Seriously Sandeep (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Another blast, this time in my own city. As usual, SIMI figures top in the list of first suspects. …to warn the Karnataka police in the wake of the arrests of SIMI cadres in Karnataka which led to the arrests of 10 supremos of SIMI in Indore and lastly as a retaliatory measure since the Bharatiya [...]
GigaOM (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Over the past few years, the quaint and sleepy town of Bangalore has been transformed into a highly compressed version of Silicon Valley, only with worse housing and transportation problems. Some of the bigger technology companies — Texas Instruments, Intel and Qualcomm — have offices there, along with home-grown Indian tech giants like Infosys Technologies. [...]
Metroblogging Bangalore (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
The latest report is that there were 7 blasts in the city. As of now, they seem to have been low-intensity. The areas are Nayandahalli, Madivala, Adugodi on the outskirts, near Mallya Hospital, Langford Road and Richmond Circle. Two blasts were reported in Madivala. The news is still coming in from different sources. But do try [...]
Offstumped (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
The choice of sites and proximity to Wipro offices has a sublte message for the modern minded Indian Muslim symbolized by Azim Premji who participates in the Knowledge Economy unmindful of any of the baggage of pan-Islamic causes. The problem is national and deeper and there is little to be expected out of Bangalore that has not been achieved in Hyderabad, Jaipur, Mumbai and elsewhere. This malaise...
Israelated (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
According to various reports fromReuters and Rediff.com,nine bomb blasts have rattled Bangalore, which hosts offices of some of the technologyindustry’s biggest players- Texas Instruments, Intel, Qualcomm, Infosys, SAP... Low intensity blasts in a span of one hour in six different places rocked the IT capitalof India on Friday afternoon in which two people died and several others were injured.While...
Jihad Watch (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Another serial bomb attack in India; the various news organizations differ on the exact number of bombs. "7 blasts rock Bangalore; two killed, 20 wounded," from the Times of India, July 25: BANGALORE: Seven synchronized small bombs shook Bangalore during...
Something like life (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
7 blasts rock Bengaluru, 1 killed, several injured The media response, I guess, would be, L K Advani bad, Manmohan Singh good, give UPA more time.
DesiPundit (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
After Bangalore, bombs have gone off in Ahmedabad. Arvind writes People of Ahmedabad are under great panic and anger over these blasts. Most of Ahmadabad roads are jammed due to these bomb blasts. It also look from these attacks that terrorists are targeting towards BJP lead states i.e. states where BJP governments are present. Sandeep meanwhile finds [...]
