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2006 Mumbai Train Bombings: Rly officials reveal details of events that unfolded

Mid-Day Premium 2006 Mumbai Train Bombings: Rly officials reveal details of events that unfolded

Eighteen years after the 2006 Mumbai train bombings, two railway officials who were part of the train operations team at the time share their personal accounts of the events that unfolded after the news reached the Western Railway office

11 July,2024 10:57 AM IST | Mumbai | Raaina Jain
2006 Mumbai train bombings: A look back at the seven affected stations

2006 Mumbai train bombings: A look back at the seven affected stations

The blasts occurred within 11 minutes, targeting first-class suburban train compartments and resulting in at least 200 fatalities and nearly 700 injuries

11 July,2024 10:51 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Remembering 2006 Mumbai train bombings: A city’s resilience

Remembering 2006 Mumbai train bombings: A city’s resilience

While remembering 2006 Mumbai train bombings, we also reflect on the resilience and unity displayed by Mumbai and its residents in the aftermath.

11 July,2024 04:39 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Remembering 2006 Mumbai train bombings: All you need to know about bombings

Remembering 2006 Mumbai train bombings: All you need to know about bombings

While the tragedy is well documented, there are some lesser-known facts about the 2006 Mumbai train bombings

11 July,2024 01:47 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Remembering 2006 Mumbai train bombings: When terror halted city's lifeline

Remembering 2006 Mumbai train bombings: When terror halted city's lifeline

The blasts, targeting first-class suburban train compartments, resulted in halting the lifeline of Mumbai

10 July,2024 05:52 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Mumbai 2006 blasts: Maharashtra govt appoints special prosecutor after HC rebuke

Mumbai 2006 blasts: Maharashtra govt appoints special prosecutor after HC rebuke

A division bench comprising Justices NW Sambre and Rajesh Patil criticized the government earlier this week, citing a "lack of seriousness" in handling the case

08 September,2023 07:05 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
HC yet to commence hearing on confirmation of death penalty given to 5 convicts

HC yet to commence hearing on confirmation of death penalty given to 5 convicts

2006 Mumbai train bombings: On July 11, 2006, seven blasts were reported from different locations on the Western line of the city's local trains within a span of 15 minutes, killing more than 180 people and injuring several others

11 July,2023 12:28 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
2006 Mumbai train blasts: Court rejects plea of death sentence convict

2006 Mumbai train blasts: Court rejects plea of death sentence convict

Ehtesham Siddiqui, an alleged SIMI member, was sentenced to death in October 2015, along with four others, for their involvement in the serial bomb blasts in suburban trains that killed 188 people in 2006

26 April,2023 08:12 PM IST | Mumbai | PTI
2006 Mumbai train blasts: Delhi HC dismisses death row convict's plea

2006 Mumbai train blasts: Delhi HC dismisses death row convict's plea

The petitioner challenged in the high court an order passed by the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) on June 13, 2019 denying him the information on the ground that it was covered under the exemptions provided in the RTI Act

18 April,2023 05:53 PM IST | New Delhi | PTI
'Maha govt report on 2006 Mumbai train blasts secret, can't be given to convict'

'Maha govt report on 2006 Mumbai train blasts secret, can't be given to convict'

On July 11, 2006, seven RDX explosions ripped through as many Western line local trains in Mumbai, leading to the death of 189 people and injuring 829.

24 March,2021 12:00 AM IST | New Delhi | PTI

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