Loud explosions and anti-aircraft fire rang across the Libyan capital for the third night in running as coalition bombers and missiles struck targets. The allied firepower targeted Muammar Gaddafi's Tripoli compound and a big naval base on the outskirts of the city. They also attacked Gaddafi's stronghold of Zuwarah, Sirte, Sebha as well as the embattled city of Ajdabiya as indications emerged that the no-fly zone over Libya is going to be widened to cover almost 1,000 kms. A top US general claimed that coalition attack had virtually frozen Gaddafi's advance in the key rebel city of Benghazi, handing back some momentum to the rebels, who were on the verge of being overrun just last week.The Libyan television reported that a missile hit a spot near Col Gaddafi's sprawling Bab al-Aziza compound last evening without elaborating. Similar explosions rocked the capital on Sunday night with coalition officials saying that an administrative command and control centre in Gaddafi's fortified complex had been destroyed by a cruise missile. Libyan Government spokesman Mussa Ibrahim said that southern town of Sebha, bastion of Gaddafi's Guedefa tribe, had also been attacked and these strikes had caused numerous civilian casualties. Though battered by constant air and missile strikes, the Libyan Government forces continued to engage in scattered fighting, defying the UN resolution which demand an immediate ceasefire by Gaddafi's troops and an end to attack on civilians. Al Jazeera reported heavy fighting was going on for control of the town of Misruta, Libya's third largest town located 214 kms east of Tripoli. The Arab channel quoted witnesses as saying that Gaddafi's tanks and snipers have shot dead more than 40 people and left 400 wounded in battles on the outskirts of the city.Al Jazeera as well as Western television channels showed footage of a highway running between Benghazi and Ajdabiya littered with burnt out husk of Gaddafi's tanks and armoured personnel carrier hit by air strikes as they scrambled back to Ajdabiya.Meanwhile, the UN security council is meeting later this week to discuss whether the current military action in Libya is in accordance with its resolution on the issue.India's envoy to the UN, Hardeep Singh Puri said, the Council will also discuss whether armed rebels are regarded as civilians under the resolution. External Affairs Ministry sources said in New Delhi, there will be a substantive discussion to look at the text of resolution number 1973 and then see whether this is compliance or less or more. The 15-member body had rejected a request by Libya yesterday to convene an emergency meeting to halt what the country's Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa described as military aggression by the US and France.Last week, the Security Council adopted a resolution drafted by Britain and France, authorising military intervention in the country to enforce a no-fly zone. India, China, Russia, Brazil and Germany abstained from voting on the resolution. The resolution was co-authored by Britain and France.In a related development, India today said no external power should interfere in the internal affairs of any other country. Responding to the concerns of the members in the Lok Sabha on Libyan developments, the Leader of the House,Mr. Pranab Mukherjee said that government has already made its stand clear on the issue. India has regretted the air strikes and called upon all parties to abjure violence. New Delhi has also pleaded that the need of the hour is cessation of armed conflict in that countryEarlier, Political parties cutting across party lines urged the Lok Sabha to adopt a unanimous resolution deploring what they called brutal attacks on Libya.Meanwhile, US President Barack Obama has asserted that it is America's policy that the Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi must go and his Administration has multiple tools to ensure that this goal is achieved. The US President was addressing a joint news conference with his Chilean counterpart Sebastian Pinera in Santiago. He said, they were very rapid in initiating unilateral sanctions and then helping to mobilize international sanctions against the Gaddafi regime. Obama said the US military action is in support of an international mandate from the Security Council that specifically focuses on the humanitarian threat posed byColonel Gaddafi to his people. The US froze assets that Gaddafi might have used to further empower himself and purchase weapons or hire mercenaries that might be directed against the Libyan people.