Two landing crafts, loaded with tanks and fully armed army troops are ready to enter the belly of INS Jalashwa, Indian Navy's latest acquisition. Some 12 stories above the ship's belly, a UH Helicopter is preparing to take off for a recce mission on the high seas.
Giving details of the multiple terror attacks in Mumbai, Maharashtra police chief A N Roy said terrorists struck in quick succession and in all there was shooting in 12 places. The Director General of Police made it clear that there would be no negotiations with the terrorists, and "we will very soon get them either alive or dead".
An anti Musharraf protest was organised in London where Pakistanis gathered to demand the restoration of democracy in Pakistan. The protest leaders, who included cricketer politician Imran Khan's ex-wife Jemima Smith, stood across the street calling the chants but it was clear that the main organiser had chosen to stand behind the barriers and in the crowds.
Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, independent India's best-known soldier, has died; he was 94. Manekshaw spent his final days at a military hospital in Wellington; he had developed several medical complications. Manekshaw was affectionately called Sam Bahadur because of his association with the Gorkha Rifles. He died a little after midnight with his immediate family by his side.
Chairman of the Tata Group Ratan Tata has condemned the terror attacks in the city saying such acts deserve to be "universally condemned". The Taj Hotel here laid seige by terrorists belongs to the Ratan Tata-run Indian Hotels, a Tata group company.
Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare, who was killed while leading from the front in the battle against terrorists who attacked Mumbai, was given a state funeral in the city on Saturday.
Unruly scenes were witnessed at the IGI airport in New Delhi when chess world champion Vishwanathan Anand arrived in India after winning the crown. The organisers, one of the top IT education companies of the country for whom Anand is a brand ambassador, failed to control the situation.
Omar Abdullah, who led the National Conference campaign to emerge as the single largest party in J&K Assembly and is seen as a prospective Chief Minister, has finally made his mark in the complex politics of the border state that has been wracked by terrorism for over two decades.
With hard effort and single-minded devotion, you can make possible what seems impossible. That is what an 18-year-old has shown in Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh. With not enough to eat, and no money even to burn the midnight oil, in a village with hardly nine hours daily power supply, the boy managed to secure 453rd rank in the IIT entrance exam. However, he has won only half the battle yet.
![Anand returns to hero\](http://img.youtube.com/vi/ZXYfMIK9B1o/2.jpg "Anand returns to hero\")
