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12 years of 26/11 Mumbai attack: know what happened on that day

12 years of 26/11 Mumbai attack: Read full article to know what happened on that day

Published

3 years ago

November 26, 2020

26/11: The unsung American soldier who saved 157 lives in the Mumbai attack

On 26 November 2008, 10 Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists rocked Mumbai with bombings and shootings. It has been 12 years for this terrorist attack, but it is a dark day in India’s history that no one can forget. More than 160 people were killed and more than 300 people were injured in the attack. People still feel heartbroken by remembering the Mumbai attack. Know what happened that day:

1. Boats from Karachi enter Mumbai: All that has been revealed from the investigation of Mumbai attacks, 10 terrorists entered Mumbai by boat from Karachi. There were four Indians aboard this boat, which were killed by reaching the shore of the sea. It was around 8 o’clock in the night, when the terrorists landed at the fish market of Cuffe Parade. From there, they split into four groups and took taxi’s and turned to their targets.

2. Fishermen suspected terrorists: It is said that some fishermen were suspicious of these people and they also informed the police. But the police of the area did not give any special attention to this nor did they inform the top officials or intelligence forces.

3. Two terrorists had shot down 52 people to death: About 9:30 pm, there was news of firing at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus. Two terrorists entered the main hall of this historic railway station in Mumbai and started firing indiscriminately. One of them was Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, who has now been hanged. Both had AK 47 rifles in their hands and within fifteen minutes they killed 52 people and injured 109.

4. Firing at many places in Mumbai: But this game of terror was not limited to Shivaji maharaj terminus. Leopold Cafe in South Mumbai was also one of the few places that were the initial targets of this three-day-long attack. It is one of the renowned restaurants in Mumbai, so many foreigners were among the 10 people killed in the shootout there, while many were injured. The bullets, which had been guarding the guests since 1871, had left marks of attack in the walls of the Leopold Cafe. At 10:40 am, a taxi in Vile Parle area was reported to have been bombed in which the driver and a passenger were killed, a taxi driver and two passengers were killed in a similar blast in Boribandar fifteen to twenty minutes earlier. About 15 were also injured.

5. 26/11’s three big fronts: But if the story of terror had ended, the world might not have been as shocked by the Mumbai attacks. The three major fronts of 26/11 were the Taj Hotel in Mumbai, the Oberoi Trident Hotel and the Nariman House. When the attack took place, there were 450 guests at the Taj and 380 at the Oberoi. Especially the smoke emanating from the Taj Hotel building later became the hallmark of the attacks.

6. Live media coverage helped the terrorists: On the next morning of the attacks, on 27 November, news came that all the hostages had been rescued from the Taj, but as the day progressed, the terrorists found some more people hostage. Many foreigners are also involved. Both hotels were surrounded by Railway Protection Force (RPF), The National Security Guard (NSG) commandos during the attacks. While security mechanisms were pulled up for the late arrival of NSG commandos, the live media coverage of the attacks also greatly helped the terrorists. Where is happening, they were all seen on TV inside.

7. Security forces battling terrorists for 3 consecutive days: For three days, the security forces kept battling terrorists. During this period, there were blasts, fires, bullets and hopefuls about the hostages falling apart and the eyes of not only the 1.25 billion people from India but around the world remained on Taj, Oberoi and Nariman House.

8. There were many people present at the hotel at the time of the attack: At the time of the attack, the Taj also included many members of the European Union’s Parliamentary Committee on International Trade, although none of them suffered any damage. When the attacks started, British Member of European Parliament Sajjad Karim was in the Taj lobby, then German MP Erica Mann had to hide away to save her life. Among the people present in Oberoi were many well-known people. These included Indian MP NN Krishnadas, who was having dinner with Sir Ghulam Noon, a prominent British businessman.

