The Catholic nun who was allegedly raped in Kandhamal has moved Orissa High Court seeking a direction to prosecution to conduct Test Identification Parade (TIP) of the accused outside Kandhamal district.

A decision on the Maharashtra leadership issue is likely by Wednesday.The discussions on the matter would gain momentum only after Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukhin arrives in New Delhi on Tuesday.

A seven-member team of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and a team from the Scotland Yard of UK, which have arrived in the city, started their assessment of the Mumbai terror attack and met senior police officials on Monday.

In the wake of Mumbai terror strikes, the Ministry of External Affairs on Monday summoned Pakistan High Commissioner Shahid Malik to lodge protest over Pakistan's failure to curb terrorism emanating from its soil.

The deadly terror strikes in Mumbai is likely to cast a shadow on the ongoing Indo-Pak peace process and composite dialogue, with the government coming under immense pressure to act tough with Pakistan in view of the continued terrorism emanating from there.

Industrialist Ashok Todi was on Monday remanded in 12 days of judicial custody for allegedly abetting his son in-law Rizwanur Rahman's suicide.

A fresh non-bailable arrest warrant was today issued against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena Chief Raj Thackeray after he failed to appear in a Jamshedpur court in connection with a case pertaining to his alleged derogatory remarks over 'chhat' festival.

The mood at the special MCOCA court on Monday was sombre when Maharashtra's Anti-Terrorism Squad(ATS) shaken by the killing of its chief Hemant Karkare produced Dayanand Pandey, an accused in the Malegaon blasts case, who was sent to judicial custody.

P Chidambaram, who took charge of the home ministry Monday after Shivraj Patil quit in the aftermath of the Mumbai attacks, assured that the government would respond with "determination" to threats posed to national security and sought the support of the people.

Emphasising that Congress is not into "politicising" terror, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday sought cooperation of all political parties in fighting the "serious problem" of terrorism.

"We have constituted teams to trace the truck and the consignment. The truck might have been taken outside the state," said S N Pradhan, spokesperson of Jharkhand police.

Union Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Monday appeared emerging as the frontrunner to succeed Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh who has offered to resign in the aftermath of terror attacks in Mumbai.

The main opposition Congress party's manifesto for Tuesday's elections declares that ecological balance and saving the forest cover are essential for the survival of mankind.

A total of 20,737 cases of rape were reported last year registering a 7.2 percent increase over the previous year, with Madhya Pradesh becoming the "rape capital" of the country by topping the list of such incidents.

"We will have a reasonable growth rate, inflation will moderate and growth rate would be very satisfactory," he told reporters as he wound up work in the Finance Ministry before moving to the other part of North Block as Home Minister.

Two days after the last of the terrorists was gunned down by commandos, the country's commercial capital limps back to normal with the routine flurry of activities seen in almost all parts of the city.

"I offered to resign at the CWC meeting (on Saturday) if any responsibility lies on the Chief Minister. Whatever decision the high command and my leader takes, I will abide by it," 63-year-old Deshmukh told a news conference in Mumbai.

"I have submitted my resignation letter to Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh. I have gone by my conscience and decided to take this step," Patil told PTI.

A visibly angry father of Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, the National Security Guard (NSG) commando killed while battling terrorists in Mumbai, Sunday night refused to accept condolences from the Kerala chief minister and asked him to leave his home in Bangalore.

"Culling operations are on in the district of Kamrup since Friday and so far about 40,000 chickens and ducks were killed," said Manoranjan Choudhury, deputy director of the Assam Veterinary department.