Mumbai has been victim to four major terrorist attacks in the 15 years. Here is a chronology of the various terror attacks in Mumbai.
Mohammad Ali alias Vikram Sen, an activist of the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), was arrested from Kareli town of Madhya Pradesh's Narsinghpur district early on Saturday, police said.
Heavy rain and snowfall in the past two days wreaked havoc in Himachal Pradesh on Saturday, triggering landslides in many areas and stranding vehicles in the upper mountain reaches.
A personal tragedy of gargantuan proportions was dissected to its goriest extent by the sickeningly overt sensationalizing of media loudmouths.
Seventy Shiv Sena and BJP activists were arrested, as they clashed with police during a bandh called by them in protest against Jammu and Kashmir government's decision not to hand over forest land to the Amarnath Shrine Board.
The ULFA has disbanded its 'A', 'B' and 'C' companies, which have declared unilateral ceasefire, even as military chief Paresh Barua said the group is willing to sit for talks, only if the sovereignty issue is discussed.
Appealing for communal harmony in Jammu and Kashmir, state Congress chief Saifuddin Soz on Friday expressed confidence that the situation created by the row over transfer of land to Amarnath shrine board would be tackled carefully by the state government and an amicable solution would be found.
On a day when CPI-M accused Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of being responsible for the current crisis arising out of the UPA-Left standoff on Indo-US nuclear deal, Congress President Sonia Gandhi has showered fulsome praise on him as an "able" leader "whose work speaks for itself.
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Hours after villagers fought a pitched battle with the police at the Tata Motors' small car plant site at Singur, the Trinamool Congress on Friday threatened to intensify its agitation if the land forcibly acquired there was not returned to farmers.
The West Bengal government said on Friday that it was not averse to a tripartite meeting and there was no need for creation of a separate state, as the GJM rejected the offer of more powers for the hill council and stuck to its demand for Gorkhaland.
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Friday said his government was “considering” India's plea for clemency for Sarabjit Singh, the Indian death row prisoner convicted for alleged complicity in terror attacks in Multan 17 years ago.
Amidst signs of warming up of ties between Congress, battling the Left parties on Indo-US nuclear deal, and Samajwadi Party, the BJP on Friday sought to reach out to Mayawati-led BSP, which withdrew support to the UPA government at the Centre.
In the midst of a deepening standoff with the Left parties, government on Friday expressed the hope that an "acceptable" solution will be arrived at on the Indo-US nuclear deal.
In fresh trouble for Jaya Bachchan, the Election Commission on Tuesday ordered that an FIR be registered against Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan for allegedly concealing property details in her affidavit, while filing her nomination papers for Rajya Sabha elections.- The BJP is in favour of strategic relations with the US and would renegotiate the civil nuclear deal if his party-led alliance comes to power, senior BJP leader L K Advani said on Monday.
BSF on Monday rejected allegations of "sexual harassment" by one of its instructors in Jammu and Kashmir, as claimed by 136 recruits of Bihar Military Police, who deserted the centre.
With no signs of any breakthrough in the stand-off with the Left parties on the Indo-US nuclear deal, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday night pitched herself into discussions with UPA constituents who disfavoured early elections.
Andhra Pradesh's main opposition Telugu Desam Party on Monday suffered a major setback with its number two leader quitting the organisation, following differences with party chief N Chandrababu Naidu over separate Telangana statehood issue.
Uttar Pradesh chief of the banned Students' Islamic Movement of India outfit, who had been absconding since 2001, has been arrested, officials said on Monday.
West Bengal's flood toll rose to 33 on Monday, though the situation improved in East and West Midnapore districts with all rivers receding.
At least 15 people were killed on Sunday when a suicide bomber blew herself up near a police picket in the northern Iraqi city of Baquba, the police said.
Defence Minister A K Antony has been roped in for all political discussions over the India-US civil nuclear deal on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's request, Congress sources said on Sunday.
Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama has bounced ahead of his Republican rival John McCain in the race for the White House, with a new poll showing that he has established a handsome double digit lead of 15 percentage point over the Arizona Senator.
A two-day visit by an Indian delegation led by National Security Advisor M K Narayanan and their deliberations led to wild speculation in the Sri Lankan media on Sunday.
The Pakistani Frontier Corps has been heavily infiltrated and influenced by Taliban militants, according to classified US documents appeared in a daily in London on Sunday.
