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PM appeals for calm

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NEW DELHI: The Union Home Ministry issued a nationwide alert on Saturday night after serial blasts rocked the Capital. All States and Union Territories have been asked to remain vigilant and beef up security.

Meanwhile, the blasts drew instant condemnation. Condemning the blasts, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged people to remain calm while expressing grief over the loss of life.

Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee extended sympathy to the families of the dead and injured.

In a statement, Congress president Sonia Gandhi described the blasts as an act of cowardice. Stating that those responsible would not be spared, she said such people had no place in Indian society.

Earlier, AICC spokesman M. Veerappa Moily condemned the blasts which took place around the time he was briefing mediapersons about the extended Congress Working Committee.

CPI national secretary D. Raja urged the government to step up security across the country. He noted that targeting innocent people had become the modus operandi of terrorists.

Gilani condemns blasts

Nirupama Subramanian reports from Islamabad:

Pakistan condemned the bomb attacks in Delhi on Saturday as a “barbaric act of cowardice” and said the perpetrators were “enemies of humanity.”

“The people and government of Pakistan share the pain of the victims and bereaved families,” Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said in a statement, adding that Pakistan condemns all terrorist acts perpetrated in any part of the world.

Information and Broadcasting Sherry Rehman on Saturday condemned the blasts as a “barbaric act of cowardice.” She said those behind the attacks were “enemies of humanity.”

National Assembly Speaker Fehmida Mirza, who is standing in for Asif Ali Zardari as the acting President — he is away on a private visit to Dubai and the U.K. — also condemned the blasts.

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