Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist caught during the November 26 terror attacks, was on Thursday remanded in police custody till December 24 by a Mumbai court.

Ajmal was not produced in a regular court due to security reasons.

But a magistrate and a public prosecutor were taken to the police lock-up, where the terrorist was lodged.

"When asked by the magistrate if he had any complaints against the police, Ajmal said he had none," Additional Public Prosecutor Eknath Dhumal said referring to the remand proceedings.

There will be separate police force for the security and safety of travelers, said Tourism Minister Ambika Soni Thursday.

The new force will be called Tourist Security Organisation.

The tourism ministry in consultation with the ministries of home and defence and state governments had framed guidelines for forming the force, Soni said in Lok Sabha.  

“The guidelines have been sent to the state governments and union territories,” the minister said.

The Russian government has asked its citizens to reconsider their trips to the tourism hot spot Goa.

Nearly 45,000 Russian tourists visit Goa each season.

The Russian foreign ministry has specifically advised its citizens wishing to travel to Goa to “reconsider” their decision.

“We have not told them not to come to Goa, we have asked our citizens to reconsider their decision of coming to Goa in view of the security situation,” advocate Vikram Varma told to a news agency on behalf of the Russian consulate.

December does not have its regular feel with maximum temperature on Wednesday touching 27.9 degrees Celsius, four notches above normal. However, the Met department predicts a drop in temperature from Thursday as wind patterns in the region are set to change.

The chairman of Ruia Group, Pawan Kumar Ruia met Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee to discuss the issue of Dunlop factory closure in Sahagunj, West Bengal. Ruia group had suspended the work at the unit on November 30, amid political and workforce opposition. It has been demanding a loan of Rs 100 crore from the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation (WBDIC) but the government has yet to respond.

A police man was seriously injured when Maoists exploded a landmine near a police outpost in Orissa's Rayagada district early Thursday.