Mumbai Heat
We are weighing all options: Pranab
New Delhi, December 2
India is weighing all options, including striking at terrorist camps in Pakistan, even as it mounts pressure on Islamabad to act strongly against ‘jehadi’ groups that have been enjoying safe sanctuaries in the neighbouring country and are carrying out attacks on the Indian soil.

World page: India has right to protect itself: Obama
Editorial: Act, Pakistan, act
Coast Guard seize Pak fishing boat

Day before Rice visit, Pak calls for team effort
With the pressure mounting from all corners, Pakistan today proposed setting up of a joint investigation mechanism with India to probe the lethal terror strikes in Mumbai. “Let there be a joint commission to evaluate the available evidence in order to take the requisite action,” said the foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi in a statement to the media here on Tuesday.

3 killed in Assam train blast
Guwahati, December 2
Three persons, including a child, were killed and over 30 others injured in a powerful train blast, triggered by suspected militants, at Diphu railway station in Karbi Anglong district of Assam on Tuesday morning.

Two Hindi-speaking men shot dead

People stand near the body of a victim after a bomb blast at the Diphu railway station in Karbi Anglong district of Assam on Tuesday. — Reuters

Straight talk: Yes, it was a failure, says Admiral Mehta
New Delhi, December 2
In a candid, upfront admission, the Indian Navy Chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta today said “it was a systemic failure” that led to the terror attacks in Mumbai. “The lacunae did exist in India's coastal security and intelligence- sharing mechanisms,” said Mehta, while interacting with reporters here on Tuesday.
Naval chief denies being pulled up

Sureesh Mehta answers a question at a press conference in New Delhi. — A Tribune photograph

No decision on Deshmukh yet
New Delhi, December 2
Despite hours of consultations at the highest possible level, the Congress was unable to arrive at any consensus for the replacement of Maharashra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, who had offered to resign in the aftermath of Mumbai terror attacks.

Cooperate fast, McCain tells Pak
New Delhi, December 2
Senator John McCain, who lost to Barack Obama in the US Presidential race, today expressed solidarity with India in the wake of Mumbai’s terror attacks and asked Pakistan to cooperate with India “as quickly and efficiently as possible”. He emphasised that Washington would not not allow terrorists to provoke a confrontation between India and Pakistan.

	US Senator John McCain talks to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on Tuesday. — Reuters

Kerala CM remarks regrettable: Karat New Delhi, December 2 Kerala Chief Minister V.S Achuthanandan’s remarks made during his visit to the Bangalore residence of slain NSG commando Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan has evoked strong reactions from the Congress as also his own party CPM. Achutanandan not bothered