Mumbai remembers 7/11 serial blasts

Mumbai:

Exactly a year ago on a terrible July evening in just a span of 10 minutes, Mumbai's lifeline snapped.

Seven blasts ripped through the city's western railway line network. Over 180 people died and hundreds more were injured.

Today we look back at the day of terror that has left a trail of painful memories.

On Tuesday, the evening of July 11 just after 6 pm Mumbai was caught in rush hour traffic as thousands of people left their offices to catch that all important bus or train back home.

Many of them were returning to homes in the distant suburbs.

The rush was most evident at railway stations across Mumbai, the lifeline of the city.

The city, caught up in the daily routine, was totally unaware of the nightmare that was about to unfold.

The first blast occurred between Khar and Santacruz railway stations at 6.24 pm, in the first class men's compartment.

Terror Timeline: Khar, Santacruz: 6.24 pm Jogeshwari blast: 6.25 pm Borivali: 6.26 pm Mahim: 6:28 pm Mira Road: 6:31 pm Bandra: 6:33 pm Matunga: 6:34 pm

It was the just beginning. Within the next ten minutes, seven blasts occurred on seven trains, all of them on different points along the western railway line.

All the bombs were placed in the first class men's compartment and targetted at middle- upper middle class professionals. The blasts left 188 people dead and over 250 injured.

There were scenes of shock and grief at hospitals and many railway stations.

A city, which had witnessed several acts of terror in the last four years were stunned by the attack, the biggest anywhere in the world since 9/11.

Terror trail leads Aussie cops to Bangalore

New Delhi:

In the wake of the alleged involvement of three youths from Bangalore in the foiled UK terror plot, the Karnataka government is holding a high-level meeting on Tuesday(10/07/2007) to take stock of the situation.

Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy will chair the meeting of senior police and home department officials.

It is believed that they would debate vital leads gathered by police and intelligence wings on the links of suspects Kafeel Ahmed, his brother Dr Sabeel Ahmed and cousin Dr Mohammed Haneef, who is in detention in Brisbane.

On Monday, the Chief Minister had said that the intelligence wings have gathered several pieces of information and that these cannot be disclosed now.

High-capacity computer hard disks were seized from the Bangalore residence of Kafeel and Sabeel Ahmed. The disk, which contains huge volumes of data, has been sent to a Thiruvananthapuram-based research centre for decoding.

Passports and VISA's stolen

A recent report says that 34 Indian Passports and VISA's have been stolen from the Canadian High Commission in India. The Embassy did not report to the Government regarding this case. The facts were disclosed when it was observed that four people with faulty VISA's and passports were caught in Canada.

Following the investigation it was seen that not just 4, but in all 34 VISA's and Passports have been stolen. Citizens with such faulty Passports and VISA's are moving around freely in the Canadian territory.

The question arises that, why didn't the Canadian Embassy report the police about such a scenario. Are the Canadian representatives so irresponsible. Investigations have started for the search of faulty Passports and VISA's.