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11 years on, we look back at the response of the UPA government to the 26/11 terror attack and the change in the NSG charter which cost the nation many lives

"What happened in Mumbai was extremely unfortunate. Cricket cannot lessen whatever happened... I hope this 100 will give some amount of happiness to the people,' Sachin Tendulkar had said after the 26/11 terror attacks

Tributes poured in on social media as citizens of India remembered those who lost their lives in the terror attacks that took place in Mumbai's Taj and Oberoi hotels in 2008. The ghastly attacks lasted for four days killing 166 people and injuring over 300.

Hafiz Saeed-led JuD is believed to be the front organisation for the Lashkar-e-Taiba which is responsible for carrying out the 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people
 

Hafiz Saeed, the Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief and the mastermind behind the Mumbai terror attack has been granted a pre-arrest bail by an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan
 

Modi said that the government's stand against terrorism is clear and it could be seen in the past five years. He mentioned the Balakot airstrikes, and rescuing of Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman from Pakistan's clutches as evidences of his government's proactive measures to combat terrorism.

Former anti-terrorism squad chief Hemant Karkare was killed along with two other senior police officers while fighting terrorists during the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai in November 2008
 

Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao boasted that the UPA had conducted as many as 11 surgical strikes when in power. BJP’s Zafar Islam questioned the UPA’s response after the 26/11 attack

Hotel Mumbai, a movie based on the ghastly 26/11 Terror Attacks in Mumbai by terrorists from Pakistan, has been removed from theatres in New Zealand.  This decision was taken after the Christchurch Mosque shootings which led to the death of 50 people.

Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan gave his life on November 26, 2008, fighting terrorists at the Taj hotel in Mumbai. Today, he would have turned 42. The nation joins his family, remembering his valour

Lanba said, “We also have reports of terrorists being trained to carry out attacks with varying modus operandi including through the medium of the sea. India has been facing the threat of terror through the seas.”

The moment of silence, as far as Indian media was concerned, was on Tuesday when Indian pilot Abhinandan Varthaman was imprisoned by the Pakistan authorities. It was an occasion for reflection and quietude. But the media muffed the occasion by its blundering blabber. It played India right into the hands of India’s enemies