The police have started questioning the injured man, who was taken into custody after four low-intensity blasts rocked Pune tonight, reports rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa.

Police said the injured has been identified as Dayanand Patil. A tailor by profession, Patil was working in store on Pune's JM Road, where the blasts occurred.    

Eyewitnesses have claimed that he was allegedly carrying one of the bombs in a packet.    

Patil has suffered injuries in his stomach and his questioning has already begun. It would not be right to jump the gun at the moment; it is very early to pinpoint whether he was involved in the blast, said police sources.

Terror angle cannot be ruled out in Pune explosions, as it appears to be planned attack, said Home Secretary R K Singh.

"The person carrying the bomb was injured and has been taken into custody," he added.  

Four-low intensity blasts in Pune and one injured, confirmed newly appointed Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde.  

"I had to visit Pune for a function at 6 pm. Blasts occurred between 7.27 pm and 8.15 pm. I cannot confirm it was a terror attack. The incident needs to be investigated," he said.   

Police sources have confirmed that there were in all four blasts in all and the fifth bomb has been put out. All the four explosions occurred within a one kilometer radius and the bombs were planted systematically, reports rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa.

Investigators are yet to give some clarity on the substances that were used for the blasts. On the face of it, it appears that all the bombs were timed in a manner that each would go off within a span of minutes to create maximum panic. However, the intention was not to create major damage as the intensity of the blasts were very low.

The police suspect that all the bombs were connected to a timer device and could have been triggered off with a remote control. However, they would still need more time to give a clearer picture of the attack.

Two National Investigation Agency teams from Mumbai and Delhi have been rushed to Pune after five low-intensity blasts rocked the city this evening.

The Maharashtra ATS and Bomb Detection and Disposal Squads reached the spots, police said.

Asked if it was a terror attack, Maharashtra DGP Sanjeev Dayal told PTI, "It is not appropriate to comment at this moment. Police teams have reached the spots and are looking into the matter."

Five low-intensity blasts took place on Pune's Junglee Maharaj Road this evening. One was injured in the blasts. One bomb was kept in a cycle carrier, one in a dustbin and the other close to a local bank.

A fourth blast took place at Garware Chowk and the fifth blast took place near Khyer bar.  

It is not a terror blast, but an act of mischief, said Pune police commissioner Gulabrao Pol.     

Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde was supposed to visit Bal Gandharv Theatre in Pune this evening.     

More details awaited  

There is more bad news for India's economy. Growth in eight core sector industries has slowed down to 3.6 per cent in June from 5.6 per cent in the same month last year.

The Haryana police on Wednesday arrested 10 office bearers of the Maruti Suzuki Workers' Union, including its president Ram Meher and general secretary Sarabjit Singh, in connection with the violence at the company's Manesar plant on July 18. 

Meanwhile, the Indian women's doubles badminton pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Poonappa have been reinstated after India lodged a formal protest with the London Games' organisers to probe if the match involving Japan and Chinese Taipei was played in the right spirit, following the elimination of the pair on Tuesday.  

Jwala and Ashwini missed out on a quarter-final berth by a difference of just one point, even though they beat Shinta Mulia Sari and Lei Yao of Singapore 21-16, 21-15 in their last Group B match, after tying with Japan and Taipei on the number of wins.

The London Games organizers on Monday apologised to the Indian contingent over the issue of an unidentified woman gatecrashing into the team's march past at the Opening Ceremony. the lady in red is Madhura Nagendra (Madhura Honey, as reported earlier was her name on Facebook account), who did her post-graduation in Bengaluru.

This is Amul's take on the incident.

At Jantar Mantar, a defiant Arvind Kejriwal says he will not end his fast till he the government comes up with some solution. He says the government cannot force me to end the fast. Earlier in the day, Congress spokesperson Renuka Chowdhury had described as a "dangerous statement" Kejriwal's remarks warning the government against removing him forcibly from the fasting venue as his health has deteriorated.

"With nearly three million Muslims living in Britain, the observance of Ramadan here is not generally a notable occurrence,' Sam Borden wrote in The New York Times.

"But the Olympics have made this far from an ordinary summer in England,' which has "led to a variety of issues for the estimated 3,000 Muslim athletes and officials at the Games,' he wrote.

Read the report in the New York Times.

In other news, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's official Facebook page today crossed one lakh followers. It was around one-and-a-half month ago that Banerjee, who earlier courted controversy for being "intolerant" of comments and cartoons about her on social networking sites, had joined the social media by registering her presence on Facebook.

