Bomb Attacks Aimed at India's High-Tech Heart?

The seven blasts in Bangalore don't seem to have been aimed at its tech infrastructure. But such an attack would shake global markets A little after lunch on July 25, the city of Bangalore, India's tech capital, was rocked by seven low-intensity bomb blasts. Police sources in Bangalore said that two people (including a woman at a bus stop) were killed and five injured in some of the busiest parts of the city, including the Hosaguddahalli and Madiwala districts. The detonations raise an obvious question: Are terrorists, homegrown or foreign, launching an attack on India's high-tech infrastructure? The fallout from an effective, widespread assault on Bangalore would be felt on the Bombay stock market and in the offices of companies worldwide that outsource vital functions to India. Some of India's top tech companies, such as... [read full story]