SHILLONG - Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma Tuesday admitted that the Garo Hills region in the state was being used as a corridor by rebel groups and operatives of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) for anti-India activities.

SRINAGAR - Following claims that three men killed by police in Srinagar Monday were "innocent youth", the Jammu and Kashmir Police Tuesday said the trio was functioning as "a Jaish-e-Muhammad module" and was involved in the killing of two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers in Pattan on Nov 10.

ISLAMABAD - A plan to launch a terror attack on Karachi was foiled Tuesday with the arrest of four Pakistani Taliban militants, police said.

LONDON - A Bangladesh-born computer expert in Britain, alleged to have offered himself as a suicide bomber, appeared in court Tuesday and denied terrorism charges, a media report said.

GUWAHATI - Assam's main opposition Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) is bitterly divided on the issue of granting amnesty to jailed separatists as a party MP Tuesday opposed the proposal made by his colleague.