On this day: Key events on July 11, from first female Olympic medallist to the Mumbai train bombings in 2006
8 months, 2 weeks ago

On this day: Key events on July 11, from first female Olympic medallist to the Mumbai train bombings in 2006

Live Mint  

On this day: Several incidents which took place on this day, July 11, in past years have become an irreplaceable part of history. A massive terror attack on Mumbai trains killed nearly 200 people on July 11, 2006. Mumbai train bombings 2006 Over 200 people lost their lives, and more than 700 people were injured after a series of bomb attacks struck Mumbai city trains. The series of bomb attacks tool place over a period of 11 minutes on different locations of Mumbai local trains. Charlotte Cooper as first female Olympic medallist in 1900 Charlotte Cooper Sterry became the first woman to win Olympic medal in an individual event on July 11, 1900.

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11th anniversary of 2011 Mumbai bombings: All you need to know about 13/7 blasts
2 years, 8 months ago

11th anniversary of 2011 Mumbai bombings: All you need to know about 13/7 blasts

Firstpost  

Also known as 13/7, the blasts ripped through Zaveri Bazaar, Opera House and Dadar within minutes of each other between 6.52pm and 7.05pm Eleven years ago on this day, 13 July, Mumbai was rocked by three bomb blasts. Also known as 13/7, the blasts ripped through Zaveri Bazaar, Opera House and Dadar within minutes of each other between 6.52pm and …

10 deadly terror attacks in India that shocked the world
7 years, 7 months ago

10 deadly terror attacks in India that shocked the world

India TV News  

The scourge of terrorism has impacted nations across continents and India has been among the worst-hit. Here is a list of 10 worst terrorist attacks India faced resulting in heavy causalities: 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts 1993 Mumbai serial blasts On March 12, 1993, the economic capital of India was rocked by a series of bomb blasts. 26/11 Mumbai attacks …

10 Deadliest Terrorist attacks in India in last 25 years
9 years, 4 months ago

10 Deadliest Terrorist attacks in India in last 25 years

India TV News  

Mumbai – Maharashtra The city of Mumbai was rocked by a series of Bomb explosions within a span of two and half hours on March 12, 1993. Mumbai – Maharashtra In November 2008, 10 Pakistani members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, an Islamic militant organisation, carried out a series of 12 coordinated shooting and bombing attacks lasting four days across Mumbai. The attacks, …

2006 Mumbai serial blasts: Chronology of events leading up to verdict on sentencing
9 years, 5 months ago

2006 Mumbai serial blasts: Chronology of events leading up to verdict on sentencing

Firstpost  

Following is the chronology of events in the 2006 Mumbai train blasts case, in which the trial court gave its verdict on Wednesday, in which it sentenced five persons to death. Mumbai: Following is the chronology of events in the 2006 Mumbai train blasts case, in which the trial court gave its verdict: July 11, 2006 : Seven RDX bombs …

Mumbai 7/11 train blasts: 5 get death, 7 sent to life in prison
9 years, 5 months ago

Mumbai 7/11 train blasts: 5 get death, 7 sent to life in prison

Hindustan Times  

Five convicts were sentenced to death and seven others given life imprisonment on Wednesday by a Mumbai special court in the 2006 local train bombings which killed 188 people and injured over 800. Special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act court judge Yatin Shinde sentenced to death Faisal Sheikh, Asif Khan, Kamal Ansari, Ehtesham Sidduqui and Naveed Khan who planted …

7/11 Mumbai blasts: For police, it was no smoking-gun case
9 years, 6 months ago

7/11 Mumbai blasts: For police, it was no smoking-gun case

The Hindu  

The Mumbai Police heaved a sigh of relief on Friday after the Special MCOCA Court validated their investigation and convicted >12 of the 13 arrested accused in the case as the investigation had its own share of controversies and conflicting versions. Raghuvanshi, and supervised by the then Mumbai Police Commissioner, Anami Roy, followed the line that the accused bought pressure …

Reporter’s Diary: How the 7/11 Train Blasts Changed My Life
9 years, 8 months ago

Reporter’s Diary: How the 7/11 Train Blasts Changed My Life

The Quint  

Jency Jacob, then a reporter with CNN-IBN, was in the compartment just next to the one that exploded on 11th July, 2006, in the Mumbai train blasts. The death of Mumbai train blast survivor Parag Sawant this Tuesday brought back horrific memories of that tragic July evening 9 years ago. Parag Sawant, then 27 and on his way home in …

Timeline: IM commander Yasin Bhatkal's terror trail in India
11 years, 6 months ago

Timeline: IM commander Yasin Bhatkal's terror trail in India

Firstpost  

Arrested Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal is suspected to be involved in a number of lethal bombings and terror strikes of which the most prominent are: * Nov 23, 2007: Six consecutive blasts in Uttar Pradesh. * May 13, 2008: A series of nine synchronised bombs explode in Jaipur within a span of 15 minutes Indian Mujahideen commander Yasin Bhatkal, …

Mumbai serial blasts were planned for April, but preponed: Rakesh Maria
12 years ago

Mumbai serial blasts were planned for April, but preponed: Rakesh Maria

India TV News  

Mumbai, Mar 22: The serial blasts of March 1993 were originally planned to take place in April that year and it was to be a countrywide bomb attack but the date was advanced on instructions of absconding accused Tiger Memon who suspected the police had got a whiff of the terror plot, an officer involved in solving the case said …

Blasts scar, but fail to kill Mumbai's spirit
13 years, 8 months ago

Blasts scar, but fail to kill Mumbai's spirit

News 18  

Mumbai: A day after three blasts shook Maximum City Mumbai, the city is back on track with people, though angry at the government’s inability to stop the terror strikes, returning to their work and business. Mumbai’s local trains, which were the target of serial blasts in July 2006, and are believed to be unsafe till date, were full on Thursday, …

Mumbai blasts: The fact sheet
13 years, 8 months ago

Mumbai blasts: The fact sheet

Firstpost  

Chronology of events and facts and figures of the 13 July serial blasts in Mumbai. First blast at south Mumbai’s crowded Khau Galli in Zaveri Bazaar, India’s largest diamond trading hub. Facts: • 18 people dead, including a severed head that is yet to be idenitified • 131 people injured • 23 of the 131 injured are seriously injured. Some …

21 killed, 141 injured as terror strikes Mumbai again
13 years, 8 months ago

21 killed, 141 injured as terror strikes Mumbai again

The Hindu  

Three blasts between 6.54 p.m. and 7.05 p.m. on Wednesday rocked the crowded areas of Mumbai, killing 21 persons and injuring 141 others. The most powerful one, suspected to have been set off by an IED, occurred at Zaveri Bazaar in south Mumbai, a congested part of the city, the second at Kabutarkhana near the Dadar suburban railway station in …

Still on a tinderbox
15 years, 4 months ago

Still on a tinderbox

Hindustan Times  

As the media goes into an overdrive on the first anniversary of last November’s Mumbai terror attack, we should remember that before 26/11, there was 12/3. Two hundred and fifty-seven dead, more than 700 injured: Mumbai ’93 was not just statistically much worse than any single terror attack India has endured, it was also the first. In 1993, the local …

When terror struck Mumbai
21 years, 6 months ago

When terror struck Mumbai

The Hindu  

The two powerful explosions in Mumbai on August 25, which killed at least 45 people, bring back memories of the serial blasts in 1993 and are seen as part of a pattern aimed at destabilising the State's economy. THE Mumbai Police are confident about two things about the explosions that rocked the city, one at the Gateway of India and …

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