Terrorism

PESHAWAR - A child was killed Monday and at least 11 schoolchildren were injured in a powerful car bomb explosion outside a school in Pakistan's Peshawar city, an official said.

GUWAHATI - Stating that it would never compromise on its demand for sovereignty or independence, the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) Monday rejected the peace initiative taken by the newly floated Citizen's Forum.

NEW DELHI - Home Minister P. Chidambaram Monday said an inquiry committee probing the killing of 76 security personnel by Maoists in Chhattisgarh will fix responsibility at all levels, from the troop commander to the home ministry.

SRINAGAR - Security forces busted a guerrilla hideout and recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district Monday, police said.

PESHAWAR - A powerful blast hit an oil tanker carrying supplies for NATO forces in Pakistan's northwestern region bordering Afghanistan Monday, a media report said.