RR Patil exits, CM set to go
Mumbai, December 1
Mumbaikars haven't yet finished with the funerals of those killed in last week's terror attacks, but Maharashtra's politicians have begun to shamelessly feud for the posts of Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister.

Editorial: Two more heads

Mumbai Heat
India summons Pak envoy
New Delhi, December 1
Amid mounting tension between the two countries over the Mumbai terror strikes, India today unambiguously told Pakistan that the audacious attack was carried out by elements from Pakistan and demanded a strong action against them.

Bush sending Rice
Govt ready with evidence against Pak
New Delhi, December 1
With concrete evidence in hand of Pakistan-based organisations and persons having carried out terror strikes in Mumbai, India will ask the United States to ensure that major corrective measures are taken by Pakistan within a specific time frame.

Orphaned Moshe’s wails echo in synagogue
Mumbai, December 1
Unmindful of the tragedy that he had undergone, two-year-old Moshe, dressed in a bright green T-shirt and blue shorts, was carried into a synagogue here to attend a prayer meeting in memory of the Jews killed in the terror attack, including that of his parents Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and Rivika.

Nariman House to be reopened soon

Jewish toddler Moshe, aged 2, who lost his parents US Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his Israeli wife Rivkah (inset), when terrorists staged an assault on a Jewish centre last week, is held by an unidentified Indian man during a prayer meeting at the Keneseth Eliyahoo Synagouge in Mumbai on Monday. — AFP

Mumbai police looks for Dawood, local links
Mumbai, December 1
Ten Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists had slipped into Mumbai on Wednesday night to carry out attacks but the police was looking out for some local people, including a henchman of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, who could have provided logistics.

‘India failed to convince world it’s a major terror victim’

Kerala CM insults slain Major’s family
Thiruvananthapuram, December 1
“If it had not been (Major) Sandeep’s house, not even a dog would have glanced that way.” This was how Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan responded today to the family of NSG Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan slain in the Mumbai terror attack during commando operations.

Women with lipstick abusing politicians: BJP’s Naqvi
New Delhi, December 1
A senior BJP leader today triggered a fresh controversy by saying some women with ‘lipstick and powder on their face’ were indulging in demonstrations and abusing politicians.

One view: Let loose the dogs of war
New Delhi, December 1
After witnessing “war on Mumbai”, India is examining various options, including hiring “bounty hunters” — like the US — to eliminate Islamic terrorist groups’ master brain in Pakistan or elsewhere.

2 die in stampede during Army rally Over 10,000 youths rushed in through a small gate during recruitment drive Khasa (Amritsar), December 1 Two youths of this border region were killed and 10 others injured in a stampede during an Army recruitment rally. Over 10,000 youths had gathered for the rally here today morning. Dalbir Singh, one of the candidates, who escaped death by a whisker, said the incident occurred when the Army authorities opened the small gate of the venue at 5.15 am and asked the candidates near the gate to sit before allowing them in.