The lawyer for the accused gunman on trial for the November 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks moved to suppress his client’s confession, arguing it was the product of torture.
Naxalite guerillas killed 17 in India’s “red corridor” of Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Orissa as voters went to the polls in elections for India’s Lok Sabha, or lower house of parliament.
Six paramilitary troops were killed in India’s Orissa state as Naxalite guerillas attacked a bauxite mine. Days earlier, a Naxalite ambush on a jungle patrol in Chhattisgarh left 10 troops dead.
In another win for the opposition, Pakistan’s Supreme Court suspended its February decision barring former prime minister Nawaz Sharif from holding elected office.
At least 20 have been killed as gunmen seized a police academy in Lahore. Meanwhile, Obama warned Islamabad: “If we have a high-value target within our sights…we’re going after them.”
Pakistan is failing to control the Lashkar-e-Taiba group in the disputed territory of Kashmir and between 40 and 50 terrorist camps are operational in the region, Indian army chief Gen. Deepak Kapoor said March 25, the same day the army… Read moreLashkar-e-Taiba rocks Kashmir
Pakistan’s government blinked, agreeing to democratic opposition demands before a new massive rally was to begin. But a bomb blast apparently targeting the rally killed eight in Rawalpindi.
Pakistan opposition leader and ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif defied a house arrest order to lead a huge opposition march against President Asif Ali Zardari.
Pakistani police conducted raids and arrested opposition leaders, including members of the country’s lawyers’ movement, prior to a protest rally led by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
Police in Bangladesh charged more than 1,000 members of the Bangladesh Rifles in last week’s mutiny, which killed dozens of top officers, including the force’s commander.
The Committee to Protect Journalists protested the arrest of Sri Lanka newspaper editor Nadesapillai Vidyatharan on charges of collaboration with the Tamil Tigers, calling it part of a pattern of repression.
India’s Border Security Force remains on high alert after a two-day mutiny by the Bangladesh Rifles left scores dead. Unconfirmed reports in the Indian press link the mutiny to Pakistani intelligence.
