Here is the timeline of the rescue operation:

07:30: NSG enter Taj hotel.

11:20: Commandos begin firing at Nariman House.

12:39: One terrorist inside Nariman House killed.

12:55: Services to Mumbai CST railway station restored.

13:04: Explosions heard at Trident.

13:27: Handgrenades lobbed from Oberoi Hotel.

13.48: All hostages inside Taj rescued, Maharashtra DGP A N Roy.

14:40: Firing resumes in Taj hotel.

14.43: Grenade blast heard from Nariman House.

15:00: Explosions heard inside Taj hotel.

15:11: A section of Taj hotel catches fire again.

15:30: Six blasts heard from Trident hotel.

16:23: A major explosion heard from Taj Hotel.

16:37: Grenade blast heard from Nariman House. Firing rages on at Trident Hotel.

19:30: Major fire breaks out in Trident hotel.

23:57: Fresh round of fire, one wounded terrorist still inside Taj.

Source: PTI, IANS