India's Home Minister Shivraj Patil (L)
addresses a news conference along with the governor of the eastern Indian
state of Jharkhand Syed Sibte Razi in Ranchi in this June 11, 2008 file
photo. Patil delivered a resignation letter to Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh in New Delhi Sunday morning, Congress spokesperson Jayanti Natarajan
said. (Xinhua/Reuters file Photo) Photo
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MUMBAI, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- India Home Minister Shivraj
Patil delivered a resignation letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New
Delhi Sunday morning, Congress spokesperson Jayanti Natarajan said.
Patil, facing widespread criticism for the terror
attacks in Mumbai, took "moral responsibility" for the attacks and submitted his
resignation to Prime Minister Singh, said the Congress spokesperson.
"He (Patil) has taken the moral responsibility and
has decided to quit," Natarajan told reporters.
"It (Mumbai attacks) is horror and the government is
taking it very, very seriously. It was an outrageous attack on India's
sovereignty. The most important thing is to protect the country and its
citizen," she said.
Home ministry sources said the prime minister was yet
to accept Patil's resignation.
Patil had offered to step down at the Congress
Working Committee (CWC) meeting on Saturday night. He sent his resignation to
Prime Minister Singh on Sunday morning.
The 74-year-old Patil was inducted into the Union
Cabinet in the 2004. He has long been a target of the opposition for his
handling of the internal security situation in the country.
India Minister of External Affairs Pranab Kumar
Mukherjee or Financial Minister Chidambaram will most probably take Patil's
place, according to local NDTV channel.
Firefighters make efforts in front of
the Mumbai Taj hotel in Mumbai, India, on Nov. 29, 2008. The final
encounter at the Mumbai Taj hotel ended at about 8:20 a.m. local time
Saturday morning, reported local TV channel Headlines Today.(Xinhua
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MUMBAI, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- Indian National Security Adviser M K Narayanan has submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh due to Mumbai attacks in Mumbai, following the resignation of Home Minister Patil, news channel Times Now said on Sunday.
Narayanan delivered his resignation to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who accepted the resignation and forwarded it to India President Patil. Full story
MUMBAI, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- India's longest terror
nightmare that lasted for almost 59 hours ended Saturday as commandos from the
National Security Guard (NSG), the Indian Army and the Indian Navy eliminated
three militants who had taken over the iconic Taj Mahal hotel.
"Finally, we have been able to win the battle and do the
job (assigned to us)," NSG head J.K. Dutt told reporters.Full story
NEW DELHI, Nov. 29
(Xinhua) -- At least 13 foreigners were killed and 22 injured in the Mumbai
terror attacks since it happened Wednesday night, officials said Saturday.
The earlier data released by India's Home Ministry on
Friday said that eight foreign nationals were dead. The deceased included three
German nationals, two Americans and one each from Japan, Canada and Australia.
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Indian soldiers and policemen enter the
Nariman House to rescue the hostages in Mumbai's Jewish centre, Mumbai,
Inida on Nov. 28, 2008. (Xinhua Photo) Photo
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MUMBAI, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- The terror war on Mumbai is on the verge of ending
Friday night with security forces securing the 5-star Oberoi hotel and a Jewish
Centre -- Nariman House, but gunmen continued to hold out inside the Taj hotel
at the end of pitched combat that left 30 hostages dead.
At the Nariman House, a residential complex housing a
prayer hall, commandos were air dropped from helicopters in a first such
operation ever. Two militants were killed but not before five of the hostages
were eliminated by them.
