Pak admits part-planning 26/11
The Mumbai attacks by 10 suicide bombers were “partially” planned in Pakistan, the top interior ministry official, Rehman Malik, disclosed here on Thursday. He is also the adviser to the Prime Minister.

Rehman Malik, Pakistan's interior ministry chief, shows a picture of a boat used in the Mumbai attacks, during a press conference in Islamabad on Thursday. — AFP photo

Highlights of Rehman Malik's remarks

Positive move: India
‘Coercive diplomacy, irrefutable dossier made it possible’
New Delhi, February 12
It was after a long time that one saw External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee smiling tonight as he described as a “positive development” Islamabad’s admission that elements in Pakistan were involved in the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai and said India expected Pakistan to take credible steps to dismantle the terrorist infrastructure.

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Honour your word, Prez tells Pakistan
New Delhi, February 12
Terming the Mumbai strikes as a deliberate attempt to retard India’s economic progress, President Pratibha Patil today asked Pakistan to honour its commitment and take credible action against terrorist groups operating from its soil.

‘Moral policing’ claims teen’s life
Mangalore, February 12
In a tragic fallout of moral policing in the city, a teenaged girl allegedly committed suicide after suspected Sangh Parivar activists publicly humiliated her for being friendly with a Muslim boy and handed both of them to the police.

Digital Campaign
BJP’s portal pangs put Congress on alert
New Delhi, February 12
With reports coming in that the much-publicised digital campaign launched by the BJP’s PM-in-waiting is popping up on adult sites, the Congress is treading very carefully in using the Internet and networking sites for projecting its leaders and publicising party programmes in the run-up to the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Rizwanur Case
Probe ordered into IO’s death
Kolkata, February 12
Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacrajee has ordered a CID inquiry into the mysterious death of GRP sub-inspector Arindam Manna, the main investigating officer in the Rizwanur Rahman death case.

Aero India 2009
Disused airfields a threat to national security
Bangalore, February 12
Indian security agencies now estimate that a large number of disused or sparingly used airfields across the country could be a major threat to national security. Terror groups could use these airfields to launch an attack through the air at any installation in India like the attack on twin towers in New York in 2001.