New Delhi, Sept 15 : Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil will inaugurate a two-day ''''International Seminar on Terrorism'''' here today.

The seminar is being organised by the Asia Pacific chapter of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP). India presently chairs the Asia Pacific World Regional Office of the IACP, and in that capacity, is the organiser of the seminar.

The seminar is aimed at providing an interactive platform for sharing of expertise and experience between India and other countries, which are similarly affected, by militancy and terrorism.

New Delhi, Sept 14 : The Asia Pacific chapter of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) is organizing an ''International Seminar on Terrorism'' here on September 15-16.

India presently chairs the Asia Pacific World Regional Office of the IACP, and in that capacity is the organizer of the seminar. Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil will inaugurate the seminar while National Security Adviser M. K. Narayanan will deliver the keynote address.

New Delhi, Sept 14 : Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ''Prachanda'' has arrived in New Delhi this afternoon on a five-day visit to India.

During his visit, Prachanda is scheduled to meet his Indian counterpart Dr. Manmohan Singh, President Pratibha Patil, and Vice-President Mohammad Hamid Ansari.

New Delhi, Sept 14 : A day after five serial blasts rocked the national capital Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil chaired a high-level meeting to assess the security situation.

National Security Advisor M K Narayanan, Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrashekar, Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta, Director Intelligence Bureau P C Haldar and Delhi Police Commissioner Y S Dadwal attended the meeting.

New Delhi - India on Sunday successfully test-fired its indigenously developed air-to-air missile Astra from a defence base in eastern Orissa state for the second time in two days, a news report said.

The beyond-visual range missile which is capable of evading the radar and attacking enemy targets up to 110 kilometres was test-fired at the Integrated Test Range in Chandipur, the PTI news agency reported.

The test was conducted after an analysis of data generated from Saturday's flight trial from the same base in order to further validate all major parameters, defence sources told the PTI.

New Delhi - Indian police hunted Sunday for the bombers involved in multiple blasts in New Delhi that killed at least 21 people, the worst terrorist strike in the country since 56 people were killed in the western Ahmedabad city in July.

Five explosions ripped through busy shopping and commercial areas on Saturday evening, killing 20 people and injuring 98. A 15-year-old girl succumbed to injuries on Sunday raising the death toll to 21.