Police said yesterday they have arrested six suspects in another gang rape of a bus passenger in India, four weeks after a brutal attack on a student on a moving bus in the capital outraged Indians and led to calls for tougher rape laws.

An Indian journalist has been arrested in connection with last month’s bombing of an Israeli diplomatic vehicle in New Delhi, authorities said today.

Pakistan’s security forces have arrested a further 42 suspected Islamic militants as part of a terrorist crackdown designed to prevent another war with India.