SEOUL: North Korea on Monday deported a 75-year-old Australian missionary detained since last month for allegedly distributing religious materials.

 MAIDUGURI (Nigeria): Twin car bombs at a bustling city marketplace blasted buildings to rubble and tore apart bodies the same night an attack on a farming village razed every thatched-roof hut.

PATNA: As the Congress failed to respond to RJD chief's offer of 11 seats by the deadline of 3pm, Lalu Prasad took a tough stand on Sunday and asked his party leaders and workers to make preparations to contest the ensuing Lok Sabha polls from all 40 seats in Bihar.

PATNA: Chief minister Nitish Kumar hit the streets on Sunday for special category status to Bihar and marched nearly 5km from his official residence to Gandhi Maidan where he staged dharna for five hours near Gandhi statue as part of Bihar bandh. He called it 'Satyagraha' to press the demand and protest the Centre's discrimination against the state.

AJNALA: At least 282 human skulls, besides parts of broken jaws and bones were discovered in a well in Gurdwara Shaheed Ganj in Ajnala near Amritsar.

LAHORE: Elated after Pakistan's triumph over India in the ongoing Asia Cup, PCB chairman Najam Sethi said the team's continued success would help ensure more bilateral opportunities against the traditional foes and guarantee a steady flow of revenue.

DUBAI: Roger Federer's 78th tour-level title, which came at the Dubai Duty Free ATP 500 Series event on Saturday night, took him to the third position in the in the all-time title leaders list. Only Jimmy Connors (109) and Ivan Lendl (94) have won more.

MIRPUR: Veteran all-rounder Shahid Afridi admitted Sunday that his match-winning 18-ball 34 against arch-rivals India in Pakistan's thrilling one-wicket win in the Asia Cup helped him relieve some pressure.

PUNE: Apparently disappointed with Arvind Kejriwal for not responding to his 17-point agenda, social activist Anna Hazare on Thursday accused the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader of being power hungry.

NEW DELHI: Indian Mujahideen was keen on 26/11—type fidayeen attack, targeting police and politicians, instead of planting bombs and running away. IM operative Mirza Shadab Baig and Hyderabad blasts accused Asadullah Akhtar had discussed that bomb explosions killing common people had little impact as the government moved on after paying compensation to victims.