111.   Tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours were already sky-high after an armed assault on the Indian parliament complex in December which New Delhi blamed on Pakistani militants.

112.   The assault aggravated an already heated stand-off that began in December when India blamed Pakistan for an attack on the Indian parliament.

113.   The BJP is the main opposition party in the Indian parliament.

114.   The ban was imposed after a suicide attack on the Indian parliament in December which New Delhi blames on Islamic militants.

115.   The body of Indian parliament Speaker G.M.C. Balayogi, who was killed Sunday in a helicopter crash, due to return to New Delhi.

116.   The case caused a furore in the Indian parliament last week with the opposition claiming that the investigation needed to be speeded up and made more transparent.

117.   The anti-terrorist bill was forced through a rare joint session of the Indian parliament on Tuesday.

118.   The current crisis was triggered by the December attack on the Indian parliament in New Delhi, which India blamed on Pakistan-based militant groups.

119.   The four had hatched the plot to attack the Indian parliament complex, according to police.

120.   The Indian parliament adjourned in bedlam for an eighth straight day on Friday amid opposition charges of government corruption and incompetence in the privatisation of the telecommunications sector.