ISLAMABAD - Six suspected suicide bombers have been arrested from two places in Pakistan and a huge cache or arms, including suicide jackets, recovered from them, ahead of the Shia community's Ashura procession, officials said.

ISLAMABAD - At least six suspected militants were killed Thursday when a US drone fired missiles in Pakistan's northwestern tribal areas bordering Afghanistan.

GUWAHATI - Jailed chairman of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) Arabinda Rajkhowa is all set to step out of prison as the government prosecutor Thursday did not oppose his bail petition, a step seen as an official attempt to pave the way for peace talks.

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RANCHI - More than a year after the centre sent six senior paramilitary officers to Jharkhand for anti-Maoist operations, the state government has still not formulated their service conditions, thus denying the officers facilities like insurance and higher pay.