Right now, Home minister P Chidambaram is briefing the media on Wednesday's terror attack in Delhi.

Briefly, this is what he says:

• The government has not lowered its guard, but is trying to build its capacity to respond to attacks.
• Security agencies have promising leads.
• Intel inputs are being followed.
• The government is doing its best to blot out terror and secure people.  
• All we can do is place everyone on high alert.
• All states have been put on high alert. 
• Have got three threat mails and they are being investigated.
• There have been three terror attacks since I took over as home minister and they are blots. But there are blots on other governments as well.
• 48 people are still in hospital.
• Nitrate-based explosive used.
• Opposition should cooperate in battling terror