BAGHDAD - Police Saturday arrested a member of the country's military in southern Iraq, on suspicion of being behind car bombings that killed and injured dozens of people last month.
PATNA - After an all-party meet held here, the state government Saturday asked the Maoists to release the three abducted Bihar policemen and said it was ready for dialogue with them over the issue.
KOLKATA - A day after a pro-Maoist tribal body claimed that its leader and spokesman Manoj Mahato had been taken away by security personnel, West Bengal police Saturday admitted that he had been arrested during a two-day-long joint operation in West Midnapore district.
RANCHI - The last rites of Bihar policeman Lucas Tete, who was killed by the Maoists in Bihar's Lakhisarai district, were held Saturday with full state honours in his home town in Jharkhand's Simdega district.
ISLAMABAD - A day after a deadly blast targeting a Shia procession killed 73 people and injured over 150 others in Quetta, the Pakistani city Saturday wore a completely deserted look, media reports said.
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