SRINAGAR - Heavily armed separatist guerrillas attacked the residence of the Sopore police chief in Jammu and Kashmir by opening fire and hurling grenades, police said Monday.

RAIPUR - A weeklong shutdown enforced by Maoists has hit iron ore transportation by NMDC Ltd, India's largest iron ore producer and exporter in the public sector, at its key mining facilities in Chhattisgarh, an official said Monday.

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's security forces have managed to get more than 85 percent of the country's troubled Orakzai agency cleared from the militants to enable return of displaced people, authorities said.