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Patna, Jan. 14 : Expressing profound grief over the alleged gang rape and murder of a 32-year-old woman in Bihar''s Bhagalpur District, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday said Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led NDA Government in the state is investigating the entire matter and strict actions will be taken against those accused of the heinous crime.

BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain said the incident that has taken place in Kahalgaon is a very tragic one.

Washington, Jan 14 : The head of the US House Homeland Security Committee has urged President Barack Obama not to cave in to renewed pleas by Egyptian authorities to release the "Blind Sheikh", who had been a convicted terrorist `with American blood on his hands."

U. S. Representative for Texas Michael McCaul asked Obama to stand firm on the issue and warned that releasing Omar Abdel Rahman would be "seen as a major sign of weakness throughout the Muslim extremist world."

Johannesburg, Jan 14 : Russia has said that Syrian President Bashar Assad's removal from power was not a part of past international agreements on the crisis and it is impossible to implement.

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pointed out that this is a precondition that is not contained in the Geneva communiqué, which was agreed by world powers last year, and which is impossible to implement because it does not depend on anyone.

London, Jan 14 : Radical Islamists linked with Al-Qaeda are using an Internet site based in Britain to recruit extremists, a report has claimed.

The hate website includes instructions on how to contact the Brigade 313 network, which has attacked British and US troops in Afghanistan.

Washington, Jan 14 : Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has expressed confidence that the Afghan people will accept America's demand for immunity for the US troops left in place there after the 2014 withdrawal.

Karzai had earlier stated that he would take the issue to his people, but now he has said that immunity is likely to become a reality.

According to CNN, Karzai assured with `relatively good confidence' that people of his country would say `its alright to do so'.