Melbourne, Dec. 6: The Federation of International Cricketers’ Association says the terror attacks in Mumbai have turned India into a “risky” place and it is planning to hold a security summit to discuss the “volatile situation” there.

“It’s a whole new world of risk in India now, that rather than having these random bombings of random places, they are targeting western (interests),” the Dawn quoted FICA CEO Tim May, as saying.

Washington, Dec. 6: Inflamed passions across India and Pakistan must be controlled to prevent another war between India and Pakistan.

“People of both the nations will have to control inflamed public passion and manipulative politicians too,” Austin Bay reports in his column for the Washington Post.

“Statesmen will have to confront the terrorists responsible for the heinous crime,”Bay comments.

Large scale public anger can be witnessed across India after the deadliest terror attack to have ever hit India, shook Mumbai last week.

There are fears that India could attack Pakistan and Indian and Pakistani media reflect this speculation in their war of words.

Badgam (J-K), Dec 6: In the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks, the authorities have beefed up security in Jammu and Kashmir ahead of the fourth phase of the seven-phased assembly polls in the region.

Eighteen constituencies are going to polls on Sunday in the state.

Personnel of the paramilitary Border Security Force (BSF) have been deployed in the region to ensure free and fair polls.

A total of 107 companies of BSF have been deployed in the regions going to polls on Sunday.

Following the Mumbai terror attacks the BSF has pulled out all stops to prevent any untoward incident during the polls.

The union government is planning to define cyber crimes under the IT Act 2000 and is likely to introduce Amendment Bill in the winter session of parliament. It would cover all crimes where technology is used for terror and unsocial activities. It would cover cyber terrorism, child pornography, spam and phishing besides data security and privacy.
 

Washington, Dec. 6 : The nature of the recent attacks in Mumbai suggests collaboration between internal dissidents and foreign intelligence agencies, says a University of Indianapolis international relations specialist.

Unlike previous attacks in India, this time the terrorists came via sea, firing indiscriminately rather than using bombs and specifically targeting numerous centers.

London, Dec. 6 : Former Pakistan President General (retired) Pervez Musharraf has said that “before accusing Pakistan, India must understand the role of Pakistan in the war against terrorism and must work with it to eliminate the curse of terrorism.”

As far he was concerned, Musharraf said the motto of his life was and will continue to be “Pakistan first”.

In an interview with a private TV channel, Musharraf said everyone must play a role for the progress of Pakistan.