India's Home Ministry has issued a countrywide alert after receiving intelligence of possible terrorism attacks by the Pakistan-based Islamist group Lashkar-e-Taiba.Advisories have been sent to several state governments asking them to increase vigilance, said a Home Ministry official who did not want to be named.
Specific cities - including Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Bangalore - and the tourist destination Goa are among the possible targets of the terrorism over the New Year weekend, .Security has been tightened in Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Karnataka states.Police have launched house-to-house searches in some areas of Mumbai, the PTI news agency reported. Additional personnel have been deployed in markets, religious sites, and bus and railway stations.Terrorists have targeted both the financial hub of Mumbai and Ahmedabad, a major city in the western Indian state of Gujarat, in the past.More than 166 people were killed in November 2008 in a three-day attack on Mumbai by gunmen said to belong to Lashkar-e-Taiba.
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