PM vows to defeat terrorists

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Tuesday vowed to defeat the evil designs of terrorists after blasts killed scores in Mumbai and eight others in revolt-hit Kashmir.

Singh called for calm in Mumbai and Srinagar, after an emergency meeting at his official residence with Home Minister Shivraj Patil.

"We will work to defeat the evil designs of terrorists and will not allow them to succeed," Singh said in a statement read out by Patil after the meeting.

"The government will take all possible measures to maintain law and order and defeat the forces of terrorism."