New Delhi  - Indian forces late Thursday continued flushing out gunmen from a posh hotel in Mumbai, the financial hub where scores remained trapped 24 hours India's most brazen terrorist attack ever, with a death toll of at least 125.

Among the terrorists' targets were five-star hotels the Taj and the Oberoi Trident, plus Mumbai's busiest railway station, hospitals, police headquarters in south Mumbai, a Jewish centre and a restaurant popular with foreigners.

Police in Mumbai, capital of Maharashtra state, said the death toll in the attacks had mounted to 125 by Thursday night, with more of the wounded succumbing to injuries, along with the recovery of more bodies from hotels. More than 320 people including 22 foreigners were wounded.

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New Delhi, Nov 27 : Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has expressed grief at the demise of the former Prime Minister V. P. Singh.

The Prime Minister said he is deeply saddened to learn about the demise of V. P. Singh. In his death India has lost a great patriot and a builder of our nation whose empathy for the weaker sections would always be etched in our national consciousness.

He further added that as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and later as the Finance Minister and the Prime Minister of India he consistently strove to translate his convictions into public policy.

London - England have postponed their remaining two one-day matches against India following Wednesday's terrorist attacks in Mumbai.

England and Wales Cricket Board chiefs are expected to announce later Thursday on whether to cancel a two-test series which is due to start on December 11, British media reports said Wednesday.

The ECB said on its website that the two one-day matches, at Guwahati on Saturday and Delhi on December 2, have both been called off.

New Delhi, Nov 27 : In the wake of the terror strikes in India''s financial hub Mumbai, Central cabinet held an emergency meeting chaired by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in New Delhi to discuss security measures and the post blast actions on Thursday.

Talking to reporters after the meeting Home Minister Shivraj Patil said that the country is strong enough to defeat the designs of the militants.

Mumbai, Nov. 27 : Maharashtra Director-General of Police A. N. Roy on Thursday said that all surviving hostages held inside the Taj hotel by terrorists here have been rescued.

He said that some hostages were still trapped inside the Trident hotel and at Nariman House where a running gun battle was still on with terrorists, who had struck at various parts of southern Mumbai, killing between 80 and over 100 people and injuring 287 others.