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A hotel in Mumbai was attacked and received great deal of damage in a siege almost 18 months ago, was reopened Saturday after a deep renovation. A front page newspaper ads states “Welcome Back. The Oberoi, Mumbai re-opens today,” on Saturday. The hotel spokeswoman Ketaki Narain said that the guests have taken 22 o fits 287 rooms and the seaside luxyry rooms are booked already. There were more than 160 people killed in Mumbai in November 2008 as 10 men attacked the Oberoi Hotel, nearby Taj Mahal palace and Tower hotels. The city’s historic Victoria Terminus train station, and the Jewish cultural center, Chabad House was also strucked. India blamed the attacks on the Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, a Pakistan-based terror group allied with al-Qaeda. The Oberoi Hotel Attack in Mumbai Siege Reopens is a post from: Daily World Buzz Continue reading →