"In an age of 360 degree communication, we want to stay in touch with people by using all available platforms for communication - from street meetings to posters, stage events to electronic and print media. And, now it has stretched to social media platforms," Trinamool Congress spokesperson Derek O'Brien said. Party sources said Banerjee spent close to half-an-hour every day.

@ajaymakenOur players practicing before match angst NZ! Let moral victory in Badminton be followed by field victory in Hockey!

Update on that Olympic badminton doubles match. India has lodged a formal protest with the Games organisers to probe if the women's doubles badminton match involving Japan and Chinese Taipei was played in the right spirit, following the elimination of medal hopes Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa.  Jwala and Ashwini missed out on a quarterfinal berth by a difference of just one point, even though they beat Shinta Mulia Sari and Lei Yao of Singapore 21-16 21-15 in their last group B match, after tying with Japan and Taipei on the number of wins.

Prior to India's final group game last night, the World number five Japanese pair of Mizuki Fujii and Reika Kakiiwa had shockingly lost to Chinese Taipei's Cheng Wen Hsing and Chien Yu Chin, ranked 10th, 19-21 11-21.

"It is obvious that both teams wanted to lose. Hopefully some action will be taken. System needs a change because, if players had a choice, it would be fair to say that the Chinese teams would not want to meet in the quarters. Neither would Indonesia or Korea want to play China in quarters," coach Pullela Gopichand said.

Indian paddlers were overawed by the enormity of the Olympics, says national coach Bhawani Mukherji, who feels that both Ankita Das and Soumyajit Ghosh should have focussed on their matches rather than wasting crucial time participating in the opening ceremony.

"Olympics is a big stage. All top level Indian athletes are there, some of whom you may not have even met before," Mukherji said.

"Ankita was not looking focussed. She was marching happily alongside flag bearer Sushil Kumar while she had her first match next day. Ideally, she should have skipped the opening ceremony and concentrated on her match. They were certainly overawed by the occasion," he said.

However, the national coach said Soumyajit was the better of the two participants and he just lost to a better opponent in the second round. "Ankita had a chance, she should have come up with a better result. She should have atleast made it to the main draw. 

As the eight day almost ends of Team Anna's fast against corruption, the Congress today said it had never closed its doors for talks, but accused the group of going ahead with the agitation "individually and arbitrarily".

"When have we said no to talks. We had not asked them to go on fast. We have kept our doors open. They have never been closed. They have gone ahead (with the fast) individually and arbitrarily," Congress spokesperson Renuka Chowdhury said.

She described as a "dangerous statement" Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal's remarks warning the government against removing him forcibly from the fasting venue as his health has deteriorated.

"They (Team Anna) are inciting the people," Chowdhury said when asked about Kejriwal's remarks. "I do not want to comment on that. We wish him (Kejriwal) well. He (Kejriwal) should save his energy. What the government will do ... it is our business," Chowdhury said. 

India's Jwala Gutta who crashed out of the Olympics with partner Ashwini Ponappa has said she suspects foul play. Jwala said that Japan was a strong team, and it surprising that they lost. "Given a chance, we are ready to play again," she said.
Match-fixing allegations have rocked the London Olympics with eight badminton players accused of throwing away their games to secure easier draws in the next stage.
India has lodged a complaint with the Olympics Association.

Olympic weightlifter from the UK gives to the trolls who made sexist comments on her appearance. Must read.

In his first press conference as the new power minister, Veerappa Moily says all the three grids are near normalcy and 100 per cent restoration has taken place. To ensure a blackout of this kind doesn't happen in the future, grid discipline will be maintained, he says. Moily has also called for a meeting of affected chief ministers on August 6 and points out he will not play the the blame game. More importantly, he assures that grid collapse will not happen again.

A massive reception has been planned in Madurai for Gujarat Chief Narendra Modi in the first week of September. The function is for Modi's "dedicated services for the upliftment of people from Saurashta" living in Tamil Nadu.
Modi will spend half a day in Madurai and insiders say he will be crowned with huge number of priests chanting Vedic hymns declaring him the protector of Hinduism. Modi office has tentatively indicated September 4 however there will be a confirmation in mid August.

With the situation improving in violence-hit districts of Assam, refugees have started returning home with the state government setting a August 15 deadline for all displaced persons to return.

