The Mumbai blasts and their aftermath covered the front pages of most newspapers across the country through week. In the north, the Rajasthan Patrika had a flyer on page one, speculating over the involvement of Dawood Ibrahim. The lead on another day was the story about the possibility of more blasts — the latest alerts given out by the intelligence agencies. Dainik Bhaskar lead with the PM saying that while Pakistan would be pressured to close its terror camps, there was no question of bringing back legislation like POTA. The story had a box on how the PM had seven meetings in 10 hours while he was at the G8 summit in Russia.
The Telugu newspapers dedicated almost half page each on their front pages to the serial blasts that rocked seven suburban trains in Mumbai, on July 12. Andhra Jyothi gave the headline — Mumbai Massacre — to its lead page-one story, besides splashing photographs of mangled bodies of passengers and survivors who were bleeding profusely, and other chaotic scenes. On July 13, all the three leading Telugu dailies carried editorials on the Mumbai blasts. Terming the blasts as a dastardly act, Andhra Jyothi said that the terrorists intention has not been fulfilled and that it could not make any impact on the sensex, nor could it hamper the secular values of Mumbaites. the newspaper editorially said. Eenadu and Vaartha, too, carried editorials on the issue on the same day.
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