NEW DELHI, 8 October 2006 — India has shared with the United States evidence about the alleged Pakistani involvement in the July 11 Bombay blasts that killed more than 180 people, media reports said yesterday.

“We had discussions on the evidence and other aspects of the incident,” US ambassador to India, David C. Mulford, was quoted by the Hindustan Times newspaper as saying.

Mulford said New Delhi had shared evidence of the involvement of Pakistan’s spy agency, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), and the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in the carnage in Bombay that killed over 200 people on Bombay’s suburban train network.

India is also planning to present the evidence to Pakistan under a new joint anti-terror mechanism agreed by the two countries after the blasts.

India shared the evidence with the US after the Bombay police went public with the results of its investigation.

Bombay police had said the ISI had planned the blasts and they were carried out by LeT operatives and members of the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI).

Pakistan had however rejected the Indian charge, saying unsubstantiated allegations could sour relations between the two countries.

Meanwhile, civil nuclear cooperation, terrorism and deepening of economic ties will figure in the talks that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will have with leaders of Britain and the European Union during his six-day visit to London and Helsinki beginning tomorrow.

Manmohan will attend the third India-UK Summit meeting with his British counterpart Tony Blair in London on Oct. 10 and the 7th India-EU Summit Oct. 13 in Helsinki.

Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon told reporters here that both New Delhi and London have been victims of terrorism and this would form a key part of the discussions between the leaders of the two countries.

“We have seen substantial progress in the last two years,” Menon said, referring to bilateral ties between India and Britain. Cooperation in counterterrorism between security agencies would be a core issue in the dialogue.

“We will certainly bring them up to date ... on what we have suffered,” Menon said, when asked about the Bombay train bombings.

“This is a big part of our bilateral talks. We will certainly discuss all these issues including recent experiences. We will see what can be done to improve the situation. They have also suffered.”

Indian and British officials could exchange information on the safe conduct of the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi in 2010 and the Olympic Games in London in 2012.

Manmohan will travel to Cambridge to receive an honorary doctorate. He was awarded a similar honor by Oxford University in July 2005. Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, who is chancellor of Cambridge University, will present the doctorate.

Menon said terrorism and measures to end it would also figure in discussions between India and the European Union. Menon said there was no unanimous position in Europe on India’s civil nuclear program.

Some member countries, he pointed out, were very sympathetic while some were not. But overall, the mood vis-à-vis civil nuclear cooperation was sympathetic to India compared to about two years ago.

Manmohan will also talk on bilateral issues with leaders of Finland, bilateral relations with which have traditionally been warm and friendly.

Firms from Finland are slowly showing interest in investing in India.

In London, Manmohan would also take part in the India-UK investment summit that would be attended by 100 chief executive officers.

Menon described India’s relations with both Britain and the 25-nation European Union in positive terms.

In London, the Indian prime minister will attend a reception to meet members of the Indian diaspora. Britain is home to some 1.5 million people of Indian origin.