9. The terrorists also captured Nariman Point: On the other hand, the two terrorists also captured Nariman Point, the main center of the yahudi’s in Mumbai. Many were held hostage. The NSG commandos then stormed Nariman House and after hours of fighting, the terrorists were wiped out but one of the NSG commandos was also killed. The terrorists had already killed many people, including Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his six-month pregnant wife Rivkah Holtzberg. The security forces later found the bodies of a total of six hostages from there.

10. More than 160 people lost their lives: By the morning of 29 November, nine terrorists had been wiped out and one terrorrist as Ajmal Kasab was in police custody. The situation was completely under control but more than 160 people lost their lives.

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“Second Phase Of Lok Sabha Polls: Voter Turnout Falls To 54.85%, High Concern In Uttar Pradesh

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1 day ago

April 27, 2024

Manoj Nair

Second phase of Lok Sabha polls: Voter Turnout Falls to 54.85% Now, low voter turnout a high concern in Uttar Pradesh

Despite a media blitzkrieg by the Election Commission the low voter turnout has become a big talking point in the ongoing multiphase 2024 Lok Sabha elections with the political pundits splitting the semantic hair as to which party is going to gain and which party will lose from this phenomenon.

As per the data released by the Election Commission the second phase of elections in Uttar Pradesh on which voting was conducted in eight parliamentary constituencies the voter turnout was 54.85% which was 7% less than the 62% voting witnessed for the same seats in 2019.

Mathura saw a massive 12% drop from 61.03% in 2019 elections and the voter turnout was 49.29%. Voter turnout was 49.65% representing a drop of % from 55.83% in 2019. Amroha recorded a voter turnout of 64.02% polling, 58.70% in Meerut, 56.62% in Aligarh, 55.97% in Baghpat, 55.79% in Bulandshahr and 53 % in Gautam Buddh Nagar. The first phase of the polling in UP which happened on April 19 saw a voter turnout of 60.25%, as compared to 66.50% voting recorded in 2019.

The low voter turnout has pulled out the political parties from their stupor and booth level workers have been mobilized to get maximum votes polled at the respective booths. The EC has also directed all the electoral returning officers to motivate voters to exercise their franchise. However it seems the voters are not very keen to exercise their franchise rights.

There are many reasons for this lack of empathy among the voters which include the absence of emotive issues among the voters, harvest season in the rural areas, increasing temperatures and also disenchantment among grass roots party workers who are the driving force who motivate the voters to come out and vote in large numbers.

However the low voter turnout has started a slug fest between the political parties with each claiming that it is winning in the elections. The Uttar Pradesh Jal Shakti minister Swatantra Dev Singh and minister of state for cooperation JPS Rathore have proclaimed that voting trends are in favor of BJP.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav in a post on X, talked about the strange trend but also declared that the voter has voted for the INDIA bloc in large numbers and the votes for BJP has steadily gone down. Uttar Pradesh Congress in-charge Avinash Pande said the voters are excited and it is a vote for a change and the INDIA candidates are winning by a big margin. Rashtriya Lok Dal, a component of NDA chief Jayant Chaudhary, said that the alliance will win 80 seats in UP.

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Prajwal Revanna, Sitting Member Of Parliament (MP) Sparks Controversy Over Alleged Private Video

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1 day ago

April 27, 2024

Priyadarshi Shastri

Prajwal Revanna, Sitting Member of Parliament (MP) sparks controversy over alleged private video

A private video allegedly featuring Prajwal Revanna, a Member of Parliament (MP) from Hassan district in Karnataka, has been leaked on the internet.

As this news began to dominate the media, his election agent filed a police complaint claiming that the videos were morphed to defame his public image and influence the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

#ElectionsWithTOI | Hassan JD(S) candidate Prajwal Revanna offers prayers at a temple before casting his vote

Track updates here: https://t.co/r7PgoqaWa5 #LokSabhaElections2024 #Election2024 #Karnataka pic.twitter.com/PHg6Itt29e— The Times Of India (@timesofindia) April 26, 2024

Prajwal Revanna, a Sitting Member of Parliament (MP), Allegedly Has Private Video Leaked Online

On Tuesday, Poornachandra Tejaswi MG, the election agent for both the JD(S) and the BJP, filed a police complaint alleging that Naveen Gowda and others were responsible for the leak.

