Wednesday,
December
3,
2008, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
Mumbai Heat We
are weighing all options: Pranab New Delhi,
December 2 India is weighing all
options, including striking at terrorist camps in Pakistan,
even as it mounts pressure on Islamabad to act strongly
against ‘jehadi’ groups that have been enjoying safe
sanctuaries in the neighbouring country and are carrying out
attacks on the Indian soil.
Day
before Rice visit, Pak calls for team effort With the pressure
mounting from all corners, Pakistan today proposed setting up
of a joint investigation mechanism with India to probe the
lethal terror strikes in Mumbai. “Let there be a joint
commission to evaluate the available evidence in order to take
the requisite action,” said the foreign minister Shah
Mehmood Qureshi in a statement to the media here on Tuesday.
3
killed in Assam train blast Guwahati,
December 2
Three persons, including
a child, were killed and over 30 others injured in a powerful
train blast, triggered by suspected militants, at Diphu
railway station in Karbi Anglong district of Assam on Tuesday
morning.
People stand near the body of a victim after a bomb blast at the Diphu railway station in Karbi Anglong district of Assam on Tuesday.
— Reuters
Straight
talk: Yes, it was a failure, says Admiral Mehta New Delhi,
December 2
In a candid, upfront
admission, the Indian Navy Chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta today
said “it was a systemic failure” that led to the terror
attacks in Mumbai. “The lacunae did exist in India's coastal
security and intelligence- sharing mechanisms,” said Mehta,
while interacting with reporters here on Tuesday. Naval
chief denies being pulled up
Sureesh Mehta answers a question at a press conference in New Delhi.
— A Tribune photograph
No
decision on Deshmukh yet New Delhi,
December 2
Despite hours of
consultations at the highest possible level, the Congress was
unable to arrive at any consensus for the replacement of
Maharashra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, who had offered
to resign in the aftermath of Mumbai terror attacks.
Cooperate
fast, McCain tells Pak New Delhi, December
2
Senator John McCain, who
lost to Barack Obama in the US Presidential race, today
expressed solidarity with India in the wake of Mumbai’s terror
attacks and asked Pakistan to cooperate with India “as quickly
and efficiently as possible”. He emphasised that Washington
would not not allow terrorists to provoke a confrontation
between India and Pakistan.
US Senator John McCain talks to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi
on Tuesday. — Reuters
Kerala
CM remarks regrettable: Karat New Delhi, December
2
Kerala Chief Minister V.S
Achuthanandan’s remarks made during his visit to the Bangalore
residence of slain NSG commando Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan has
evoked strong reactions from the Congress as also his own party
CPM.
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India is weighing all
options, including striking at terrorist camps in Pakistan,
even as it mounts pressure on Islamabad to act strongly
against ‘jehadi’ groups that have been enjoying safe
sanctuaries in the neighbouring country and are carrying out
attacks on the Indian soil.
New Delhi,
December 2
