police man are also injured in the incident. The situation is really worst and we are really feeling sorry for the people who are injured or died in the incident.

More reports on this incident is waiting, we will update as the reports will come.

The attack was reported on Taj Hotel, Oberai Hotel and Centore Hotel, there is a report of bomb blast in a taxi out side the Centore Hotel. 5 people are reported dead in Ville-parle. Attack by Grenades are reported outside the Taj hotel.

Two blasts are reported near to Metro Cinema at 11:36 PM.

Four IPL team are supposed to stay in Taj hotel tomorrow.

Tags: CST Railway station, Firing, India, Mumbai, South Mumbai, Terror, Terror Attack, Terrorism

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It is the day of Bhaiya-Duj in India and militants did the serial bomb blast once again in the country. This time it is the turn of Assam. More than 18 blasts are reported so far (till 12:45 PM) in the states of Assam.

There is around 7 bomb blast in Guwahati only. More than 50 people are injured in the incident and number of deaths are still not sure.

Number of blasts may increase with the news are still coming up. Around 7 people dead in Guwahati only. Kokarajhar has around 3 blast and Bongai Gaon has 1 blasts.

More reports are awaited on the news. There are news of blast in Dispur too.

As far as news are coming from the north east India, more than 25 peoples has lost their life in the incident, and around 100 people are injured. These figures might increase with time. No one has claimed the hand behind this, but Ulfa and Huji are considered as the prime suspect. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called for the Indians to unite against the terror. The time has arrived when world should unite to fight against the terrorism. PM has said that some people are trying to spread the violence in the country.

Number of death as according to news is more than 50 and more than 100 people are injured in the incident till now.

Tags: Assam, Assam Bomb Blast, bomb blast, Crime, Guwahati Bomb Blast, Serial blast, Serial Blast in Assam, Serial Bomb Blast

In a bizarre incident, a father became responsible for accidentally killing her 22 month old daughter while reversing the family car (Tata Sumo). The incident took place on Saturday when the family was returning from an outing at the nearby park. Anita, Shubhangi’s mother (the girl who got killed), got down from the car to unlock the main door while Sunil Kumar (the father) was reversing the car. He was unaware that his tender girl was walking towards the car. That night as the reversing car hit the Shubhangi, she fell down and hurt her head against a stone on impact.

“We heard Anita screaming and rushed out, where we saw both parents trying to revive Shubhangi, who was bleeding. She was immediately taken to Max, where she died later,” added the neighbor.

The tragedy does not end here. The police have registered a case of death by negligence against the father under section 304(A). A senior police official confirmed that, “A case has been registered and the father, Sunil Kumar, will be arrested soon.”

Just imagine the plight of the mourning father. He would not have still recovered from the jolt of his mistake when the news of his arrest came. “You can imagine the grief that Sunil is feeling. Shubhangi was his favorite, and he used to spend all his free time with his family. Now we will have to also fight for Sunil’s freedom,” said a relative.

According to neighbours, the Kumars had shifted last year to the locality, which was near Sunil’s parents’ home in Kalyanpuri, New Delhi. Kumar, who ran a cable business, would take his family out every weekend. “The elder daughter is in class I in St Mary’s school. Both Sonia and Shubhangi used to play around with neighborhood kids. They looked like the perfect family,” said another neighbor, Sakshi.

I’m still unsure if registering a case against a lamenting father is the right thing to do. If Mr. Kumar actually loved his daughter as much as is claimed by the relatives, will he ever be able to pardon himself for the mistake he has made? Isn’t the guilt of his act enough for his penance? What can be worse for a father to be tormented by the fact that he was responsible for his own child’s death every day of his life?

Tags: Accident, Child, Death, Father, Kalyanpuri, Shubhangi

Latest Update at 12:30 AM 14th September 2008:

There were in total 5 blasts in Delhi, in which 18 people has lost their life so far and more than 125 people are injured. “Indian Mujahideen” has taken the responsibility of the blast. 2 people has been arrested so far. Delhi Police is conducting raid in so many places.

The capital city is rocked by four successive blasts on Saturday evening killing one person and injuring 40 others. According to the recent reports first blast occurred in Karol Bagh followed by 2 blasts in Cannaught Place and the fourth one in M-block market in Greater Kailash.

The first blast occured at 6:10 pm and all successive blasts happened within next 40 minutes. The recent reports say that the first explosion, reported in Karol Bagh’s famous Gaffar Market’s MCD market, was the result of a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) cylinder explosion however the exact reasons for other blasts are unknown. A second blast has been reported in Central Park of Connaught Place near Pallika Bazaar.

All blasts occured at the most crowded places of Delhi. The blasts on Barkhamba Road went off near the Metro Station. The blast in Cannaught Palace took place at Gopaldas Bhawan’s parking lot and is believed to have been kept in a dustbin.

Ambulances rushed to the blast sites and the injured have been rushed to nearby nursing homes and Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital. Also Bomb Disposal Squads have rushed to all the affected sites which have been cordoned off and traffic diverted.

According to the recent reports, one more bomb was found at India Gate which was safely defused. Police asked people not to panic. Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh as well all Metros have been put on maximum alert.

In an email to media organisations, Indian Mujahideen, the terror outfit that had claimed responsibility for the July 26 Ahmedabad blasts, said it had carried out the serial blasts in Delhi. It threatened that there would be nine blasts in all.

