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India's home minister and national security adviser submit their resignations in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks.

India's prime minister opens urgent talks on setting up a federal agency of investigation after the Mumbai attacks.

MUMBAI: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister R R Patil on Saturday kicked off a row when he said "such small incidents happen" referencing terror attacks in Mumbai. "Such small incidents happen..", was what Patil told reporters, not realising his faux pas.

MOSCOW: A top Russian counter-terrorism expert Sunday said that the Mumbai attackers were not "ordinary terrorists" and were probably trained by special operations forces set up in Pakistan by US intelligence prior to Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan.

A British citizen told last night how he plunged 50ft and broke his back trying to save his girlfriend from the Mumbai murder squad.

Indian Home Minister Shivraj Patil has submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, saying he would take "moral responsibility" for the Mumbai attacks, a Home Ministry spokesman said Sunday.

With the high level of preparation, and coordination these terrorists showed, it’s pretty clear that this was a strike at the heart of India’s financial sector, targeted primarily against Westerners and Jews, and meant to show Obama that Jihad is ali

Pakistani strikes kill 12 militants in tribal area: security official (AFP)

Troops comb through Mumbai's Taj Mahal hotel, hours after an assault ended a bloody three-day siege there.

The Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai, India, had been warned of a possible terrorist attack before a deadly rampage hit the iconic landmark, the chairman of the company that owns the hotel said.