They reportedly circulated the video to voters in the Hassan Lok Sabha segment via WhatsApp, pen drives, and CDs. The FIR states:

“Naveen Gowda and others morphed videos and images and circulated them to the voters in the Hassan Lok Sabha segment through pen drives, CDs and WhatsApp to put Prajwal Revanna in bad light. These accused are going door to door and showing obscene photos and videos, provoking people not to vote for Prajwal in the Lok Sabha elections. These efforts are being made to disrupt the polling.”

In response, the police have filed a complaint under the sections of the Information Technology Act of 2008 and the Indian Penal Code.

Prajwal Revanna is the son of Holenarasipura MLA and former minister H D Revanna, and the grandson of former Prime Minister H D Devegowda. He is seeking a second term and is currently running against Congress candidate Shreyas M Patel, the grandson of G Puttaswamy Gowda.

In the 1999 Lok Sabha elections, Puttaswamy Gowda won against Devegowda on a Congress ticket. On April 26, the Hassan constituency will participate in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections.

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Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Election Phase 2 : Key seats, candidates in the fray

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2 days ago

April 26, 2024

Manoj Nair

Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Election Phase 2 : Key seats, candidates in the fray

The massive electoral exercise of the Lok Sabha Elections for 2024 is in full swing and the second phase of the election has commenced. In the second phase the fate of the candidates of 89 constituencies spread across 13 states will be decided by the voters. Uttar Pradesh is the most important state with more than 80 Lok Sabha seats. In the second phase of the election voters will vote for eight Lok Sabha seats.

Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha seats which will go for the polls include Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Amroha, Meerut, Aligarh, Bulandshahar, Mathura, and Baghpat. Amroha, Meerut, Baghpat, and Gautam Buddh Nagar will see a triangular contest between NDA bloc, the Opposition INDIA alliance, and the Bahujan Samaj Party. Mathura and Ghaziabad will see a straight contest between BJP and Congress. In Aligarh and Bulandshahr the BJP will lock horns with the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party.

The Details are as follows-

Amroh -Kanwar Singh Tanwar(BJP) ,Danish Ali (Congress).Mujahid Hussain(BSP)
Meerut – Arun Govil (BJP),Sunita Verma Pradhan (Samajwadi Party),Mujahid Hussain(BSP)
Mathura-Hema Malini (BJP),Mukesh Dhangar (Congress) —
Baghpat-Rajkumar Sangwan (RLD),Amarpal Sharma (Samajwadi Party),Praveen Bansal(BSP)
Aligarh-Satish Kumar Gautam (BJP),Bijendra Singh (Samajwadi Party) —
Ghaziabad-Atul Garg (BJP) ,Dolly Sharma (Congress) —
Budh Nagar-Dr Mahesh Sharma (BJP),Mahendra Nagar (Samajwadi Party),R.S.Solanki(BSP)
Bulandshahar-Bhola Singh (BJP),Shivram Valmiki (Samajwadi Party) —

Many prominent personalities will find their fate locked in the EVM machines and this includes Hema Malini who will be eying for her third win from Mathura. She is pitted against Mukesh Dhangar from the Congress party.

Another star Arun Govil is standing from the BJP from Meerut and he is pitted against Sunita Verma from the SP and Devvrat Tyagi from the BSP. Arun Govil had played the character of Lord Rama in the Ranananda Sagar 1987 serial Ramayan

MP Kunwar Danish Ali has changed party and is now standing as a Congress candidate Amroha, a constituency historically without a strong allegiance to any particular party. He stood and won as a BSP candidate in 2019. He will be pitted against Kanwar Singh Tanwar of the BJP and Mujahid Hussain of the BSP.

As per reports in the first four hours a voter turnout of 24.31 per cent was recorded in the eight parliamentary constituencies of Uttar Pradesh in phase two of the Lok Sabha elections on Friday. The polling began at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm.