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After weeks of denials, Pakistan Wednesday finally owned up to the lone survivor of Mumbai attacks Ajmal Amir Kasab but, given the heinous nature of the crime, refused to provide him the legal aid he has sought.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, a prominent spiritual guru, was Wednesday appointed as a member of the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB), a temple trust which was at the centre of communal tension in Jammu and Kashmir last year.

A day after India's Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma urged Pakistan to own up the nationality of Ajmal Kasab, the lone terrorist captured during the Mumbai carnage as the "first step" to indicate its intention to cooperate in the probe into the incident, Islamabad did just that.

With Islamabad rejecting the evidence linking Pakistani nationals with the Mumbai carnage, India will seek the support of the US in stepping up pressure on Pakistan when Richard Boucher, the Bush administration's key points person for South Asia, holds talks with Indian officials here Thursday.

A civilian "moving suspiciously" was shot dead by army guards a short distance from Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's residence here, police said.

India Wednesday reacted sharply to Pakistan Read Complete Story »

The battle raging between militants and security forces in a forested area of mountainous Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir continued for the seventh day Wednesday and soldiers were battling weather and tough terrain to eliminate the intruders.

Asserting that India had "all available and possible options" open, Defence Minister A.K. Antony Wednesday asked Pakistan to book those who gave "inspiration, direction and support" to the terrorists who staged the Mumbai terror attacks and to "dismantle" the terror outfits functioning from its territory.

A day after Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the Mumbai attack had the support of Pakistani "official agencies", several leading newspapers Wednesday responded with anger. India should give Pakistan "space" to act against terrorism, one editorial said while another contended that New Delhi seemed interested more in "maligning Pakistan internationally".

The battle raging between militants and security forces in the mountainous forested area of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir continued for the seventh day Wednesday and army officials said the intruders had tried to breach the security cordon laid around the area overnight.