The men, aged 29 and 23, are brothers-in-law and residents of Mumbai. They are also said to have been taking their orders from someone in Pakistan, a report in The Times of India newspaper said.

"These two have been in constant touch with their leaders sitting across the border and when we thought they were planning to act, we arrested them," Mumbai's anti-terrorism police chief KP Raghuvansh told reporters.

"The suspects are being interrogated and will remain in custody until Thursday, when they will appear before a judge and be assigned lawyers."

A report in the Hindustan Times quoted an anonymous source saying that the calls the two men were receiving were traced to Karachi in Pakistan.

"They had received calls on a regular basis in which they were instructed to ensure that the targets get reduced to ashes," said the official on the condition of anonymity.

The target at the Bhabha Atomic Research Center, India's primary nuclear research center, is believed to have been the administrative building and not laboratories or reactors.

Media were giving no other details of the plans or of the men's identities.

Last month, more than a dozen people were killed in a blast at a restaurant and popular bakery in the city of Pune, 60 miles from Mumbai.

In the past India has blamed the Pakistan-based terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Toiba for the November 2008 terrorist attacks on Mumbai luxury hotels, a restaurant and a Jewish cultural center.

Nine of the 10 people who carried out attacks died in pitched gun battles with police and the military. The sole surviving suspected gunman, Pakistani national Ajmal Kasab, 22, is on trial in a Mumbai court and if convicted he could receive the death penalty.

He is suspected of being a member of the militant Islamist organization Lashkar-e-Toiba, which is thought to operate several training camps in Pakistan Kashmir.

Kasab allegedly opened fire on commuters at Mumbai's main railway station, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus and admitted to a high-security court that he was one of 10 men who killed 166 people in a commando-style assault on Mumbai's financial center in 2008.

But he has changed his stories throughout the trial, media reported. At one time he claimed he was innocent and framed by Indian police. He has reportedly now said he did not fire any shots but it was his dead accomplices who killed the people.

His trial may end by the end of the month, the Press Trust of India said. Kasab's lawyers said they expect wind up their arguments by Saturday.

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