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The article reports on bombings in courthouses in three cities in Uttar Pradesh, India, on November 23, 2007. At least 13 people were killed in the bombings and more than 60 others were wounded. The affected cities were Lucknow, the state capital, Varanasi and Faizabad. The government has blamed militants trying to incite communal tensions and hatred. The victims included lawyers. The government has described the attacks as terrorism.

The article reports that peace talks between the two countries, namely India and Pakistan would open in February 21, 2007 despite train explosion in February 18, 2007. Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri, foreign minister of Pakistan, arrived in New Delhi, India, in February 20, 2007 for the peace talks. At first, the foreign minister stopped at a hospital to visit the wounded.

The article states that one person was arrested in Kenya and three people appeared in an Indian court on July 21, 2006 in connection with the train bombings in Mumbai in July 2006 that killed more than 200 people and wounded at least 800.

The article reports about the bombings in a train that was traveling to Pakistan from India in which nearly 66 people were killed. The attacks were condemned by governments of both the countries. The incident was called as an act of terror by the office of Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh and it was promised that those responsible will be apprehended.