Death toll in India blasts climbs to 45 (AAP)

At least 29 people have been killed and more than 100 wounded in a string of more than a dozen coordinated bomb attacks in the tinderbox western Indian city of Ahmedabad, officials say. Indian television channels said a little-known Islamist group calling itself the "Indian Mujahedeen" had claimed responsibility. The state's right-wing Hindu leader warned he "shall not spare" the culprits. Ahmedabad is the capital of the opposition Hindu nationalist-ruled state of Gujarat, where thousands were killed in Hindu attacks against Muslims in 2002. The series of 16 bombings in the city, some of them targeting hospitals, came just a day after a similar wave of attacks in the southern technology city of Bangalore. A police spokesman said 29 bodies had been recovered and more than 100 people had been admitted to hospital on Saturday.... [read full story]