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AMagazine NEW DELHI: Two Pakistani merchant vessels have been apprehended off the coast of India following militant attacks in Mumbai, the official Press Trust of India reported Thursday. The agency quoted Home Ministry sources as saying the ships were stopped off the coast of Gujarat state, just north of Mumbai. The report came after the Indian navy said it was following up on suspicions that the gunmen, who attacked the city, killing at least 125 people, had reached the city by speedboat after being dropped off by a larger ship. It also comes after Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the militants had come from "outside the country," and the military official leading the operation to flush them out explicitly insisted they were from Pakistan.

CNews AHMEDABAD: Twenty-six persons were killed and 50 others injured in 17 blasts that hit Ahmedabad city of India on Saturday.According to Indian media, the first blast occurred at 6:45 PM in Bapunagar, Ahmedabad followed by series of explosions in Mani Nagar, Sarkhej, Esanpur, Haksar, Narol Circle, Naroda Patiya and Hatkashwer areas.The Indian Interior Ministry put the number of blasts at 12 but the Indian media said there were 17 blasts in which at least 26 persons were killed.Media reports say the explosion took place in a CNG bus in Sarkhej while other blasts were caused by explosives strapped to bicycles or placed in lunch boxes.Sources said, markets and other public places were targeted. But the bombs used in the explosions were of low intensity.Some of the blasts occurred in the constituency from where Gujrat Chief Minister Narendar Modi was elected.The blasts sent a wave of fear in Ahmedabad city and its railway station was sealed on security concerns.An Indian TV channel cla...