Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 2 : An initial probe into the Mumbai attacks has not uncovered any links to Malaysia, said consul-general in Mumbai, Wan Zaidi Wan Abdullah.
He said the Indian authorities had denied newspaper reports that the terrorists had used Malaysian travel documents and credit cards.
This was revealed to the consul-general by senior police investigators but there is still no official statement from the Indian government on this so-called link.
Washington, Dec. 2 : U. S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said both India and Pakistan share a common enemy, “because extremists in any form are obviously a threat to the Pakistanis as well as to the Indians”.
Speaking to journalists while flying to London, from where she will depart for New Delhi on Wednesday, Rice said the US has maintained very close contact with Britain and co-operated very closely on issues concerning Pakistan and India.
New Delhi, Dec 2 : Navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta today said the Coast Guards had intelligence inputs about the use of the sea route by terror outfits to attack India’s financial capital, Mumbai.
The fishing trawler in which terrorists came to Mumbai was intercepted by the Coast Guard, but was let off by them as all papers were in place, Admiral Mehta told reporters at his annual press conference ahead of Navy Day.
The England cricket team is likely to return to India on December 3 for the next rounds of Test series against India. Earlier, the UK team returned, following security threats in the wake of the terror attack in Mumbai. The team was playing fifth ODI in Cuttack on Wednesday when Mumbai came under terror attack, leading to the suspension of the forthcoming matches.
The security issue has become very important for the next matches in Indian fields. England captain Kevin Pietersen hoped that security adviser Reg Dickason would allow them to play ODI matches.
Mumbai, Dec. 2 : President Pratibha Devisingh Patil today met Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh here and discussed the recent terrorist attacks in the city.
Officials accompanying the President said that she has asked the chief minister to send reports at regular intervals to her on the progress being made in the investigations.