Zaveri Bazaar Blasts

• Indian Mujahideen's chief bomber confesses to role in recent terror attacks: sources

  Zia ur Rehman alias Waqas, the 24-year-old alleged Pakistani terrorist, has confessed to undergoing intense training in Pakistan before he came to India to join Indian Mujahideen, sources in the Delhi Police have said.

• 13/7 accused had eye surgery to dodge ATS

  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).

• Bombay High Court defers judgement on death sentence in 2003 blasts case

  The Bombay High Court has deferred its judgement on the death sentence awarded by a trial court to three accused in the twin blasts at Mumbai's Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar in 2003. The blasts killed 52 people and injured over 100.

• 13/7 probe: Group behind blasts identified, says Maharashtra Police

  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.

• 13/7 victim dies before naming his daughter

  "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.

• Mumbai counts its losses as PM, Sonia arrive

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi have arrived in Mumbai. They are scheduled to visit those injured in yesterday's blasts at JJ Hospital. Seventeen people are dead; 133 were hospitalised with injuries after three blasts within 12 minutes at Dadar, Zaveri Bazaar and Opera House on Wednesday. 13/7 got added to Mumbai's tragic terror cale...

• Mumbai terror attacks: List of injured, dead

  There were three blasts within 12 minutes in Mumbai on Wednesday, the first two in South Mumbai at Zaveri Bazaar and at Opera House and the last at Dadar in Central Mumbai.

• Mumbai terror attacks: 'But for 30 seconds, I would've been dead'

  Mukesh Parmar (52), a transport company employee from Kandivli, escaped death by a whisker at Zaveri Bazaar last evening. He said he had walked past the blast site barely 30 seconds before the explosion took place.

• Mumbai Map: Locations of blasts

  Three bomb blasts within 12 minutes during Mumbai's rush hour on Wednesday left at least 18 people dead and over 130 injured. The first blast took place at 6.54 pm in Zaveri Bazaar in South Mumbai, a crowded market named for the many small jewelry stores that fill its narrow streets. A minute later, there was an explosion at Opera House, also in So...

• France condemns 'cowardly' Mumbai attacks

  France has condemned the "cowardly and blind" attacks in Mumbai while reaffirming its support for India in the fight against terrorism."As the city of Mumbai is again hit by a series of terrorist attacks, the President of the Republic firmly condemns the cowardly and blind violence and wants to express France's full solidarity with India's authorit...

• PM, Sonia land in Mumbai tonight

  Three bomb blasts within twelve minutes during rush hour in Mumbai on Wednesday have left at least 18 people dead and over 130 injured.

• The SMS sent by police to cellphone users in Mumbai

  All cellphone users in Mumbai got this message from the Mumbai Police right after the serial blasts this evening. The SMS said, "Bomb blasts reported at Zaveri Bazaar, Dadar. Please be careful. Stay indoors. Watch news channels."

• Zaveri Bazaar on terrorists' hit list since 1993

  The maximum casualties in today's blasts here are reported from famous jewellery market Zaveri Bazaar, which has been on the radar of terrorists for almost two decades now with their first attempt made in 1993.

• Three blasts in Mumbai, twenty dead, 113 injured

  In a seemingly coordinated attack, three explosions took place in Mumbai one after the other on Wednesday between 6.54 and 7.06 in the evening - the first at Zaveri Bazaar in South Mumbai, the second at kabutar khana in Dadar West, central Mumbai and the third again in South Mumbai at Opera House. The Maharashtra home secretary has said 20 people h...

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  Hanif was lured by LeT to carry out blasts

  Mohammed Hanif Sayyed, sentenced to death for carrying out the 2003 twin blasts in Mumbai at the instance of Laskhar-e-Toiba (LeT), was an auto rickshaw driver. Hanif (46) left for Saudi Arabia in 1992 as a catering assistant on a salary of 700 Riyal. He worked there till 1994 and returned to Mumbai. Thereafter, he was plying a rented auto ricksha...