13 7 Mumbai Blasts

Twelve of 13 men accused of planting bombs on Mumbai's local trains that killed 189 people nine years ago, have been convicted. The prosecution is expected to seek the death sentence or life in prison for the convicts when they will be sentenced on Monday next. One man has been acquitted.

Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Tuesday told the Bombay High Court that the original Call Detail Records (CDRs) pertaining to the 13 alleged SIMI activists facing trial in 2006 suburban train blasts case are still available with the mobile service providers.

Twenty six-year-old Wakas Ibrahim Shaikh, an accused in the 13/7 terror blasts case, definitely thinks so. He allegedly underwent a laser operation to get rid of his glasses, in a bid to disguise his look three months after the terror attack which occurred at the Opera House, Zaveri Bazaar, and Dadar (west).

The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has filed its chargesheet in the 13/7 Mumbai serial blasts of 2011.

Haroon Rashid Naik Sheikh, one of three men accused and in custody in the Mumbai July 13 triple blasts of last year, might have been trained by Osama bin Laden, sources in the Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) have said.

The Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) has arrested another person in connection with the 13/7 Mumbai serial blasts. 42-year-old Kanwar Pathreja was arrested from Delhi last night where he runs a jewelley shop in Chandi Chowk. ATS sources say Mr Pathreja supplied Rs 10 lakh to Indian Mujahideen mastermind Yasin Bhatkal, the main accused in the cas...

After considerable embarrassment, claims and counter-claims, the Centre now says it is happy after all with the breakthrough that the Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad has had in the 13/7 blasts case. Yesterday, it is believed to have rapped ATS chief Rakesh Maria on the knuckles for having announced the arrest of three men in the case, saying one of t...

Is Naqqi Sheikh of Darbhanga in Bihar, arrested recently, an informer or a man who helped Indian Mujahideen mastermind Yasin Bhatkal allegedly set up the Mumbai triple blasts of July 13, 2011? It depends on who is telling the story.

Two people have been arrested in the July 13, 2011, Mumbai triple blasts and the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) claims it has put the pieces in the case together. But the mastermind, Yasin Bhatkal of the Indian Mujahideen, is still at large.

In a significant breakthrough, the Maharashtra Police has said that the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has identified the group behind the triple blasts that rocked Mumbai on July 13 this year.

There are no shortcuts to those seeking - or pursuing - justice in Mumbai's terror blast cases.

Under pressure after the 13/7 triple blasts, the state plans to set up an extensive surveillance network in the city; footage to be monitored closely by police in six control rooms After coming under sharp criticism for not having installed a dedicated CCTV network in the city to tackle terror, the Democratic Front government is planning to set up...

"He wanted to name her Arpita, but she will never hear her father call her by that name," said an inconsolable Ashwini, who was sitting outside J J Hospital's morgue with her month-and-a-half old unnamed daughter. Ashok Bate (35) died at the JJ hospital yesterday after 50 per cent burns and serious injuries to his abdomen and left arm.

Touts and hearse operators seem to be sounding the death knell for Mumbai's famed 'spirit'. After several stories emerged of a private agent duping the kin of the dead in last week's blasts by issuing certificates for the transfer of the bodies outside city limits for a charge which were actually supposed to be issued by the BMC for free comes a sh...

Investigators from top security agencies have fanned out across the country in a bid to find leads, but investigations into the Mumbai terror blasts of last Wednesday seem to have yielded little yet. And sources say this is because the perpetrators seem to have gone back to old tactics - depending completely on human couriers or operatives to plan ...

Twelve of 13 men accused of planting bombs on Mumbai's local trains that killed 189 people nine years ago, have been convicted. The prosecution is expected to seek the death sentence or life in prison for the convicts when they will be sentenced on Monday next. One man has been acquitted.

Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Tuesday told the Bombay High Court that the original Call Detail Records (CDRs) pertaining to the 13 alleged SIMI activists facing trial in 2006 suburban train blasts case are still available with the mobile service providers.

Twenty six-year-old Wakas Ibrahim Shaikh, an accused in the 13/7 terror blasts case, definitely thinks so. He allegedly underwent a laser operation to get rid of his glasses, in a bid to disguise his look three months after the terror attack which occurred at the Opera House, Zaveri Bazaar, and Dadar (west).

The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has filed its chargesheet in the 13/7 Mumbai serial blasts of 2011.

Haroon Rashid Naik Sheikh, one of three men accused and in custody in the Mumbai July 13 triple blasts of last year, might have been trained by Osama bin Laden, sources in the Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) have said.

The Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) has arrested another person in connection with the 13/7 Mumbai serial blasts. 42-year-old Kanwar Pathreja was arrested from Delhi last night where he runs a jewelley shop in Chandi Chowk. ATS sources say Mr Pathreja supplied Rs 10 lakh to Indian Mujahideen mastermind Yasin Bhatkal, the main accused in the cas...

After considerable embarrassment, claims and counter-claims, the Centre now says it is happy after all with the breakthrough that the Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad has had in the 13/7 blasts case. Yesterday, it is believed to have rapped ATS chief Rakesh Maria on the knuckles for having announced the arrest of three men in the case, saying one of t...

Is Naqqi Sheikh of Darbhanga in Bihar, arrested recently, an informer or a man who helped Indian Mujahideen mastermind Yasin Bhatkal allegedly set up the Mumbai triple blasts of July 13, 2011? It depends on who is telling the story.

Two people have been arrested in the July 13, 2011, Mumbai triple blasts and the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) claims it has put the pieces in the case together. But the mastermind, Yasin Bhatkal of the Indian Mujahideen, is still at large.

In a significant breakthrough, the Maharashtra Police has said that the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has identified the group behind the triple blasts that rocked Mumbai on July 13 this year.

There are no shortcuts to those seeking - or pursuing - justice in Mumbai's terror blast cases.

Under pressure after the 13/7 triple blasts, the state plans to set up an extensive surveillance network in the city; footage to be monitored closely by police in six control rooms After coming under sharp criticism for not having installed a dedicated CCTV network in the city to tackle terror, the Democratic Front government is planning to set up...

"He wanted to name her Arpita, but she will never hear her father call her by that name," said an inconsolable Ashwini, who was sitting outside J J Hospital's morgue with her month-and-a-half old unnamed daughter. Ashok Bate (35) died at the JJ hospital yesterday after 50 per cent burns and serious injuries to his abdomen and left arm.

Touts and hearse operators seem to be sounding the death knell for Mumbai's famed 'spirit'. After several stories emerged of a private agent duping the kin of the dead in last week's blasts by issuing certificates for the transfer of the bodies outside city limits for a charge which were actually supposed to be issued by the BMC for free comes a sh...

Investigators from top security agencies have fanned out across the country in a bid to find leads, but investigations into the Mumbai terror blasts of last Wednesday seem to have yielded little yet. And sources say this is because the perpetrators seem to have gone back to old tactics - depending completely on human couriers or operatives to plan ...