07-16-2006, 09:14 PM
<b>Kalam to lead Mumbai in paying homage to blast victims</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Mumbai: President A P J Abdul Kalam will lead the city in observing silence for two minutes on <b>July 18 </b>as a mark of respect to victims of the serial bomb blasts that rocked the metropolis on Tuesday, officials said.
The silence will be observed from <b>6.25 pm </b>and Kalam will lead the citizens in paying homage to the 200 people who died in the terror attacks, Chief Protocol Official Shilendra Bijur told PTI.
<b>At 6.24 pm, there will be a siren when the entire city will come to a halt. There will be another siren at 6.27 pm to end the silence</b>, he said.
This is the first time that Maharashtra has taken a decision to pay respect to the victims of a terror attack. Otherwise, the siren is blown in the city only on January 30 to pay homage to the father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi.
<b>Kalam, who will be on a two-day visit to the city, will also place a wreath at Mahim railway station,</b> Bijur said.
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The silence will be observed from <b>6.25 pm </b>and Kalam will lead the citizens in paying homage to the 200 people who died in the terror attacks, Chief Protocol Official Shilendra Bijur told PTI.
<b>At 6.24 pm, there will be a siren when the entire city will come to a halt. There will be another siren at 6.27 pm to end the silence</b>, he said.
This is the first time that Maharashtra has taken a decision to pay respect to the victims of a terror attack. Otherwise, the siren is blown in the city only on January 30 to pay homage to the father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi.
<b>Kalam, who will be on a two-day visit to the city, will also place a wreath at Mahim railway station,</b> Bijur said.
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