Mumbai siege near end as commandos hunt down militants (Reuters) Posted: 28 Nov 2008 03:13 AM CST Reuters - Commandos traded fire with Islamist militants as the endgame neared at a luxury hotel and a Jewish centre in Mumbai on Friday, but the gunmen were thought to be still holding a handful of foreign hostages, officials said. |
Staff emerge as heroes in Mumbai hotel sieges (Reuters) Posted: 28 Nov 2008 03:22 AM CST Reuters - Prashant Mangeshikar could be dead, one of more than a hundred victims of militant attacks across Mumbai landmarks, if it had not been for an employee at the Taj Mahal Hotel. |
Police deny firing at railway station (Reuters) Posted: 28 Nov 2008 02:37 AM CST Reuters - The Railway Police denied on Friday there had been firing outside Mumbai's main railway station, one of the sites attacked by militants on Wednesday. |
Pakistan admits Mumbai attacks could halt India visit (Reuters) Posted: 28 Nov 2008 02:08 AM CST Reuters - Pakistan's cricket chief has admitted the terror attacks in Mumbai have badly hit the chances of India undertaking a test tour of Pakistan in January. |
Commando chief says sees 12-15 bodies in Taj Hotel room (Reuters) Posted: 28 Nov 2008 01:54 AM CST Reuters - A chief of a Indian commando unit flushing out militants at Mumbai's Taj Mahal Hotel said on Friday that he saw 12 to 15 bodies in one room. |
Militant may hold hostages in Mumbai's Taj Hotel (Reuters) Posted: 28 Nov 2008 12:34 AM CST Reuters - At least one militant continues to battle commandos in the luxury Taj Hotel in Mumbai and may be holding two or more hostages, an army commander said on Friday. |
India says trawler may have delivered attackers (Reuters) Posted: 28 Nov 2008 02:16 AM CST Reuters - An Indian-owned fishing trawler may have been used to deliver militants who attacked Mumbai from the sea, coast guard officials said on Friday. |
Canadian among the victims in Mumbai-official (Reuters) Posted: 28 Nov 2008 12:32 AM CST Reuters - A Canadian was killed and two other Canadians were injured in the attacks in Mumbai, India, that claimed at least 121 lives, Canada said on Friday. |
Australia, Singapore upgrade India travel warnings (Reuters) Posted: 28 Nov 2008 12:19 AM CST Reuters - Australia and Singapore upgraded travel warnings for India on Friday, telling nationals to reconsider plans to go there after coordinated attacks by suspected Islamist gunmen killed at least 121 people in Mumbai. |
ANALYSIS - Can India-Pakistan ties withstand Mumbai bombings? (Reuters) Posted: 27 Nov 2008 10:59 AM CST Reuters - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has blamed a group with "external linkages" for coordinated attacks which killed more than 100 people in Mumbai. |
Maharashtra CM says Trident operation to end 1-2 hours (Reuters) Posted: 28 Nov 2008 01:44 AM CST Reuters - The operation by troops at the Trident/Oberoi Hotel in Mumbai will be wrapped up in one to two hours, the state's chief minister said on Friday. |
Reports of fresh firing at Mumbai railway station (Reuters) Posted: 28 Nov 2008 02:08 AM CST Reuters - Two television channels reported on Friday there were sounds of gunfire outside Mumbai's main railway station, one of the sites attacked by militants on Wednesday. |
Three Pakistani militants held in Mumbai - media (Reuters) Posted: 27 Nov 2008 07:48 PM CST Reuters - Three of the militants who attacked India's financial capital have confessed they are members of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba group, the Hindu newspaper reported on Friday. |
Officials report outbreak of bird flu in northeast (Reuters) Posted: 27 Nov 2008 10:37 PM CST Reuters - Authorities in Assam have ordered culling thousands of chicken and ducks after a fresh outbreak of bird flu in poultry was detected late on Thursday, a senior official said. |
Mumbai mourns attacks on beloved icons Taj and Leo's (Reuters) Posted: 27 Nov 2008 03:44 AM CST Reuters - In the harsh morning light there was no escaping the truth: the Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai's iconic luxury hotel, was hurting after gunmen laid siege to it. |
Police say 93 guests evacuated from Trident (Reuters) Posted: 28 Nov 2008 12:24 AM CST Reuters - Police said on Friday that 93 guests had been evacuated so far from Mumbai's Trident-Oberoi Hotel. |
Markets fall after militant attacks in Mumbai (Reuters) Posted: 27 Nov 2008 11:29 PM CST Reuters - India's stock market and the rupee fell on Friday and government bond yields inched up as trading resumed after deadly attacks in the financial capital, Mumbai, which shut its markets for a day and killed at least 121 people. |
Attacks may be stern test for shaky India markets (Reuters) Posted: 27 Nov 2008 10:40 AM CST Reuters - The initial investor reaction to the Mumbai attacks suggests they expect India's traditionally resilient markets to take a bigger hit from this turmoil than from previous episodes in the city's violent history. |
England opt to return home after Mumbai attacks (Reuters) Posted: 27 Nov 2008 03:05 PM CST Reuters - England opted on Thursday to return home from India after militant attacks in Mumbai killed at least 119 people but promised to return for two cricket tests next month. |