MUMBAI, Dec. 5  -- The minister in charge of Indian law enforcement acknowledged Friday that failures in intelligence and security made the Mumbai terrorist attack possible.

Home Minister P. Chidambaram also said that the government is considering setting up a national investigative agency modeled on the FBI in the United States.

"I agree that there has been a failure on the part of the security forces, but this attack will help the Government be more determined in combating terrorism," Chidambaram said in a news conference at police headquarters in Mumbai.

MUMBAI, Dec. 5  -- Five of the gunmen who took part in the deadly attacks in the city of Mumbai may still be free, an Indian news agency said.

The Press Trust of India said, according to The New York Times, that evidence from a trawler suspected of being used by the gunmen indicated there may be five terrorists who have yet to apprehended or killed.

The report by the U. S. newspaper comes in the wake of a claim by the Mumbai police that all 10 gunmen who were transported on the vessel were either killed or captured.

"Based on evidence found on the trawler, it was possible that five other men were involved in the plot and were still at large," the Times said.

Ankara  - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday refused to deny reports that the attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai were carried out by people operating from Pakistan.

"Pakistan has always discouraged, and our position that we are the victims of terrorism. Pakistan is currently doing its own internal investigation and it is waiting for concrete proof," Zardari said.

Asked whether Pakistan would change its own approach to combatting terrorism in the wake of the Mumbai attacks, Zardari said his government's focus would remain on fighting terrorists.

New Delhi, Dec 5 (ANI): Union Minister of Science, Technology and Earth Sciences Kapil Sibal has emphasized the need for low cost technological solutions to overcome the challenges of terrorism, poverty and climate change.

Delivering the inaugural address at the 14th Technology Summit and Technology Platform in New Delhi today he called upon the scientists and technologists to do science globally and implement technology locally.

Barwala (Uttarakhand), Dec. 5 : Getting a matrimonial alliance for their sons has become an uphill task for residents of Barwala Village, 40 kilometres from Uttarakhand’s State capital Dehradun in Uttarakhand.

Nobody wants to marry his daughter to boys in Barwala Village following an acute water shortage, which has affected the general life here.

Barwala village has earned the place a bad reputation.