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	Serial blasts rock Jaipur: 60 killed, 150 injured...	Rediff
	Scores of wounded people were ferried to several hospitals soon after the low-intensity blasts hit at Tripolia Bazaar, where large number of devotees turned up at a Hanuman temple, Johari Bazaar, Manak Chowk, Badi Choupal and Choti Choupal in the walled part of the city. Police sources said the attack was meticulously planned and the first blast occurred around 1940 hours IST and the remaining blasts were set off in quick succession.
	Images: A bloody trail of death and destruction	Rediff
	'We live in peace, then why these blasts?'	Rediff
	Anil Agrawal, industrialist and a resident of Jaipur, lost one of his relatives in the serial blasts.
	Is Pakistan stepping up terror activity in India?	Rediff
	Prakash Singh, former director general of the Border Security Force, told rediff.com, "The Jaipur bomb blasts seem externally inspired with local support and locally available explosives." He says, "Pakistan seems to be stepping up its subversive activities within India. You cannot overlook the BSF attempts to foil the infiltration at the border last week. Then the six militants were killed in an encounter in Samba near Jammu, and now the Jaipur bomb blasts."
	Why on Tuesday	Rediff
	Tuesday seems to be the favourite day for terrorists to carry out major blasts and strikes in historical towns of the country. After Ayodhya and Varanasi, it was the turn of Jaipur to face a terrorist attack in the form of serial blasts -- yet again -- on a Tuesday. Incidentally, the explosions and terror strikes took place near temples in all the three towns.
	'Infiltration may go up in J and K'	Rediff
	Defence Minister AK antony said infiltration attempts will be stepped up in the run up to the crucial elections to the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly.
	IB: Why smaller towns are targets	Rediff
	Intelligence Bureau officials told rediff.com that the serial blasts in Jaipur shows that terrorist outfits are targeting new places with a view of catching security agencies off guard. Sources in the bureau said there was not information regarding an attack on Jaipur. This indicates that the terror modules are targeting places which are not on the radar of the security agencies.
	The HuJI angle	Rediff
	Banned Harkat-ul-Jehadi Islamia, operating from Bangladesh, is believed to be behind the serial blasts that rocked the tourist city of Jaipur on Tuesday evening, killing nearly 50 people besides injuring several others. Though baffled by the attack as Jaipur was not on the terror radar, sources said the tell-tale signs of the blasts indicate HuJI's hand.
	'The government sends soft signals to terrorists'	Rediff
	'Ever since the UPA came to power, barring making statements that they are committed to fighting terrorism, it is not being said in actions,' says senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj.
	Shoaib shines in Kolkata's win	Rediff
	An inspired bowling performance by Shoaib Akhtar helped Kolkata Knight Riders score a run win over Delhi Daredevils in their Indian Premier League match in Kolkata on Tuesday.
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