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India to use special courts for Mumbai train bombings cases

November 8, 2006 08:43:00 AM

India will try the 19 suspects in the July Mumbai train bombings case using special courts to speed up the legal process, the leader of the Mumbai Police anti-terrorism squad told Reuters Wednesday. India's...

October 12, 2006 08:59:00 AM

A prominent South Asian rights group has urged India and Pakistan to abolish the death penalty since it is a "violation of the right to life." South Asians for Human Rights...

October 4, 2006 08:00:00 PM

Indian police held the alleged "main brain" behind the 2005 Mumbai train bombings in custody Wednesday after he was captured in the Indian city of Belgaum in Karnataka state. Asif Khan Bashir Khan -...

September 14, 2006 11:12:00 AM

An Indian court in Mumbai convicted a fifth man Thursday in connection with the 1993 Mumbai bombings , a series of attacks which killed 257 people and injured over 700 others in India's financial center. The court found...

September 12, 2006 10:20:00 AM

An Indian court Tuesday convicted four people - all members of the same family - of conspiracy and aiding a terrorist act in the 1993 Mumbai bombings , a series of attacks which killed 257 people and injured...

July 24, 2006 12:10:00 PM

Indian authorities on Sunday arrested a fourth suspect in the July 11 Mumbai train bombings that killed over 180 people . Authorities arrested Dr. Tanyir Ansari late Sunday after several days of questioning in...

July 16, 2006 11:15:00 AM

L.K. Advani , leader of India's opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) , said in a speech Sunday in Bhopal that the July 11 Mumbai train bombings were "a fallout of repealing" the country's Prevention...

July 14, 2006 12:39:00 PM

Indian officials have named three suspects in Tuesday's Mumbai train bombings that killed some 180 people in seven different coordinated blasts after authorities detained 350 people for questioning Thursday. The suspects...

July 13, 2006 08:00:00 AM

Indian authorities have detained approximately 350 people for questioning in connection with Tuesday's Mumbai train bombings , which killed over 200 people and wounded 700. Police Inspector S. Goshal said Thursday that none of the detainees have been...

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