Gangtok, Mar 30 : Sikkim is blooming these days with ongoing orchid flower festival 2009'.

The flower show commenced on March 21 at the exhibition center of Gangtok.

The flower show is already a hit with the visiting tourists as well as the resident, who are thronging the venue. The show is also drawing foreign tourists in droves.

"These flowers are just amazing and very beautiful. They are perfect. I just love them", said Marina, tourist from Moscow.

New Delhi, Mar 30: India condemned the deadly terror attack on a police training centre in Lahore on Monday.

Offering deepest sympathies to the people of Pakistan, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said, "We are deeply concerned and condemn the terror attack."

Talking to reporters here, Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma asked Pakistan to continue dismantling the terror infrastructure on its soil.

Mumbai, March 30 : A special court here today appointed Anjali Waghmare as the new lawyer for Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone terrorist captured alive in the Mumbai terror attacks last year.

Waghmare, who is a lawyer from the state legal aid cell, will now represent Kasab.

Kasab, during an earlier court hearing on March 23, had said he wanted a lawyer to represent him during the trial and was ready to accept a government-appointed lawyer.

During the hearing, Kasab had also accepted the fact that he hailed from Faridkot in Pakistan.

Visakhapatnam, Mar 30 : Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Sureesh Mehta, has said that surveillance of cargo vessels has been stepped to check arms trafficking.

Amritsar, Mar 30 : Police seized four kilograms of heroin and fake currency worth rupees one million from three suspects in Amritsar.

The three suspects were from neighbouring Tarn Taran district, said P K Rai, Senior Superintendent of Police, Special Narcotic Cell of Punjab police.

Mumbai, Mar 30 : Layers, frills and skirts, with 'feminity' written all over in bold letters, highlighted Nita Lulla's collection displayed at the Lakme Fashion Week.

Lulla's collection, represented eco-friendly organic line, was displayed here last evening.

"This entire collection has a sense of Indianism to it but its more projecting contemporary India. Another feature of entire collection is the introduction of two new collections in eco-friendly fabrics," said Lulla.