The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has refused to issue a new passport to Iqbal Kaskar, younger brother of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim.

Jamim Shah, a Nepali media tycoon and owner of a private TV channel, was gunned down in the heart of the capital today, amid speculation that the killing could be linked to his alleged association with the underworld.

Amid India's concerns over use of Nepalese soil by ISI and other anti-India elements, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal has said such apprehensions are being taking seriously but made it clear that an Extradition Treaty would have to wait for political stability here.

Running a criminal syndicate of 5,000 members with strategic alliance with the ISI, LeT and al Qaida, the Karachi-headquartered D-Company is an example of "criminal-terrorism" fusion model and poses a threat to the US security interests in South Asia, a Congressional report said.

Yunus Ansari, son of former Nepalese minister Salim Ansari, his bodyguard and two Pakistani nationals were arrested in Nepal.