SPECIALS  »   Tracking 26/11 case

Gateway to Mahim: Neglect in the city NDTV Correspondent, Saturday November 21, 2009, Mumbai Images of SRPF jawans, forced to squat at the Gateway, shocked India. Now NDTV has found more proof of how other SRPF jawans posted in Mumbai are forced to live in utter squalor. These are evidence that our governments continue to turn a blind eye to the plight of the men who risk their lives for us every day. More»

Obama-Manmohan to discuss 26/11 NDTV Correspondent, Wednesday November 18, 2009, New Delhi President Obama will discuss 26/11 with Manmohan Singh during the Prime Minister's trip to America, confirms Timothy Roemer, the US Ambassador to India. Dr Singh leaves for America on Saturday. On Wednesday, Roemer also said that America "needs to see action" by Pakistan against the terrorists behind 26/11. More»

Local support for 26/11 not ruled out NDTV Correspondent, Saturday November 21, 2009, Mumbai The 26/11 terrorists either had advance teams study the targets or local support to carry out the strikes, former NSG chief J K Dutt tells NDTV. It's an allegation that has been repeatedly denied by the government and security agencies. “There could have been local support for the 26/11 attacks. Given how well the terrorists seemed to know their targets, either they had advance teams for reconnaissance or local support that guided them to their targets, said Dutt, who led the operations during the siege. More»

26/11: Ex-Mumbai top cop kicks up row Press Trust of India, Saturday November 21, 2009, New Delhi Just as Mumbai prepares to remember the victims of the 26/11 tragedy, remarks by former Mumbai Police Commissioner, Hasan Gafoor, has sparked off a new controversy. In an interview to a magazine he said: "A section of senior police officers refused to be on the ground and take on the terrorists. By doing so, they chose to ignore the need of the hour." More»

26/11 trauma still haunts victims’ kin NDTV Correspondent, Saturday November 21, 2009, Ahmedabad A year after the perpetrators of 26/11 hijacked the Kuber ship and killed three fishermen from south Gujarat on board, the families continue their struggle for survival. Asmita is just a year and a half - too young to know the tragedy that struck her family a year ago, when her fisherman father Natwar had left home on MV Kuber, hoping for a good catch. More»

More than ten terrorists behind 26/11 siege? NDTV Correspondent, Saturday November 21, 2009, New Delhi Were there more than 10 terrorists involved in the 26/11 siege of Mumbai? JK Dutt, who was the then NSG chief, says it cannot be ruled out. Speaking to Barkha Dutt on ‘We the People’ Dutt said more than 10 men from Pakistan may have entered India. JK Dutt said that he believed it couldn’t be ruled out that there were more than ten terrorists behind the siege of Mumbai. He explained that they were told that there were 10 AK 47s and so they believed that there were ten men in the hotel. But there could have been more who entered India around the same time. More»

No camera footage of Headley at Oberoi Press Trust of India, Friday November 20, 2009, Mumbai American terror suspect David Headley had also stayed at Oberoi besides the Taj – the two hotels attacked on 26/11 – before the Mumbai carnage reinforcing suspicion of his link with the audacious strike, according to investigators. Sources privy to the investigations said Headley stayed at the Oberoi for four days in April last year after which he left India reportedly for Pakistan through a Gulf country. More»

Devika, youngest witness in 26/11 trial NDTV Correspondent, Thursday November 19, 2009, Mumbai "I feel very sad as I am unable to play because of my injury. When I see other children playing, I long to join them. But the terrorists broke my leg in such a way that I cannot play.'' Ten-year-old Devika remembers what happened on 26/11 as if it were yesterday. And she relives it often in court. The youngest witness in the 26/11 case is still getting used to her crutches. She was with her father, Natwarlal, waiting at the Chattrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) for a train to Pune, when two terrorists opened fire at the station. Bullets shattered Devika’s leg. One of the two terrorists would later be caught and identified as Ajmal Kasab. In June, Devika and her father testified against Kasab in court and identified him. Natwarlal says this is the only way that he can avenge what his daughter has gone through. “I get angry when I recall that day, but I refuse to get scared. We will stand up and fight if necessary,” he promises. More»

26/11: NSG Commandoes depose before court Press Trust of India, Wednesday November 18, 2009, Mumbai Three top Commandoes of the National Security Guards (NSG), who fought with terrorists during 26/11 attacks, deposed in-camera before the trial court in Mumbai on Wednesday through video conference. More»

26/11 hero's wife lashes out at state govt NDTV Correspondent, Wednesday November 18, 2009, Mumbai Kavita Karkare, wife of Hemant Karkare, slammed the state government and the police department on Tuesday. At a function in Mumbai to commemorate the 26/11 attacks, she said is yet to get a concrete answer about how her husband died. Almost a year has passed since Karkare's death. ”I have repeatedly met senior police officer to find out how my husband died but no one has given me any answer. I have been told that I will never know how he died,” Kavita said. “Even his bulletproof vest has gone missing - the vest's procurement file marks it missing. I always suspected they would say that the jacket has gone missing,” she said adding that policemen were giving out wrong details about the circumstances surrounding her husband's death. More»