Pakistan understands it must take quick action against any terrorists connected to the Mumbai attacks that are living in the country, US Senator John McCain said today after meeting its leaders.

Police found two bombs at Mumbai’s main train station nearly a week after they were left there by gunmen behind the attacks – in a stunning new example of the botched security that has become a major issue in India since the deadly three-day siege.

Indian forces today claimed they would soon have Mumbai under full control after nearly two days of chaos and confusion that followed the terrorist attacks there.

The terror attacks in Mumbai have killed at least 143 people, according to reports from the Indian capital.

The Indian city of Jaipur was put under curfew today amid fears of retaliation against its Muslim minority after a series of bombs killed at least 80 people.

India’s foreign minister, who was seriously injured when a lorry slammed into his car in eastern India, is now stable, it was reported today.

Indian foreign minister Pranab Mukherjee, a long-time stalwart of the governing Congress Party, was seriously injured when a lorry slammed into his car, it was reported today.

India has turned down a US offer of assistance for the victims of the weekend’s earthquake, saying the country has enough resources, the Press Trust of India news agency reported today.

The Indian Cabinet approved a €60m military spending plan today - after an announcement last week that rival Pakistan would buy sophisticated US fighter jets.

INDIA criticised the American government's decision to sell F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan yesterday, saying the move could affect the dialogue between New Delhi and Islamabad.

Paramedics today began vaccinating more than 65,000 refugees in the south of India as authorities rushed aid to survivors of the tsunami that killed at least 4,400 people in India and left 8,000 missing, many of them feared dead, officials said.

Expectant mothers can cause irreparable harm to their unborn child by drinking “safe” levels of alcohol during their pregnancy, a medical conference will be warned today.

A trust set up with revenues from Richard Attenborough’s Oscar-winning Gandhi is helping provide aid to hundreds of poor and forgotten Indian actors.

Rival political workers clashed during local elections today in an eastern Indian state, leaving at least 13 dead and dozens injured, police said.

A large boat packed with villagers capsized in a river today in eastern India, killing nine people, police said.

A blast killed at least 14 people in a house in eastern India where crude bombs were being assembled.