India for talks with Pakistan from February 18

India believes Pakistan has taken some steps in the investigation of the Mumbai attacks but it needs to come clean on its support to terrorists and demonstrate its sincerity by taking action against Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Mohammed Saeed and 13 others, who are still at large.

This issue will be taken up in the forthcoming foreign secretary-level talks India has proposed February 18 or 25 for the meeting between the foreign secretary, Ms Nirupama Rao and her Pakistani counterpart, Mr Salman Bashir.

New Delhi would have no hesitation to discuss any issue which Islamabad may want to bring up including Balochistan.

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Kasab confesses: I am guilty, end it

In a stunning confession, Ajmal Aamir Kasab of the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba, the only Pakistani terrorist taken alive during the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, on Monday blew the lid off Pakistani involvement and confessed to his role.

Kasab confessed before the special court that he and his nine accomplices had sailed from Karachi to Mumbai and named the “ustaads (trainers)” who conducted training camps for them.

The confession could wrap up the trial into the attacks. The court will give its ruling on Tuesday on whether Kasab’s confession is acceptable and whether it can conclude the trial and pronounce judgment.

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India finds link in Kasab gene

DNA samples drawn from Ajmal Kasab, the only terrorist captured alive, have matched with imprints on a life jacket found on MV Kuber, the fishing trawler that brought the 26/11 gunmen to Mumbai.

“The sweat analysis from a life jacket found on the Kuber matched with the DNA samples of Kasab,” a top forensic official said. Kasab and nine others boarded the Gujarat-based fishing vessel in international waters sailed to within a few nautical miles off Mumbai.

DNA analysis of another five terrorists involved in the carnage is being conducted in the Kalina Forensic Science Laboratory.

In another development, the National Security Adviser, Mr M.K. Narayanan was contradicted for a second time in three days on Thursday by the home minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, who said that India had not received any response on the dossier given to Pakistan on the Mumbai attacks.

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