Clashes between Bodos and minority immigrants in the violence hit districts had left 56 dead last month. "The situation is returning to normal and people want to return home. We have fixed August 15 as the date by when we want all displaced persons to return home," Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said here.

A total of 278 relief camps had been opened to shelter 4.06 lakh persons in Kokrajhar, Chirang, Bongaigaon and Dhubri districts.

Adult movie star Sunny Leone feels actress-director Pooja Bhatt has taken a big risk by casting her in 'Jism 2'. "I think Pooja took a bigger risk than me by casting me in the film. I am happy that I got this film and I think I have done my best. I hope people will like it," Sunny said.

Indo-Canadian porn star Sunny Leone's participation in controversial reality show 'Bigg Boss' led to her entry in Bollywood. She will be seen in erotic thriller 'Jism 2', directed by Pooja Bhatt. Sunny is paired opposite Arunoday Singh and Randeep Hooda in the movie, releasing this Friday.

Also read: Jism 2 is not semi porn: Pooja Bhatt

Digvijaya Singh says Team Anna should give some time to the government to make changes. Team Anna has fasted for eight days, Anna Hazare for four days.

And the government has finally stepped in. Cong general secretary Digvijaya Singh appeals to Team Anna to end fast. Earlier in the day, the government had shown no inclination for talks to end their stir, and a worried Team Anna had held discussions among its members on the way ahead and decided to adopt a tough stand. 

The Delhi Police has warned Team Anna not to make inflammatory speeches and has written a letter that Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Gopal Rai need immediate hospitalisation. 

A young woman employee of Infosys died after allegedly jumping off a building at the IT giant's office at Gachibowli here, police said today. S Neelima (27) was found lying in a pool of blood by a security guard near the building at around 10.30 pm yesterday.

The guard immediately alerted the Infosys authorities who shifted her to a nearby hospital where the doctors declared her brought dead, police said. Madhapur Police, who are investigating the case, said "It was not clear whether she had jumped off or fell accidentally or was pushed down. The death has happened under suspicious circumstances."

"We are probing the matter. Her phone call details were being analysed. As per preliminary investigations...it appears to be a suicide, however we are investigating all the angles," Deputy Commissioner of Police, Madhapur Division, T Yoganand said.

Neelima, who was working as a software employee with Infosys in Gachibowli, had returned from the US on July 21, the DCP said, adding the deceased, a native of Warangal, was married to one Sridhar.

So archer Deepika India's best medal prospect crashes out of Olympics. And with that all archers have been eliminated from the Olympics.

Union Minister of Shipping G K Vasan has pulled up the Port Trust Authorities in Mumbai for charging high rates for the Port Trust guesthouse. In a day's time, old rate was restored, thanks to the complaint made to Vasan by a former
Union Minister of Shipping.

Our sources in Delhi tell us that the buzz in North Block is that the new Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's big turquoise ring has enabled him to make the monumental transition from a sub-inspector to the union home minister. Shinde began wearing the ring after he was shunted out as Andhra Pradesh governor.

Three new faces are set to join North Block by the middle of August.

An unidentified person donated two diamonds worth Rs 1.18 crore at Sri Saibaba temple in Shirdi, Saibaba trust officials said. The diamonds -- of three and two carat each studded in a gold pendant -- valued at Rs 1.18 crore were found in a cash box yesterday, they said.

However, the donor is not known, they said. This is the first time that such expensive diamonds have been donated at the Saibaba trust, the officials said.

The Supreme Court today acquitted three persons sentenced to varying jail terms for tampering with evidence in the infamous 1999 BMW hit-and-run case, involving former Naval chief Admiral S M Nanda's grandson Sanjeev Nanda.

A bench of justices Deepak Verma and K S Radhakrishnan set aside the trial court and the Delhi High Court concurring verdicts convicting businessman Rajeev Gupta and his two employees Bhola Nath and Shyam Singh. Rajeev Gupta was sentenced to six months in jail while his employees were awarded three-month imprisonment.

The apex court has already reserved its verdict on a plea against the Delhi High Court order, which had reduced Sanjeev Nanda's sentence from five years to two years. The apex court, meanwhile, also pulled up the Delhi police for not properly investigating the tampering of evidence.

Just in: Former Telecom department official K Srivastava testifies against ex-telecom minister A Raja. He said that RK Chandolia asked him to favour Unitech by not accepting applications. This is exactly what the CBI has been saying that Raja and Chandolia got together to favour Unitech. Chandolia is the  former private secretary of A Raja and an accused in the 2G scam case.

