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2 THUMBS UP !! NEW DELHI: Former president Pervez Musharraf on Friday took India's media to task for fabricating and cooking up false stories against Pakistan’s armed forces. Speaking on Indian TV channel Times Now, live from London, Musharraf said India was fabricating false stories to put Pakistan’s army and ISI in bad light through its media. When asked by anchor why Pakistan was not acting against Lashkar-e-Taiba, Musharraf questioned as to why India was not doing anything against extremist party Shiv Sena. “Can Indian government dare to take action against Shiv Sena? Are not they extremists? ,” he shot back at the anchor. Responding to a question about the long march, Musharraf said India had no right to ask about Pakistan’s internal affairs. But he said that Pakistanis want change.  “Pakistan army did not mutilate the body of any Indian soldier and it never does so,” he replied to a question commandingly. He said India was deliberately escalating at the Line of Control. ...

With tensions running high between India and Pakistan, the press is being urged to quit fanning the flames. Mumbai, India - Emerging from decades of government control and regulations, India's media are quickly evolving into a boisterous, zealous fourth estate, most observers agree. But coverage of the 67-hour Mumbai (Bombay) terrorist attacks has caused unprecedented condemnation, especially toward 24-hour television news channels. Critics describe it as "TV terror" for showing gory scenes, being too aggressive, and often reporting incorrect information as fact. "They don't need to apologize as much as they need to introspect – figure out how to operate in a time of crisis," says Dipankar Gupta, sociology professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi. On the evening of Nov. 26, well-coordinated attacks against two five-star hotels, a hospital, a popular cafe, a railway station, and a Jewish center brought the financial capital of India to its k...

A blog from an angry Indian India is no stranger to terrorism . When I was born , Kolkata was in the grip of Naxalite terror. When I was a teenager , Khalistani groups terrorized us. When I was in university , the LTTE assansinated Rajiv Gandhi. Over the last two decades, we have been constantly at the brunt of various Islamist groups, both home-grown and foreign . However, the attacks in Mumbai suggest a totally different level of threat to national security . First , the terrorists seem to be able to strike simultaneously and with impunity at some of our most iconic social institutions – the Taj hotel, CST station and so on. Second , the terrorists clearly knew what they were doing and who they were targeting. This is no bomb-and-run job. They knew their way around and inside the two hotels, they knew where to find the Jewish rabbi, they knew about tourist-friendly Café Leopold and possibly they deliberately killed the head of Mumbai's anti-terror unit. Third, and most i...