ISLAMABAD - The victims of a devastating car bomb attack in Pakistan's Peshawar city in 2009 still face enormous hardships to meet their daily needs as the bombing had snatched away the lone breadwinners of the families, a media report said Thursday.

LONDON - Britain will be at risk if its secrets are compromised, the chief of the country's Secret Intelligence Service MI6 said Thursday in a veiled attack on the courts, which have demanded evidence from agents during a string of human rights cases.

KOLKATA - The families of the abducted Intelligence Bureau officer and an NGO ctivist Thursday appealed to the Maoists for immediate and safe release of their kins.

KANPUR - One person was killed and several others trapped under rubble after a blast brought down a two-storeyed building here Thursday.