ASIA: Pressure to demonstrate rapid results in the investigation of Tuesday’s terror strikes in Varanasi may be skewing assessments of evidence propelling premature claims of progress, intelligence and police officials familiar with the Lashkar-e-Taiba’s pan-India operations have told The Hindu. While the Lashkar-e-Taiba remains the principal suspect in the terror bombings of the Sankat Mochan temple and the Cantonment railway station, experts said claims that ethnic-Kashmiri operatives executed the attacks needed to be treated with caution. Officials also contested claims that a top Lashkar-e-Taiba operative, shot dead on Wednesday, had a role in the bombings. Full Story