Mumbai

Police Terror Alert: 'Mumbai Is Coming To London'

The Sunday Times | Posted 12.20.2009 | World


In a briefing in the City of London 12 days ago, a senior detective from SO15, the Metropolitan police counter-terrorism command, said: "Mumbai is com...

Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, Mumbai Gunman, Recants Confession, Alleges Torture

AP | RAJESH SHAH | Posted 12.18.2009 | World


MUMBAI, India — The accused gunman in last year's bloody siege of Mumbai retracted his detailed confession Friday, saying police tortured him in...

David Headley, Mumbai Terror Suspect, Was 'Rogue US Secret Agent'

Times London | Rhys Blakely | Posted 12.17.2009 | World


A key terror suspect who allegedly helped to plan last year's attacks in Mumbai and plotted to strike Europe was an American secret agent who went rog...

Chicago, Mumbai Terror Link: American Businessman Knew Attacks Were Coming

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 12.15.2009 | Chicago


CHICAGO — A Chicago man accused of planning a terrorist attack against a Danish newspaper knew in advance about a plot to attack Mumbai and offe...

McChrystal Interviewed By Al Jazeera

The Atlantic | By Marc Ambinder | Posted 12.11.2009 | Media


The day after his first round of testimony to Congress, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, was on a press ...

Jewish Voices of Color Must be Heard

David A. Love | Posted 12.09.2009 | World


David A. Love

As we enter this holiday season, Jews around the world will celebrate Hanukah. The Jewish community is a diverse one, a multicultural and multiracial assemblage, by no means monolithic, representing millions of people throughout the world.

Suketu Mehta: Bombay's Biographer

Christopher Lydon | Posted 12.09.2009 | Books


Christopher Lydon

Suketu Mehta's masterwork, Maximum City, did for Bombay what the immortals Dickens and Balzac did for London and Paris.

India: Karnataka Baby-Tossing Festival May Be Banned

News.Com.Au | Posted 12.04.2009 | World


AUTHORITIES in southern India plan to ban an age-old ritual in which babies are tossed from the top of a nine-metre temple....

Zaki-Ur-Rehman Lakhvi: Charges Against Accused Mumbai Mastermind Revealed

BBC News | Posted 12.04.2009 | World


The BBC has obtained details of charges that Pakistan has filed against the alleged mastermind of last year's attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai....

Pakistan Charges 7 Suspects In Mumbai Attacks

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 11.25.2009 | World


ISLAMABAD — Pakistan charged seven men in last year's Mumbai attacks on Wednesday, its first indictment in a case being monitored by India and t...

Militants Thrive A Year After Mumbai Attacks

Wall Street Journal | MATTHEW ROSENBERG | Posted 11.24.2009 | World


ISLAMABAD -- The Islamist militant group behind the deadly attack in Mumbai one year ago remains a potent force determined to strike India and the Wes...

Italian Police Arrest 2 Linked To Mumbai Attacks

AP | ARIEL DAVID | Posted 11.21.2009 | World


ROME — Italian police on Saturday arrested a Pakistani father and son who allegedly spent just over $200 to set up a reliable and untraceable ph...

The Mumbai Terror Attacks: A Special Report

vqronline.org | Posted 11.19.2009 | World


On a blustery Saturday afternoon last March, Jason Motlagh and I sat in my office, discussing the Mumbai terror attacks of November 2008. Jason had re...

Terror in Mumbai -- One Year Later

Dan Reed | Posted 11.18.2009 | World


Dan Reed

Cell phone recordings allow us, for the first time ever, to see right inside the workings of the minds and methods behind the Mumbai terrorist attacks, which killed 166 people last November.

The Post-Berlin Aftermath: Many Walls Still Need to Be Brought Down

Jean-Pierre Lehmann | Posted 11.09.2009 | World


Jean-Pierre Lehmann

While the Berlin Wall may have been torn down, there remain many walls that are defiantly standing and indeed new ones that have been erected.

Parsis in Paris: Little Zizou in the Land of Zidane

Mira Kamdar | Posted 11.09.2009 | Entertainment


Mira Kamdar

The film gets its name from the movie's protagonist, a motherless little boy who escapes both his self-absorbed and overbearing father by playing a computer soccer game featuring Zidane.

NYT: Group Behind Mumbai Terror Has "Flourished", Still Viewed As A Major Threat

nytimes.com | LYDIA POLGREEN and SOUAD MEKHENNET | Posted 11.29.2009 | Home


Ten months after the devastating attacks in Mumbai by Pakistan-based militants, the group behind the assault remains largely intact and determined to ...

Asia Society's Prez on Global Citizens Like Obama

Jim Luce | Posted 11.19.2009 | New York


Jim Luce

Asia Society president Vishakha Desai says, "Ours is a complex institution, and those experiencing it can describe it in the same way the blind men touch and describe an elephant."

India Swine Flu Death Toll Reaches 17

The Times of India | TIMESOFINDIA.COM 12 August 2009, 05:11pm IST | Posted 09.12.2009 | World


PUNE: A 48-year-old driver died of swine flu Wednesday afternoon, as the Sassoon Hospital here registered the fifth death of the day from the H1N1 Swi...

Let There Be Light

Carl Pope | Posted 09.03.2009 | Green


Carl Pope

Imagine a world where everyone has light -- and no one needs to burn carbon to have it.

2003 Mumbai Bombing: Indian Court Finds 3 Guilty

AP | RAJESH SHAH | Posted 08.27.2009 | World


MUMBAI, India — An Indian court on Monday found two Muslim men and a woman guilty in twin bombings that killed 52 people and wounded 100 in the ...

Ajmal Kasab, Mumbai Gunman's Confessions Accepted By Judge

AP | ERIKA KINETZ | Posted 08.23.2009 | World


MUMBAI, India — The trial of the lone surviving gunman in the Mumbai attacks will continue despite his surprise admission of guilt, a judge rule...

Ajmal Kasab, Mumbai Attacks Gunman, Admits Guilt In Dramatic Court Confession

AP | ERIKA KINETZ | Posted 08.20.2009 | World


MUMBAI, India — The lone surviving gunman in the Mumbai attacks made a surprise confession at his trial Monday, saying he was recruited by a mil...

Clinton India Trip Viewed As Strengthening Of Ties

NDTV | Posted 08.15.2009 | World


Hillary Clinton is coming to India for what is slated to be a major step forward in Indo-American ties. Mrs Clinton's first stop is Mumbai where she w...

Mumbai Attack: India Issues Arrest Warrants For 22 Pakistanis

CNN | Posted 07.25.2009 | World


An Indian court has issued arrest warrants for 22 Pakistanis wanted in connection with last year's terror attacks in Mumbai....