NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday said the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, which witnessed violent protests last year, had improved vastly in the last four months due to measures taken by the state and central governments.

CAIRO - As protesters gathered for a million people march Tuesday, intensifying their agitation against Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule, the Egyptian president asked the newly appointed vice president to hold talks with the opposition.

NEW DELHI - Home Minister P. Chidambaram Tuesday said new terror groups were emerging and there was no room for complacency even though the internal security situation in the country had vastly improved in the past year.

LONDON/ROME - Small-time actresses and showgirls, who are at the centre of the prostitution scandal involving Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, have complained of losing their works because of the notoriety of the case, a media report here said.

ANKARA - Expressing concern at the violence during the weeklong protests in Egypt, Turkey has urged both the Egyptian government and opposition groups to maintain peace in the country.