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Mumbai court pardons Headley, makes him approver in 26/11 case

A local court on Thursday pardoned David Coleman Headley, the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative who helped plan the 2008 attacks in the city, and accepted him as a prosecution witness, a move likely to help nail another key accused in the case Abu Jundal. The pardon came on the condition that the 55-year-old US citizen divulge the details of the conspiracy, with chief prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam saying Headley could help establish […]

Deadly 'near-misses' in history of spycraft resulted in 26/11

The 26/11 Mumbai attacks happened as a result of one of the “most devastating near-misses in the history of spycraft” in which the US, British and Indian spy agencies failed to pull together all the strands gathered by their high-tech surveillance to thwart the assault on India’s financial capital, according to an investigative report said. A detailed report by the New York Times, ProPublica and the PBS series ‘Frontline’ titled […]

When Ram Gopal Varma made L K Advani cry

Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma arranged a special screening of his latest film The Attacks of 26/11 for BJP leader L K Advani and other top politicians. The film is based on the 2008 Mumbai attacks. ‘Just finished a screening of 26/11 with some top notch politicians in delhi including L k Advaniji nd I am overwhelmed with the response,’ he tweeted with a picture of them together (above).  The film apparently left Advani in tears. ‘Advaniji had […]