Clearly the incident is pointing towards terrorism involvement. Terrorism is major problem in India. Earlier serial blasts had rocked the pink city, Jaipur followed by Ahmedabad balsts and the hi-tech city Bangalore had not remained untouched by the terror. India has to take major steps to combat this rising problem.

Fresh reports at 9:30 pm: Till now, at least 18 have been reportedly killed and over 100 have been injured in the five successive blasts in Delhi. It is feared that casuality number may go higher.

As per reports two people have been detained in the case. Police told that a boy named Rahul had claimed to have seen two terrorists dressed in black kurta pajama placing black parcels in a dustbin. Soon after this, a blast went off. He said the persons were unfamiliar and that he had seen them for the first time.

Twin blasts were then reported in GK-I’s M-Block market, which immediately shut down. The two bombs went off within 5 minutes of each other. One is believed to have been placed in a dustbin and the other in a scooter. The explosives are believed to be made of Ammonium Nitrate tied to integrated circuits

All the blasts were said to be of low intensity. Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit is meeting the Home Minister after which the Union Cabinet will hold an emergency meeting. She told that a compensation package will be announced after the meeting.

Tags: Attack, Blast, cannaught place, Delhi, Delhi Bomb Blast, Delhi Serial Blast, greater kailash, karol bagh, New Delhi, Security, Serial blast, Terror, Terror Attack in the Capital, Terrorism

Investigatory officers claimed that Mufti Abu Bashir, the mastermind behind the Ahmadabad serial blasts has reportedly admitted his involvement in the Ahmadabad blasts on July 26.

Bashir who was arrested from Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday by the UP Anti-Terrorist Squad and Gujarat Police, was interrogated which revealed many other things along with his involvement in blasts. He admitted his part in plotting the Ahmedabad blasts which killed 55 persons and left many injured.

“He is an important member of Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and many other names are coming out in the investigations. He has revealed many things and there are clear cut indications of his involvement in the Ahmedabad blast,” says DCP crime branch Adhay chudasama.

“He was involved in the planning and training of the people,” he added.

According to the reports Bashir claimed that mere Rs 75,000 were required for killing 57 people and a SIMI activist sold his house in Kutch to get the amount.

Crime branch officials found out during his interrogation that Bashir, the alleged mastermind of the blasts, was present in the city on the day of the blasts.

Bashir was sent to 14-day police custody on Sunday along with the nine accused arrested in connection with the Ahmedabad serial blasts case.

The other names include Zahid Sheikh, Imran Sheikh, Sajid Mansuri, Iqbal Sheikh, Samsudin Sheikh, Yunus Mansuri, Gyasuddin Ansari, Arif Kadri and Usman Agarbattiwala, all in the age group of 20-25 years.

Meanwhile, Ahmedabad Police has raided Imrans flat and sealed his two-room flat in the communally sensitive Bawamanpura locality that was allegedly used for providing shelter to SIMI activists and assembling of bombs prior to the July 26 terror attack. Police has taken his wife in custody.

The flat, located in the third floor of the four-storied Akmal Complex, was reportedly visited by another blast mastermind Abdul Subhan alias Taufique four days ahead of the blasts in Ahmedabad.

Tags: Abu Bashir, Ahmadabad, Ahmadabad Blasts, Anti Terrorist, Crime, Crime Branch, Investigation, SIMI, Terror, Terrorism, Terrorist, up

A day after the special tribunal of Delhi High Court lifted the ban on the controversial organization, Students’ Islamic movement of India (SIMI), the Supreme Court re-imposed the ban on Wednesday staying the Tribunal order.  After the home ministry had challenged the controversial judgment of the Delhi High Court and filed an appeal in the SC.

The apex court has issued a notice to SIMI asking as to why it should not be banned and has given them 3 weeks to respond to the same.

Justice Gita Mittal stated, “As the Centre’s order dated February 7 for further extension of the ban on SIMI was not backed by strong evidence, the Delhi High Court’s single judge Bench had to take such a decision.“

The Tribunal had lifted the ban on SIMI, citing lack of a concrete reason for continuing the ban. The organization was banned in 2006 with the charge of indulging in anti-India activities.

The ban will now continue as earlier. SC stated the decision in wake of recent terror attacks happening in the country. When the entire country is under the shadow of terror blasts, the verdict is justifiable. Because of these serious concerns, SC intervened and re-imposed the ban on SIMI before completion of 24 hours.

SIMI was first banned for two years in 2001, under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act,

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The Delhi High Court Tribunal headed by Justice Geeta Mittal, lifted the ban on controversial Students Islamic Movement of India on Tuesday night. The otherwise banned organization was prohibited since 2006 with the charge of indulging in anti-India activities but the tribunal observed no concrete evidence against SIMI to continue the ban.

“Material given by the Home Ministry is insufficient, so ban cannot be continued,” the judge said in a sealed order handed over to the ministry. However, the Home Ministry has said it will appeal in the Supreme Court against the ban.

SIMI was first banned for two years in 2001, under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, after intelligence reports showed that its cadres were joining Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and was were providing support in setting up of ‘sleeper cells’ in India.

The ban has since been re-imposed after every two years, the last one being imposed on February 08, 2006 against which SIMI has appealed in the court.

Tags: Ban, Delhi High Court, High Court, Justice, SIMI, Students Islamic Movement of India, Supreme Court