Pakistan on Monday condemned a terror attack in the Indian state of Punjab in which seven people -- three civilians and four security personnel -- were killed during an 11-hour gun battle....

In a major change, Nepal's political parties have agreed to remove the word "secularism" from the new constitution....
Indian ambassador-designate to Oman Indra Mani Pandey on Monday called on Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and said the embassy in the sultunate will become a one-stop destination for all Indian expatriates....
The 46-year-old Kerala auto-rickshaw driver, who underwent a heart transplant surgery at a private hospital in Kochi on Friday, was taken off the ventilator on Monday, a doctor said....
Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Monday "named" Congress member Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary for disregarding and insulting the chair by banging a placard on her table....
Former IPL chief Lalit Modi's lawyer Mehmood M. Abdi has lodged a complaint about receiving death threats from mafia don Ravi Pujari, a police officer said on Monday....

The central government on Monday strongly opposed 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts convict Yakub Memon's plea challenging the death warrant issued against him and seeking stay of his execution -- slated for July 30 -- saying that he has exhausted all the legal and administrative remedies....
Congress parliamentarian from Ludhiana, Ravneet Singh Bittu, said on Monday that the terrorist attack in Punjab's Gurdaspur district was an attempt to revive the Khalistan movement in the state and urged the Punjab and central governments to immediately take necessary steps to stop it....

After nearly 11 hours, the terrorist attack on Punjab's Dinanagar town came to an end on Monday evening, police sources said....

The information and broadcasting ministry on Monday asked TV channels not to show live coverage of the ongoing anti-terrorism operations in Dinanagar town of Gurdaspur district in Punjab and said some channels carried such telecasts in violation of rules....