Pakistani police arrested a group of Islamist militants who were plotting to kill the prime minister and other top government officials, a top officer said Thursday.

The conspiracy against Prime Mini

Three Hizbul Mujahideen militants were on Thursday killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district.

Unidentified militants bombed a girls school on Tuesday morning in Pakistan's Mohmand tribal region bordering Afghanistan, a media report said.

Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has admitted that Pakistan had trained underground militant groups to fight in Kashmir, the first such admission by a top leader of the country.

Army rescued three youths who were allegedly recruited forcibly for the Hizbul Mujahideen, from the custody of militants in Kishtwar district, the police said here on Monday.

Suspected militants attacked and set fire to at least 20 tankers carrying oil for Nato and US troops in Afghanistan on Monday, the third such strike inside Pakistan in as many days, the police said.

The Army has killed 42 militants during its counter-infiltration and counter-insurgency operations in Kashmir Valley in September, a defence spokesman said here on Saturday.

The police in northwest Pakistan apprehended five foreign militants wanted by security forces for subversive activities, officials said on Tuesday.

New Delhi, Sept. 19: With the 2010 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony exactly a fortnight away, an already security-conscious Delhi received a sudden scare on Sunday morning with two unidentified men

Three tribal villagers have been kidnapped by members of banned National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) from Desharaipara in Dhalai district, police said on Thursday.

A group of NLFT ultras raid