The Hindu : Tuesday, August 26, 2003

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46 killed as twin blasts rock Mumbai
MUMBAI, AUG. 25. Two powerful explosions, reminiscent of the 1993 serial blasts, ripped through South Mumbai's prominent areas this afternoon killing at least 46 persons and injuring over 160. The first of the two blasts, several kilometres ...

A vicious cycle of terror, counter-terror
When Mohammad Saqib Abdul Hamid Nachan walked into a Mumbai courtroom and surrendered in April, the Mumbai Police thought they had silenced the Lashkar-e-Taiba orchestra that has terrorised Mumbai for the last nine months. Monday's murderous twin ...

Terrorists behind blasts: PM
NEW DELHI, AUG. 25.The Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, today condemned the blasts in different parts of Mumbai and said they were caused by terrorists. Expressing shock at the tragic loss of innocent lives, Mr. Vajpayee conveyed his ...

Countrywide alert sounded
MUMBAI, AUG. 25. Maharashtra and neighbouring Gujarat were among the States put on high alert today with security being beefed up at airports and vital installations immediately after the blasts here. Police patrolling in communally-sensitive ...

Mayawati recommends dissolution of U.P. House
LUCKNOW, AUG. 25. The 15-month-old Bharatiya Janata Party-Bahujan Samaj Party coalition in Uttar Pradesh today came to an end with the BJP withdrawing its support to the Government headed by the Chief Minister, Mayawati, and the latter ...

ASI finds ``massive structure'' in Ayodhya
LUCKNOW, AUG. 25. In what could be a turning point in the Ayodhya dispute, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has reported to the High Court here that its excavations found distinctive features of a 10th century "massive structure" beneath ...