Timeline: one night of slaughter and mayhem

21.20 Gunmen arrive in inflatable boats at Bombay harbour
21.30 Firing outside Cafe Leopold at Colaba
21.40 Firing at Nariman Point, behind Taj Hotel
21.45 Firing inside Victoria Terminus
22.30 Firing at Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation headquarters
22.35 Firing at Azad Maidan police station
22.40 Attackers move to Cama Hospital
22.50 Firing near Azad Maidan police station
22.50 Firing at Metro junction
23.30 Petrol pump near Metro blown up
00.15 Firing at Taj and Trident Hotel
00.30 Terrorists seize police van, open fire at Metro junction and head to Marine Drive
00.37 100 reported injured
00.40 Terrorists reported to have escaped in a police van from Cama Hospital
00.41 Firing reported outside Maharashtra assembly. Stations evacuated. Police seal a suspicious boat at Mazagaon Dock
00.46 Two terrorists in black Honda City reportedly firing randomly
00.48 Blast on dome of old Taj Mahal hotel. Heavy smoke visible. 150 trapped inside
00.52 Two terrorists are shot dead at Girgaum Chowpatty and two more are arrested
00.55 45 police enter Taj Mahal Hotel as area cordoned off. Entire police force deployed
00.57 Terrorists are reportedly holed up in rooms 360 and 361 of the Taj.
1.02 Two terrorists driving a government car reportedly heading towards Malabar Hill where dignitaries stay
1.05 One more blast at the Taj and at the Oberoi
1.15 Firing reported at Hotel Ramada, Juhu
1.35 Encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar and anti-terrorism squad chief Hemant Karkare are reported killed
1.55 Blaze in the Taj Mahal Hotel building, begins after the blast in the dome
2.13 IBN7 news channel receives an email from Deccan Mujahideen claiming responsibility
2.30 Second blast in the Oberoi Hotel
3.00 Army and navy reach inside Trident Hotel. Commandos inside Taj Mahal hotel
5.59 Death toll reaches 80. Nine terrorists arrested, two are killed. 100 people inside Taj. Entire top floor of Taj Mahal hotel burned
6.02 Train service resumes at Victoria Terminus
6.40 Heavy firing at the Taj. Several Taj staff feared dead. Eleven policemen killed
7.30 Curfew declared around Gateway of India and Oberoi hotel
9.30 Stand-off between terrorists and paramilitary at the two beseiged hotels
10.30 Ambulances evacuate the injured
11.00 Shots, grenade blasts inside Trident hotel
11.33 Army and National Security Guard commandos storm the Taj
13.20 India Air Force MI-8 helicopters fly reconnaissance missions over the two hotels
13.27 Death toll rises to 101. NSG commandos comb Taj hotel rooms for terrorists. Grenade explosions heard at the Trident.