Vishwanath Pratap Singh, who dethroned Rajiv Gandhi in the 1989 elections, played a major role in the reservation card a year later that irreversibly changed the course of Indian politics, bringing to the fore the power of backwards and Dalits in electoral politics. He was ill for a long and died this evening. He earned the Title ” Mr Clean “. Singh resigned as Defence Minister after he was shifted from Finance in 1987 at the height of his campaign against leading industrialists on the issue of tax evasion.
Former Prime Minister V.P. Singh Passed Away!!!
November 28, 2008 at 1:52 am (News)
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Final operation on at Taj hotel, hostages rescued!!!!
November 28, 2008 at 1:46 am (General)
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All people trapped in Taj Hotel in Mumbai rescued. No hostage-like situation there right nowin Taj.More bodies have been found inside the hotel, reports suggest.
Four suicide bombers have reportedly been killed in the Taj hotel.The Director General of Police made it clear that there would be no negotiations with the terrorists and they will very soon get them either alive or dead.
So far five terrorists and 14 police personnel, including officers, have been killed in the operations.At the moment, the police chief said he could not say which terror outfit is responsible for the attack.
The entire action has now been taken over by NSG personnel who were flown from Delhi and they were being assisted by naval commandos and Maharashtra Police. At Taj Hotel, systematical floor-to-floor cleaning up is being carried out.
Taj Mahal Palace and Tower Hotels, where security operations against terrorists are still on, has set up a helpline for its guests. Assuring to work towards speedy normalisation of operations.
It said it is working towards safety and security of its guests and staff. Its helpline numbers are 022-66574322, 022-66574372 and 1800111825.
Security forces had launched an assault to flush out terrorists from two luxury hotels – Taj and Trident (Oberoi) – where a couple of 100 people were believed to be either held hostage or trapped in the most audacious terror attacks that have claimed over 100 lives and left over 300 injured in India’s financial capital Mumbai.
There can be 10 to 12 terrorists involved in the terror attack at a hotel in Mumbai, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister R R Patil said today. Five of them have been killed and one of them arrested, he told reporters outside the hotel as security forces prepared to launch an assault to end the terror.
Terror Hits Cricket: England Tour And Champions League Postponed!!
November 28, 2008 at 1:32 am (Sports)
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Terror strikes in the commercial capital of India have left cricket’s superpower bleeding as England have abandoned their one-day series, called off the remaining two games, and the showbiz Champions League T20 has been postponed, raising a huge question mark over international sports events in the subcontinent.
The England team were also to play two Tests immediately after the one-day series, and a decision on it is expected in the next 24 hours after the team management discussed the matter with Indian officials as well as the England and Wales Cricket Board. England were scheduled to play a Test match in Mumbai and would have stayed at the Taj, the hotel the terrorists seized on Wednesday night. The sixth one-day international was to be played at Guwahati (November 29) and the last match in Delhi (December 2). The inaugural Champions League T20 event, billed as a major money-grosser for the BCCI and other founding cricketing boards of England, Australia, South Africa and Pakistan, had to be postponed.
The Governing Council of the Champions League T20 at an emergency meeting decided to call off the December 3-9 events scheduled to be played in Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai. It was agreed that in the best interests of all concerned, the inaugural edition of the Champions League 2020 should be postponed,” said Lalit Modi, chairman of the Champions League Twenty20. The officials and security advisers from various countries associated with the league were billeted in the two hotels seized by the terrorists, the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower and the Oberoi Trident, and they were in a state of shock after going through the night-long horror.
Champion teams from England, Australia, South Africa and Pakistan were expected to arrive by this weekend to take part in the tournament. Pakistan player Sohail Tanvir and Kamran Akmal, members of the inaugural Champions League champions Rajasthan Royals, already in the western metropolis, were shaken when they heard of the terror strikes while dining with friends. Rajasthan Royals captain Shane Warne, who was in Singapore en route to Mumbai, changed his travel plans at the last minute and did not take the connecting flight from the Changi international aiport.
