India’s top security official offered his resignation today as the government struggled under growing accusations of security failures following the Mumbai attacks that left at least 174 people dead.

The bodies of another 22 victims were removed from the Taj Mahal Hotel today as survivors of the Mumbai massacre spoke of their terrifying experiences.

Indian commandos killed the last remaining gunmen holed up at a luxury Mumbai hotel today, ending a 60-hour rampage that killed 195 people in India’s financial capital.

Fighting continued today in the middle of Mumbai as chaos and confusion surrounded terrorist attacks that killed more than 100 people.

Indian troops said they had cleared Mumbai's Taj Mahal hotel of terrorists and begun to remove bodies and hostage from the building.

THE pirate “mother ship” sunk last week by the Indian navy was actually a Thai fishing trawler seized hours earlier by pirates, a maritime agency said yesterday.

The pirate “mother ship” sunk last week by the Indian navy was actually a Thai fishing trawler seized hours earlier by pirates, it emerged today.

The Indian navy says one of its warships dedicated to fighting pirates has successfully fought off an attempted pirate attack in the Gulf of Aden.

Investigators have arrested two more suspects in connection with the July 11 bombings on the Mumbai commuter rail network that claimed more than 200 lives, a television report said today.

The Indian Cabinet approved a €60m military spending plan today - after an announcement last week that rival Pakistan would buy sophisticated US fighter jets.

Worldwide donations for tsunami relief approached the billion-dollar mark (€738.8m) today as the world’s ships and planes converged on devastated shores.

Aid began trickling through to survivors across the earthquake and tsunami-battered Indian Ocean today, but tons of emergency supplies continued to pile up at some overstretched airports as the death toll continued its inexorable rise.

A boat packed with almost 300 passengers capsized in a river in India’s southern Kerala state today, and 55 people were believed dead, police said.

India moved its warships away from waters near Pakistan as US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld arrived in South Asia with ideas for helping the nuclear-armed neighbours avoid another war over Kashmir.

India moved its warships away from waters near Pakistan as US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld arrived in South Asia with ideas for helping the nuclear-armed neighbours avoid another war over Kashmir.