New Delhi, Dec. 1 : P Chidambaram took charge as the country’s new Home Minister on Monday after Shivraj Patil resigned from the post owning responsibility for Mumbai terror attacks last week.

The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will look after the finance ministry.

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New Delhi/ Jammu, Nov 30: Home Minister Shivraj Patil submitted his resignation over the Mumbai terror attacks that killed nearly 200 people while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) welcomes the move and accuses the Congress of ''collective culpable negligence''.

Terrorists armed with rifles and grenades -- at least some of whom arrived by sea -- had fanned out across Mumbai on Wednesday night.

Gunfire and explosions rocked two luxury hotels and a Jewish centre leaving at least 195 people killed and 295 wounded after nearly a three-day long siege.

New Delhi  - Indian Federal Home Minister Shivraj Patil submitted his resignation Sunday to take responsibility for last week's deadly Mumbai terrorist attacks, media reports said.

New Delhi, Nov 30: Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil has resigned in the wake of the Mumbai terror strikes in which nearly 200 people died. The terror drama lasted more than three days, beginning Wednesday night.

Though sources in the Prime Minister Office refused to comment on Patil’s resignation, media reports said that the Union Home Minister had sent his resignation to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh this afternoon.

Delhi, Nov 23 : Union Home Minister. Shiv Raj Patil is strongly in favour of a multi-pronged approach to deal with terrorism, and called upon the affected states to raise Special Counter Force to tackle the menace.

Opening the two day conference of the top brass of Police in New Delhi, Patil said terrorists are using sophisticated small weapons and explosives at present.

But, he warned that the terror groups might use nuclear, biological and chemical devices besides psychological devices in future.