China and the US tie at 23 medals each, but China leads the medal tally with 13 golds. The reason for their spectacular success at the Olympics is this... China's brutal training factories apparently torture their young talented youngsters to churn them into gold-medal winning champions.

According to the Daily Mirror, the reason behind China's immense success in the Olympic events lies in atrocious training regimes that youngsters are forced to follow back home.  

Swimmers, gymnasts, boxers and athletes are all products of the 500 million pounds Mandarin Machine, which is the government programme designed to churn out Olympic gold medallists and ensure China's world domination of sport.  

For the past four decades, children as young as six have been tested for size, fitness and skill as part of a national "talent identification strategy'.  

With a population of 1.3 billion to choose from, more than 400,000 are selected and sent to 3,000 sports schools, or boot camps, the paper added.

Good news: Badminton player P Kashyap enters men's singles quarterfinals of the London Olympics. Go!

Update on the Batman massacre: The psychiatrist who treated James Holmes was reprimanded by Colorado's medical board in 2005 for prescribing drugs to herself, her husband and an employee. Read

Anna Hazare has now warned the government that he will not negotiate with them if the fasting activists are forcefully removed from the Jantar Mantar protest site. Hazare and Arvind Kejriwal said they saw a conspiracy to take the activists to hospital to end the stir for a strong Lokpal. Kejriwal, whose health deteriorated along with that of Gopal Rai on the eighth day of their fast, said that it will be protesters' responsibility to get him out of the facility if he is forcibly taken there.

With the government showing no inclination for talks to end their stir, a worried Team Anna held discussions this morning among its members on the way ahead and decided to adopt a tough stand. .

Amid sharp criticism over his elevation as Home Minister on a day the nation faced its worst electricity blackout, the outgoing Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde today said people should appreciate that electricity supply was restored within hours. "We got electricity in a matter of hours... people should appreciate how work is done at the grid," Shinde told reporters at his residence here.

Dalits usually never get home ministry. Rajiv Gandhi was the first to give the ministry to a Dalit when he made Buta Singh the Home Minister and now the second time it has happened under Sonia Gandhi when Manmohan Singh has given the ministry to me, he said.

He also thanked Sonia Gandhi and the PM for making him, a Dalit, the home minister. Hitting out at the media for blaming him, he said he was a minister and not a technician and was not supposed to know how these things happened. 

Just in: CBI will not file any review petition against the Supreme Court order quashing the disproportionate assets case against BSP chief Mayawati.

The Supreme Court on July 6 quashed a nine-year-long disproportionate assets case against her and pulled up the Central Bureau of Investigation for initiating the probe against her without specific directions from the court.

The apex court said that the method adopted by the CBI was "unwarranted" and the agency proceeded against her without properly understanding its orders passed in the Taj Corridor scam.

With firming of oil prices in the international market, jet fuel or ATF rates were today hiked by a steep 4.5 per cent, the second increase in a month.

The price of aviation turbine fuel (ATF), or jet fuel, in Delhi was hiked by Rs 2,797.41 per kilolitre (kl), or 4.5 per cent, to Rs 65,005.59, according to Indian Oil Corp, the nation's largest oil firm.

The hike comes on back of a 1.7 per cent or Rs 1,039.1 per kl hike in rates effected from July 16. The twin increases snapped a six fortnight trend of reduction in rates, including a steep 5 per cent (Rs 3,260 per kl) cut effected from June 16 and about 2 per cent (Rs 1,241 per kl) fall in prices from July 1. Jet fuel, which had hit an all-time high peak of Rs 71,028.26 per kl in August 2008, shortly after international oil rates touched a record USD 147 per barrel, had fallen to eight-month low of Rs 61,169.08 per kl in early July. In Mumbai, jet fuel will cost Rs 65,884.34 per kl from today as against Rs Rs 63,002.45 per kl previously.

Jet fuel constitutes over 40 per cent of an airline's operating costs and the two consecutive increase in prices have wiped away half of the gains the cash-strapped airlines would have made from reductions.

No immediate comments were available from the airlines on the impact of the price hike on passenger fares. The three fuel retailers -- IOC, Hindustan Petroleum and Bharat Petroleum -- revise jet fuel prices on the 1st and 16th of every month, based on the average international price in the preceding fortnight.

