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Bombay Pauses to Remember Bombing Victims

India's financial center came to a halt Tuesday as trains, cars and pedestrians paused during the evening rush hour to remember the moment one week ago when bombs ripped through Bombay's commuter rail network. Complete Story

India's Wipro Says Quarterly Profit Jumped

India's third-largest software company, Wipro Ltd., said Wednesday that its net profit in April-June quarter jumped 44 percent from a year ago, driven by strong outsourcing orders from overseas.

Group Insists It Carried Out India Attacks

A little-known Islamic militant group that claimed responsibility for the Bombay train bombings warned Tuesday that it's planning attacks against government and historic sites in India in an e-mail to an Indian television station. Also, the death toll in the July 11 bombings rose to 207.

11 Minutes That Wreaked Havoc in Bombay

At first, all he felt was a jolt. For the first few moments, with his train packed with tired commuters, driver Anjani Kumar thought he had hit a rock.

Indian Attacks Reflect Militants' Ambition

Bombs ripped through a market thronged with holiday shoppers in India's capital. Then a packed temple in Hinduism's holiest city. Then overflowing commuter trains in the country's financial and entertainment hub.

Indian Police Expect Breakthrough Soon

Investigators said Monday they expect a breakthrough soon in last week's deadly train bombings, which officials have linked to Pakistan, as India demanded "firm commitment" from its nuclear-armed rival on reining in terrorists.

26 Villagers Killed in Rebel in India

Hundreds of suspected communist rebels attacked a government-run relief camp and two police stations Monday in eastern India, killing at least 26 villagers. Four rebels also died.

India Train Blast Toll Lowered to 182

Authorities lowered the death toll from the synchronized bombings of Bombay's commuter train network, saying Sunday that 182 had been killed.

307 Detained Over Bombay Train Bombings

Police investigating Bombay's deadly train bombings swept through several neighborhoods Saturday, rounding up more than 300 people for questioning.

India Bombings Shatter Train Friendships

Every weekday, Ashok Shah met up with his diamond-merchant friends as they headed to work on Bombay's clattering rail network: same train stations, same cars, same times. They talked business — prices, shipments, carats and quality — and chatted about family.

India: Pakistan 'Elements' Backed Bombers

India's prime minister said Friday the Bombay train bombers were "supported by elements across the border" and that Pakistan must rein in terrorists before a peace process can move ahead.

India: Pakistan 'Elements' Backed Bombers

India's prime minister said Friday that the Bombay train bombers were "supported by elements across the border" — a clear reference to Pakistan — which he said must rein in terrorists before a peace process can move ahead.

India Returns to Work After Train Bombings

Even for crowded, chaotic Bombay, where troubles can descend like plagues, the disaster was shocking: a series of train cars ripped apart by bombs, with 200 people dead and more than 700 wounded.

India Names 2 Suspects in Train Attacks

Indian authorities named two suspects Thursday in this week's train bombings, an apparent breakthrough in the frenetic investigations into the well-coordinated attacks that killed at least 200 people.

Al-Qaida Claims It Has Kashmir Network

A man claiming to represent al-Qaida in Kashmir said the terror network had set up a wing in Kashmir and appealed to Indian Muslims to take up jihad, an Indian news agency reported Thursday. An official said the government said it was taking the claim "very seriously."

350 Detained Over Bombay Train Bombings

Indian police have detained about 350 people for questioning in connection with the Bombay train bombings, officials said Thursday, amid suspicion that Kashmiri militants could be linked to the attacks that killed at least 200 people.

Bombay Riders Get Back on Rickety Trains

They were the same rickety trains, rolling along the same tracks, carrying the same people — millions of Bombay residents who a day earlier had been targeted in a series of bombings.

Bombay Families Search for the Missing

The soggy, crumpled photograph shows a young man grinning at the camera. An inconsolable Vasanti Chavan is afraid it is the last happy photograph she will ever have of her 24-year-old son, Chetan.

Investors Upbeat on India's Economy

The bombings that rocked India's financial hub, Bombay, are unlikely to slow India's fast growing economy or harm investor confidence, business leaders insisted Wednesday, saying the world has learned to live with the risk of terrorism.

Infosys Says Profit Jumped 44 Percent

Infosys Technologies Ltd. said Wednesday its net profit jumped 44 percent in the April-June quarter, driven by strong growth in outsourcing orders. It also raised its revenue and earnings forecast for the fiscal year through March 2007.

Police Following Leads in Bombay Bombings

Indian authorities were aware Bombay could be targeted by terrorists and are investigating the possibility that a Kashmiri militant group carried out bombings that ripped through packed commuter trains in Bombay, a senior police official said Wednesday.

Indian PM Praises Bombay for Its Strength

The prime minister praised this wounded city for its strength Wednesday, vowing that "no one can make India kneel," while a senior investigator said the Bombay train attacks that killed at least 200 people could be linked to a Kashmiri militant group.

Indian Stocks Rise Surprising 3 Percent

Indian stocks rose a surprising 3 percent Wednesday, despite predictions of a sell-off following a series of train bombings the previous day that rocked the country's financial capital.

Bush Condemns Attacks on Trains in India

President Bush expressed outrage Tuesday at the deadly attacks on commuter trains in India and said the United States stood with India in the war on terror.

