Mumbai youths pay homage to terror attack victims on R-Day

July 11th, 2009 MUMBAI J - Mumbaikars today paid rich tribute to the victims of the 2006 serial train blast. Even after three years of the incident, the wounds still run raw as daily travelers in Mumbai trains recall the horrors of the fateful day.

May 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India Wednesday handed over to Pakistan a new dossier of evidence on the Mumbai terrorist attack, an official statement said. 'MEA (Ministry of External Affairs) have today handed over to the Pakistani High Commission additional information and details relating to the Mumbai terror attack sought by Pakistan,' it said.

March 30th, 2009 LAHORE - The attack on the Lahore police training centre Monday was similar to the Mumbai terror strike, Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik said while the attack was in progress. Malik told Geo TV that the terror strike in Lahore was similar to the Nov 26-29, 2008 carnage in Mumbai that left about 170 people dead.

March 29th, 2009 MUMBAI - International supermodel Naomi Campbell walked down the ramp here to pay tribute to the victims of last November's Mumbai terror attacks. Along with a host of Indian celebrities, the 39-year-old Campbell helped raise funds for the city's emergency medical services in a charity show called "Mai Mumbai".

March 22nd, 2009 PANAJI - Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Shahid Malik Saturday said that his government is examining India's response to the 26/11 terror attack questions. 'Pakistan's interior ministry is in the process of examining India's response to the questionnaire,' Malik said at a function organised by the Goa non-resident Indians commissionerate here.

March 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - BJP spokesperson Siddharth Nath Singh announced on Monday that party's prime ministerial candidate L K Advani would not celebrate Holi this year in solidarity of Mumbai attack victims. Talking to the reporters in New Delhi, Singh said "Advani has decided in his individual capacity that he will not be celebrating Holi as a mark of respect to those killed in the November 26 Mumbai terror attack." However, he clarified that Advani's decision to mourn on the festival on March 11 is not binding on the BJP leaders.

March 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani did not play Holi Tuesday to express solidarity with victims of the Mumbai terror attack and their families.

February 24th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Monday rejected the Indian allegations of its links with the Nov 26 Mumbai terror strike but said it will take the probe into the attack to its logical conclusion. 'Pakistan will try its best to take the Mumbai attack probe to its fruition, but at this stage the Indian allegations are not proving helpful,' The News quoted a foreign office spokesman as saying.

February 16th, 2009 RAWALPINDI - Jamaat-ud-Dawah's (JuD) Rawalpindi chief Nazir Ahmed has been arrested in connection with the Mumbai terror attacks, authorities said Tuesday. Pakistan authorities have said that this is the seventh arrest in the 26/11 attack probe, Geo TV reported.

February 11th, 2009 MUMBAI - Two Indian nationals have been arrested for providing support to the 26/11 terrorists and at least six Pakistanis are wanted for involvement in the terror attack, city Police Commissioner Hasan Gafoor said Thursday evening. Pakistan has been informed about the latest developments.

January 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Vinod Punmiya, a resident of Mumbai, was so moved by the Nov 26 terror attack in the nation's financial capital that he decided to cycle down to Delhi as a tribute to the martyrs and victims of the dastardly strike. Punmiya was received in New Delhi by President Pratibha Patil Friday at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

January 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Several Bollywood and TV actors are appearing in composer-singer Shibani Kashyap's music video to pay tributes to the victims of the 26/11 terror attack in Mumbai. The music video, 'Alvida', stars Sandhya Mridul, Bhagyashree, Rahul Roy, Arya Babbar, Mona Singh, Mini Mathur, Shweta Keswani, Karan Grover, Iqbal Khan, Sharad Kelkar, Keerti Kelkar, Manish Paul, Hiten Paintal and others.

January 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - She is all of 13, but teen prodigy Tara Venkatesan is not just gifted to create classic pieces of music, but also sensitive enough to hold a concert to raise funds for the child victims of the 26/11 Mumbai attack. A soprano singer whose repertoire includes Western Classical, Indian Classical, Broadway and Opera pieces of Mozart and Bach, Venkatesan has been performing since the age of eight and has performed for a number of diplomats and dignitaries, both in India and abroad.

December 29th, 2008 MUMBAI - Maharashtra swimming champion Vinod Ghadge, who was swimming in the Arabian Sea early Tuesday to pay homage to the victims of the Nov 26 Mumbai terror attacks, got entangled in fishing nets and drowned, police said. Ghadge, 50, plunged into the cold water of the Arabian sea at Dharamtar village in Raigad, about 36 km from here, at about 2.30 a.m.

December 24th, 2008 NEW DELHI - Senior leaders and workers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) gathered at the home of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his 84th birthday here Thursday, though the usual bustle was missing, as Vajpayee has decided not to celebrate his birthday, as a mark of tribute to the victims of the Mumbai terror attack. BJP president Rajnath Singh, senior party leaders Sushma Swaraj and Kalraj Mishra and Janata Dal-United MP and newly appointed convener of National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Sharad Yadav were among those who went to Vajpayee's home and greeted him, a party official told IANS.