In other news, the Sahara Group has agreed to buy a controlling stake in New York's landmark Plaza Hotel for $570 million, Elad Properties, an Israeli-owned real estate company, said on Monday. The 105-year-old luxury hotel overlooking New York's Central Park, is jointly owned by Elad Properties, an Israeli-owned real estate company, and Saudi-based Kingdom Holdings Co.

Read the report here.

Just in: Jet fuel (ATF) price hiked by a steep 4.5 per cent. Expect air fares, already in the stratosphere, to rise.

Oly update: Rediff.com's Harish Kotian reports from London on the Mahesh Bhupathi-Rohan Bopanna's double's loss.

It was not the ideal end to Mahesh Bhupathi's Olympic dream. First there was the huge fiasco over team selection ahead of the Games; then, despite getting his preferred partner, Rohan Bopanna, he could last only two matches on the historic grass courts of Wimbledon. Read more and see Harish's photograph of Hesh-Rohan that says it all.

Kiran Bedi says no one from the government has contacted Team Anna. Asked what they are planning to do, a Team Anna member said, "Wait and watch."

Miffed over government not initiating any dialogue process, Hazare yesterday ruled out talks with even the Prime Minister to end their stir. He also threatened to return Padma Bhushan bestowed on him as protest.

Team Anna member Prashant Bhushan targeted government for not initiating a dialogue with Team Anna alleging that they want people like Hazare to die so that they can continue to loot the country.

"Government said they were not ready to talk to us. This is their attitude. They have utmost disrespect for people. They want people like Anna, Arvind, Manish and others to die so that they can continue their loot," he charged

At Jantar Mantar, Team Anna members have requested Arvind Kejriwal and Gopal Sharma to end their fast. With the government showing no inclination for talks to end their stir, a worried Team Anna today held discussions among themselves on the way ahead even as the health of Kejriwal and Rai worsened. Both have been fasting for eight days now. Rai is believed to be more serious than Kejriwal.

After being advised hospitalisation, Kejriwal had yesterday warned the government against using force to remove him and his associates from the protest site.

Just in: The Supreme Court has set aside the conviction of three persons accused of tampering with evidence in the 1999 BMW hit and run case. On Jan 10, 1999,  six persons, including three policemen, were killed by a speeding BMW car driven by Sanjay Nanda in the early hours in Lodhi Colony area.

After graduating from the mass communication department of Cairo University, Heba Seraq-Eddin couldn't find a job. Potential employers turned her down, she says, because of her veil. Heba wears the niqab, the black fabric that covers her whole face, except for the eyes.
For what happened next, read this report.

Over 2,000 employees, from top honchos to the workers, posted at the violence-hit Manesar plant of Maruti Suzuki India, will not get their salaries on Wednesday (August 1). Read more

Another interesting read: The diesel generator: India's trusty power source

India's electrical grid: Did someone fall asleep at the controls? Read the NYT report.

The Pakistan government has formally informed India that evidence provided by New Delhi in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks case is not admissible in a Pakistani court as defence lawyers were not allowed to cross-examine Indian officials, a media report said today.

Pakistan's Interior Ministry has informed the Indian government that the evidence is not admissible in the trial of seven Pakistani suspects, including Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, since defence lawyers were not allowed to cross-examine Indian officials when a Pakistani judicial commission visited Mumbai in March.

In a letter sent to the Indian government yesterday, the Interior Ministry cited the ruling of a Rawalpindi-based anti-terrorism court and said cross-examination of key Indian officials is needed to make the evidence admissible in Pakistan, The Express Tribune reported.

Taking over the reins of the Power Ministry at a time when it is steeped in crisis, Veerappa Moily will have to address the issues ranging from the failure of the three grids that plunged 21 states into darkness, to fuel shortages and the financial health of the distribution companies.

"I always like challenges in life...these things (electricity transmission and fuel issues) are very sensitive rather hyper sensitive in the sector, problems will crop up at the same time how we combat these problems that becomes a challenge," Moily said.

"We are very much capable...capacity has been built... that is not the end of the journey we need to do more that is why we are here, he added.

Kerala State Committee CPM leader P Jayarajan has been arrested for his alleged role in the murder of a Muslim League activist.

Read TVR Shenoy's piece for rediff.com: Is the CPI-M writing its obituary in Kerala?

