21.   Tensions rose after a deadly December attack on the Indian parliament that India blamed on Pakistan-based militants who want to end Indian rule in Kashmir.

22.   The current India-Pakistan tensions started after an attack on the Indian parliament that New Delhi blames on the Pakistani intelligence agency and Pakistan-based Islamic groups.

23.   The change, however, will become effective only after the Indian parliament approves the changes to existing law.

24.   The crisis began in December when Islamic insurgents attacked the Indian parliament in New Delhi.

25.   The latest tensions started in December when Islamic extremists, fighting Indian rule in divided Kashmir, attacked the Indian parliament building in New Delhi.

26.   The New York-based group charged that soldiers have intensified efforts to combat the rebels in the weeks before Kashmiris elect representatives to the Indian parliament.

27.   The state of Jammu-Kashmir will vote for the Indian parliament in the last phase of a staggered national election that began last Saturday.

28.   The two countries have been on a war footing since December when the Indian parliament was attacked.

29.   World leaders condemn attack on Indian parliament.

30.   Five heavily-armed gunmen had stormed the Indian parliament complex on Thursday morning, killing seven people before they were shot dead themselves.