New Delhi  - Five separatist rebels were killed in a gun battle with security forces in India's north-eastern Assam state, news reports said Sunday.

The clash took place late Saturday in a forest area of Nalbari district, about 90 kilometres west of Assam's main city Guwahati, IANS news agency reported quoting police officials.

"A joint team of police, paramilitary and Indian Army soldiers raided the forest reserve following specific intelligence inputs about the presence of a group of militants," army spokesman R Kalia said.

Onboard Air India One, Oct 26 : Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has said that he is ‘sad’ on the circumstances in which TATA Motors has to shift its ultra low-cost ‘Nano’ car plant to Sanand near Ahmedabad from West Bengal.

Onboard Air India One, Oct 26 : Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh while talking to reporters on board his special aircraft on his way back to New Delhi from Beijing, has expressed concern about the ongoing inflation and financial crisis.

Dr. Singh said: "To say that I am not worried would not be correct. Being a Prime Minister, it is my duty to be worried when things don''''t move as planned."

Onboard Air India One, Oct 26 : Speaking on recent violence in Maharashtra and its backlash in Bihar, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has appealed to all political parties and all men and women to realise the gravity of the situation fanning regional tensions.

"I don''t want to criticize any government while I am on foreign soil, but it is very unfortunate that these incidents have taken place. Tribal animosities are an act of disservice to our country. All of us have an obligation regardless of our political affiliations to do nothing, which will work against the unity, integrity and social cohesion of our country," Dr. Singh said while talking to reporters.

New Delhi - More than 150 people were arrested and a dozen injured as groups clashed with the police and attacked railway stations across India's eastern state of Bihar on Saturday to protest attacks on migrants in the financial capital of Mumbai, news reports said.

Mobs of students vandalized railway stations and blocked rail and road traffic as part of a shutdown called to protest attacks by the right-wing Maharashtra Navnirman Sena party (MNS).

"Over 150 students were arrested across the state and some student leaders were also taken into custody early on Saturday. In state capital Patna alone, 25 students were arrested," a police official told the IANS news agency.