Dhaka - An Indian boarder guard Sunday night shot down three Bangladesh nationals in a remote village of the country's northern frontier district of Panchagarh, local media reported Monday.

Officials at the Bangladesh Rifles headquarters in Dhaka said that the Border Security Force of India killed the three innocent villagers, including an infant and her mother.

They said villagers captured a member of the Indian guard after the firing incident in the dead of night. The BSF man was reported to be drunk.

Srinagar, Nov 17 : Polling is progressing peacefully for the first phase of assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.

Voting is taking place in ten constituencies spread over four districts of Bandipora, Poonch, Leh and Kargil.

Elaborate security arrangements have been made to ensure free and fair polls. Brisk polling was reported in Leh and Kargil districts.

New Delhi, Nov 17 : Egyptian President Mohammad Hosni Mubarak, who arrived on a four-day visit to India, will address the Indo Egyptian Business Forum today.

The President is accompanied by a high-level delegation including several ministers, senior officials and businesspersons.

On Tuesday, President Mubarak will be presented the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding, which was conferred on him for the year 1995.

The focus of Mubarak''s visit will be on intensifying strategic and economic cooperation between India and Egypt. The two countries are old friends and founders of the non-aligned movement and South-South cooperation.

Chicago, Nov. 17: The Obamas' have said that while they have promised their two daughters a dog as their gift for their father winning the U. S. presidential elections, they will wait to induct the pooch till late winter or early spring.

The meeting of the Home Ministers of the SAARC countries has been postponed "on the request of a member country".