Bombay Bombings Leave City Paralyzed

It took just minutes. One by one down the railway line, the bombs went off, ripping apart the trains, tearing through flesh and paralyzing what is arguably India's most vibrant city.

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Free speech gets a beating in the world's largest democracy

Can we even call our country a democratic one anymore? We are just another Iran, Iraq or China now.

A Thesis on Computer Security

This thesis is made in response to the Indian government’s decision to ask Indian Internet Service Providers to block certain blog sites as well as geocities.

India curtails blog access

Source: iht.com

The Indian government has directed local Internet service providers to block access to a handful of Web sites that are hosts to blogs.

Indian gov blocks Blogspot, Typepad, Geocities blogs

Source: boingboing.net

Is India going down the Chinese path of censorship now? Boing Boing brings a very disconcerting development to our attention, which hopefully will be explained away by some bureaucrat's incompetence.

Developing nations join G8 talks

Source: news.bbc.co.uk

In pursuit of progress in the stalled trade talks between the richer nations and the developing world, the G8 has invited the leaders of Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa to its ongoing summit.

"Jihadi Option" an obstacle to India-Pakistan peace

Source: gulf-daily-news.com

Despite efforts to "crackdown" on Islamic militants, analysts claim that Pakistani President, Pervez Musharraf, has failed to deliver.

India develops bird flu vaccine

Source: hindu.com

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has developed a vaccine against bird flu.

Gingrich says it's World War III

Source: blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com

Gingrich said in the coming days he plans to speak out publicly, and to the Administration, about the need to recognize that America is in World War III.

Early Humans Settled India Before Europe, Study Suggests

Source: news.nationalgeographic.com

Modern humans migrated out of Africa and into India much earlier than once believed, driving older hominids in present-day India to extinction and creating some of the earliest art and architecture, a new study suggests.

India Train bomb; Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jamaat-ud-Dawa

Jamaat-ud-Dawa was not always known by this name. It was formerly called Lashkar-e-Taiba - the Army of the Pure and Righteous - a hardline jihadi group with international connections, which Pakistan declared to be a terrorist organisation in 2002.

The roots of Muslim anger in India

Source: atimes.com

The needle of suspicion points to the involvement of Islamist organizations in the savage acts of terrorism in Mumbai on Tuesday. But no matter the pan-Islamist links of these organizations, the inescapable reality is that political Islam can only thrive on fertile native soil.

Pakistan-based group eyed after Mumbai

Source: csmonitor.com

A possible link to Lashkar-e-Tayyaba spotlights what some say is a troubling tolerance of militants by Pakistan.

US, CIA & ISI links to Mumbai 7/11 & WTC 9/11

Source: Online Opinion

The CIA has close links to "Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) -- a virtual branch of the American CIA"; ISI in turn is intimately linked with terrorist groups implicated by Mainstream media in the Mumbai atrocity.

India Names Bombing Suspects

Source: www9.sbs.com.au

Indian authorities have named and released photographs of two men as the first suspects in this week's train bombings in Mumbai, which killed around 200 people and wounded 700 others. The Indian government's Anti-Terror Squad said they are looking for Sayyad Zabiuddin and Zulf …

It's Official : Al Qaeda opens office in India

Source: desitrain.com

And it’s done. The terrorist organization Al Qaeda, has unofficially or officially opened it “regional office” in Jammu & Kashmir, the northern most state of India.

Mumbai? What About Bombay? - How the city got renamed.

Source: slate.com

From the page: -- Almost 200 people were killed on Tuesday when seven bombs exploded on a train in Mumbai, India. When did Bombay become Mumbai? --

How Much Will India Endure?

Source: washingtonpost.com

I always have this question in mind. Its only a matter of time I guess when India will react in frustration.

India's 7/11

Source: spectator.org

From the article: India, like the United States, has been at war with Islamist terrorists for years now. And as with the United States after 9/11, it has every right to hold nations responsible for harboring and abetting the terrorists who attacked it.

Let's talk about Pakistanis....

I come from a Pakistani background. I was born in Pakistan, at ten moved to Dubai. A few years later I moved over to Seattle and have been there ever since. But America and the Middle East is not the subject of my rant. Pakistanis are.

When is violence 'terror' and when is it not? | IndianMuslims.info

Source: indianmuslims.info

Great stuff here people. We're seeing an abundance of right wing groups in power. We are fighting terror with terror. We, yes, the United States, but also in Israel, and with the Palestinians; in India, Pakistan, Iran, and in Iraq.

Israel, US or Kashmir behind Mumbai Atrocity?

The death toll from the Mumbai train system bombing atrocity has risen to 200 with 700 wounded. Kashmir separatist non-state terrorism, Israeli state terrorism or US state terrorism are the most likely culprits, based on motive, opportunity and terrorism track record.

Who's Behind the India Bombings?

Source: time.com

Even as the dead are still being counted in India's worst terrorist attack in more than a decade, suspicion has already fallen on Islamic terrorists — though not al-Qaeda.

BBC NEWS | Business | Indian shares rise after bombings

Source: news.bbc.co.uk

It is completely odd that markets rose after the attack.

India’s Indestructible Heart

Source: nytimes.com

An Op-Ed piece on today's tragic bombings in Bombay.

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