Taj Mahal News

The November 26 Mumbai attacks underscore the global reach of ideological terrorism but also the resilience of the global community in its face.

Bombay is the city I was born in. It became Mumbai in 1997. It is one of the most versatile and vibrant cities in the world, where change is a constant.

My photographer Rajesh Mishra and I landed in Mumbai and headed straight to the beautiful but by then badly damaged Taj Mahal Palace and Tower.

The two security guards with bamboo sticks look on sheepishly as guests make their way through metal detectors and X-ray scanners at the Taj Mahal Hotel [ Images ] in Mumbai [ Images ]. Before entering the hotel, however, a rather stern looking man -presumably part of the hotel's elite security force - was asking them the purpose of their visit.

Inside the bustling marble lobby of the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower in downtown Mumbai , a bookstore sells a collection of reprinted newspaper articles and photos from the terrorist attacks here one year ago.

For Mumbai, the financial capital of India, the day is a tribute to all those martyrs who gave up their lives to ensure others could live to tell their tales and a salute to the bravery of those who survived.

A year after that terror came to Mumbai, Andrew Buncombe meets the victims whose lives were changed forever - and suspects who insist they have nothing to hide There is one thing that hotelier Karambir Kang has been unable to do, one thing he has not wanted to do.

'John just grabbed me, he threw me on the floor' 'If I can survive 26/11, I can manage to be a single girl' Aseem Chhabra in New York After the 26/11 attacks, Aseem Chhabra spoke to Dara Huang and John Fesko, who escaped the terrorists twice .

Many companies have contingency plans in place in case their top management should suddenly be killed in a freak accident.

British authorities tipped off the Americans over a suspect in the Mumbai bombings, the Daily Telegraph has learned.

Mumbai residents will today mark the first anniversary of a three-day assault on the city by Pakistani gunmen that forced a security overhaul in Indiaa s financial hub and capsized peace talks between the two nations.

The gunman identified by police as Ajmal Qasab walks through the Chatrapathi Sivaji Terminal railway station in Mumbai.

Unlike other confused teenagers, Raghu Shastry, a 14-year-old student of Class 9 in one of Bangalore's reputed schools, knows exactly what he wants to do in life.

'In memory and faith that peace can come on Earth as it is in Heaven.' Thus reads a scrawling handwriting in a memorial book placed at the historic Hotel Taj Mahal Palace and amp; Tower.

Ben Kingsley, famous for his Oscar-winning portrayal of Indian independence hero Mohandas Gandhi, is reaching deeper into the country's history with a new role as the Mogul emperor who ordered the construction of the Taj Mahal.

10.15 pm: Firing, apparently from automatic weapons, at police and paramilitary forces outside the Taj Mahal Hotel in south Mumbai.

Renovations at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Colaba may wipe out signs of the 26/11 attacks, but the mental scars of some of its employees are yet to heal.

The 40th International Film Festival of India opens Monday in Goa with Chinese historical epic "Wheat" by director He Ping and closes December 3 with Pedro Almodovar's dark love story "Broken Embraces." Sir Ben Kingsley is expected to be the guest of honor at the opening ceremony with chief guest, veteran actress Waheeda Rehman.

Mumbai, November 19, 2009 Mumbai's iconic Gateway of India has been turned into a dormitory for policemen guarding the nearby Taj Mahal Hotel.

New Delhi News.Net Sunday 22nd November, 2009 A year after 26/11, well known freelance writer Bhisham Mansukhani, who lived through a nightmare of a lifetime at the Taj Mahal Hotel, feels nothing has changed.