Several killed in Delhi fire:

NEW DELHI: Several people went missing and are feared dead after a fire broke out on Sunday in a slum in the capital following a gas cylinder blast. The fire broke out in a slum in RK Puram at 2 pm and spread to a ough a cluster of shanties. — HNS

Tibet snowfall kills one:

BEIJING: Heavy snowfall in a remote mountainous part of southwestern Tibet claimed the life of at least one person and left 2,481 injured, mostly with frostbite, state media reported on Sunday. The massive snowfall also killed 24,000 head of livestock in 10 counties where animal husbandry forms an essential part of the local economy, Xinhua news agency reported. — AFP

One shot dead in Thailand:

BANGKOK: One man was shot dead and another seriously injured on Sunday in two shootings that police blamed on Islamic separatists in mainly Muslim southern Thailand. Unknown attackers shot and killed 49-year-old Sueman Maming in Narathiwat province’s Rangae district, police said. — AFP

Chinese PM to visit India:

NEW DELHI: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will visit India in early April, according to well-informed sources. The visit, planned for late March or early April, would now take place in the first half of April. — HNS

Pak radio station bombed:

QUETTA: Insurgents lobbed a hand grenade into the grounds of a state-run radio station in the southwest Pakistani city of Quetta, police said on Sunday. No one was injured, said police. — AFP

Indonesia hails US move:

JAKARTA: Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) on Sunday welcomed a US decision to resume training members of the Indonesian military after a 14-year hiatus, a military spokesman said. — AFP

Five die as boat sinks:

TAIPEI: Five Chinese sailors were killed when their fishing boat sank off Taiwan and the vessel’s missing Taiwanese skipper and another sailor were also feared to have died, the coast guard said on Sunday. — AFP

Lankan soldiers hurt:

COLOMBO: Seven soldiers were injured when an old grenade accidentally exploded during a training session in eastern Sri Lanka. The explosion took place at an army garrison in Trincomalee on Saturday, said a military spokesman. — AP