SHILLONG - Meghalaya Home Minister H.D.R. Lyngdoh Sunday expressed optimism that more Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) rebels would surrender to end their armed struggle for a sovereign Garoland.

NEW DELHI - A combative Congress Sunday declared a no-holds war on right-wing groups, especially the RSS on its terror links, and also outlined a four-point agenda to fight the blight of corruption that has made the party-led central government the target of repeated attacks over numerous scams.

SRINAGAR - Two modules of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Hizbul Mujahideen were busted Sunday in south Kashmir's Anantnag district, thus unearthing a nexus between the guerrillas and the stone pelters who had resorted to violence in the Valley since June, police said.

KABUL - Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped seven Bangladeshi construction workers in a northern Afghanistan province, an official said Sunday.