UPDATES: PAKISTAN IMPLICATION; TAJ HOTEL STORMED; VP SINGH DEAD

As noted moments ago in "ALERT: IS INDO-PAK WAR ON HORIZON?," there are strong indications that Pakistan may be behind the Mumbai massacres yesterday and continuing even now. ALSO: Troops stormed Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai. Badly damaged. VP Singh has died of natural causes. GOOGLE MAP OF MUMBAI ATTACKS EXPRESS INDIA REPORTS THIS ABOUT PAKISTAN'S INVOLVEMENT: The terrorists who attacked Mumbai came via sea routes from Karachi in Pakistan, according to an intelligence report. The reports had warned that there could be a possible entry of terrorists into Mumbai through the sea route, a top police official claimed. "This intelligence was available six months ago and subsequently a barge was found by the locals on Shrivardhan coast in Raigad district four months back," the official, who did not wish to be identified, said. FULL POST... REUTERS INDIA: HOTEL STORMED BY TROOPS, SOME HOSTAGES FREED <Indian commandos freed hostages from Mumbai's Taj Mahal hotel on Thursday but battled on with Islamist militants who launched an audacious attack across India's financial capital, killing more than 100 people. FULL POST... FRESH NEWS INDIA: VP SINGH PASSES AWAY Former Prime Minister VP Singh formed the first non-Congress coalition government at the Centre, dethroning Rajiv Gandhi-led Congress in 1989. FULL POST...