And another one by Shenoy: Murder and mayhem: What's going on in Andhra Pradesh and Kerala? Read

Olympics update: The Badminton World Federation has charged eight female Olympic doubles players with "not using one's best efforts to win a match". Four pairs of players - two from South Korea, one from China and one from Indonesia - could be disciplined. Read

Yesterday, then Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, said that some states - specifically UP, Haryana and Punjab - were overdrawing power, which was creating problems. That, according to Shinde is what triggered the world's biggest power outage yesterday.

Also read: Why India just suffered the world's biggest black-out

So Sushilkumar Shinde takes over as home minister leaving his former portfolio as power minister with Veerappa Moily. Moily began by making the right noises, saying he will not blame states for the concurrent blackouts that affected 67 crore people. He said he does not believe in blame games and will institute an inquiry to see how it can be prevented. He said he would set up 24x7 monitoring to ensure constant vigil against power crashes and promised restructuring of state electricity regulatory boards.

Celebrated writer and political commentator Gore Vidal has died aged 86, according to US media.He died at his home in Los Angeles on Tuesday evening of complications from pneumonia, his nephew, Burr Steers, said.

A prolific writer, Gore Vidal produced 25 novels, including the best-selling Burr and Myra Breckenridge, more than 200 essays, and several plays.He also ran for political office twice and was a well-known commentator.Mr Steers told the Associated Press that his uncle had been ill "for quite a while."

More on the bbc.

Update on Team Anna's fast. After a week of fasting, the health of Team Anna members Arvind Kejriwal and Gopal Rai deteriorated yesterday. Despite doctors advising hospitalization, the two refused to end their fast and warned the government against any attempt to force-feed them.

Tests showed both activists had elevated ketone levels, indicating that the body was breaking down stored fat. Rai, whose ketone level was in the danger zone (four plus), has been vomiting frequently.

Read the TOI report.

By appointing Sushil Kumar Shinde as the Union home minister, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seems to have used the Indira Gandhi formula of giving the coveted position to a former chief minister.

Gandhi's preference for a former chief minister was based on her belief that since the home ministry deals extensively with states, it was important to have someone heading this portfolio with the wider background particularly since it concerns the sensitive matter of Centre-state relations

Read the report on the Times of India.

News from the Olympics...

Double amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius will be able to run any part of the Olympic 4x400-meter relay and will not be held back by concerns his carbon fiber blades would endanger others in the race, the IAAF said.

Pistorius was the leadoff runner in the semifinals at the world championships in Daegu last year after the IAAF had raised concerns that that his carbon fiber blades would endanger others in the race. South Africa won silver but Pistorius did not run the final. Pistorius is the first amputee runner on blades competing in the Olympics and his four-year battle to overturn a ban and qualify to compete in track's premier event became one of the most compelling stories of the games.

Pistorius is set to run in the individual 400 on Saturday and is expected to run the relay next week.

Voice of America reports: Pakistani and United States officials have formally signed an agreement allowing NATO supply trucks to travel through Pakistan into Afghanistan through the end of 2015.

The deal comes a day before the head of Pakistan's spy agency begins talks in Washington with his American counterpart on anti-terrorism cooperation.

More than nine months after a MiG-29 crashed in the mountainous Lahaul-Spiti area of Himachal Pradesh, the Indian Air Force has found some body parts, believed to be of its pilot, in glaciers.

AP reports: A double bombing struck at an upscale neighbourhood Iraq's capital today, killing at least 21 even though police stopped three attackers storming a counterterror unit, as the government strained to control al-Qaeda-based chaos gripping the country.

AP reports:  Policemen loyal to Yemen's ousted leader Ali Abdullah Saleh stormed the country's InteriorMinistry on Tuesday, setting off clashes that left at least 15 people killed and 43 wounded, according to the country'ssecurity operations room.

AFP reports: Slain Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi's son Seif al-Islam believes he should be tried beforethe International Criminal Court if justice is to be served, his lawyers said on Tuesday.

An Islamist militant group has claimed responsibility for several deadly attacks against regime forces in Syria, SITE Intelligence Group reported on Tuesday.

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday announced additional tough sanctions targetting Iran's energy and petrochemical sectors, which he said are part of efforts to isolate the Iranian government for its failure to meet its international obligations over its nuclear programme.

Indian major Tata Steel has been fined 500,000 pounds over the death of worker who fell into a stream of molten liquid at the then Corus-owned plant in Wales.

BBC reports: The United Nation's refugee agency has warned that thousands of people are still trapped in Syria's economic hub, Aleppo, as the army offensive against rebel strongholds continued for a fourth day.