The gunbattle between militants and security forces in a forested area of Jammu and Kashmir's mountainous Poonch district entered its eighth day Thursday with soldiers continuing to fight weather and the tough terrain to eliminate the infiltrators.

An alleged Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative, Imran Shehzad, suspected to be involved in the November 26 terror attack, was today remanded in police custody till January 22 by a local court.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said forces of extremism and terrorism will not be allowed to destablise India and declared that the country will work with the international community to ensure there is no safe haven or launching pads for terrorists.

Amid a chill in Indo-Pak ties, US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher arrives in New Delhi on Thursday from Pakistan to discuss the situation arising out of the Mumbai terror attacks.

Angry at Islamabad's rejection of evidence on Mumbai attacks within 24 hours, India today said the Pakistani contention is not "credible" and that it has resorted to the "previous patterns of denial of facts, evidence and reality."

US Ambassador David C Mulford on Saturday met Home Minister P Chidambaram here in the backdrop of Washington's offer to collaborate with New Delhi following the Mumbai terror attacks.

Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad on Friday arrested Hakim, an accused in the Mumbai terror attack in November, who carried a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head.

More than 30 terror outfits are still active in Pakistan, Defence Minister AK Antony said Friday while stressing that there was no change in Islamabad's attitude after the Mumbai terror attack.

The death toll in the serial bombings in India's northeastern state of Assam has risen to six with one person succumbing to his injuries overnight, officials said here Friday.