Militants opened fire near the home of the top elected official in India-controlled Kashmir and detonated two explosions today, killing two paramilitary soldiers.

Hundreds of Hindu nationalists marched silently through Bombay today in mourning for the victims of Monday’s terrorist car bombs.

INDIA yesterday blamed Islamic militant groups for twin car bombings in Mumbai which killed 50 people and left 154 wounded in the worst terrorist attack in a decade in the country's financial heart.

India today blamed Islamic militant groups for twin car bombings in Bombay which killed 50 people and left 154 wounded in the worst terrorist attack in a decade in the country’s financial heart.

India’s deputy prime minister today blamed Pakistan for a massacre at a Hindu temple that killed 33 people.

GUNMEN stormed a crowded Hindu temple and opened fire, killing at least 23 worshippers yesterday in a western Indian state where hundreds of people were killed in religious rioting this year.

Gunmen stormed a crowded Hindu temple and opened fire, killing at least 23 worshippers today in a western Indian state where hundreds of people were killed in religious rioting this year.

At least 23 people dead in Hindu temple attack in western India, the deputy prime minister said.

The Indian government will consider not seeking the death penalty against the man accused of orchestrating the country’s deadliest bomb attack if that is necessary to get him deported from Portugal.

INDIA yesterday turned its anger on Pakistan and Islamic militants, blaming them for the massacre of 27 Hindu civilians in a slum in Indian-controlled Kashmir.

Indian troops were today hunting suspected Islamic guerrillas who killed at least 27 Hindu civilians when they attacked a crowded slum in Jammu-Kashmir state.

US Secretary of State Colin Powell’ peace shuttle arrived in New Delhi tonight where he said he believed tensions had eased considerably between nuclear-armed neighbours India and Pakistan.

The five men who attacked India’s parliament last week meant to wipe out the country’s top politicians, home minister Lal K Advani said today.