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London, September 16 (ANI): Facebook has announced that it has crossed a benchmark of 300 million active monthly users from across the world and also started raking in profits ahead of schedule.

Founder of the world’s largest social networking site Mark Zuckerberg said the company had not expected to begin reaping financial benefits until sometime next [...]

London, June 28 (ANI): Australia’s fast bowlers hold the key to which way this year’s Ashes will go, feels former Australian cricketer, captain and noted commentator Richie Benaud.

In an article for The News of The World, Benaud believes England would be indulging in wishful thinking if it thought their spinners could make Australian batters dance [...]

Lahore, May 24 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Qaid (PML-Q) Chief Chaudhury Shujaat Hussain has blamed India for the Swat military operation.

Addressing a press conference here, Hussain called India as ‘conspirator-in-chief’ of the Swat operation, and asked the entire nation to stand behind [...]

Lahore, May 14 (ANI): US Special Envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke has said there are certain benchmarks ready for Pakistan that would go together with the huge aid which the Obama administration is planning to provide.

Responding to Senator Robert Menendez question over expanding funding for Pakistan’s military, Holbrooke said : “We do have [...]

Lahore, May 6 (ANI): The United States Special Envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke has termed the Swat peace deal as ‘dead’, the Daily Times reported.

Addressing the House Committee on Foreign Affairs in Washington, Holbrooke said Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari had already informed the United States that the accord, signed between the [...]

Washington, May 6 (ANI): The United States has reiterated that it will not issue any blanks checks to Pakistan, and that it would be made accountable for all the financial aid it receives.

White House spokesperson Robert Gibbs said Islamabad must ensure that the financial assistance is being used exactly for carrying out operations for which [...]

Washington, Apr.26 (ANI): As the Taliban continues to advance and establish its writ in the newer areas of the country, the Pakistan Army has mysteriously failed to offer any resistance, thus compelling the United States to believe that they [...]

Kolkata, April 16 (ANI): Those who want to learn car driving in Kolkata need no longer be scared of accidents and put up with remarks of passer-by.

Learning car driving has been made easy with the installation of a car simulator in the city. One [...]

Deeply disappointed by the collapse of Fiji’s political process, the US on Friday voiced concern over the latest developments in the island nation, where a sizeable section of the population is of Indian origin.
The US also asked the interim authorities in Fiji to work towards restoration of democracy in the country.
“We call upon Fiji’s interim [...]

New Delhi, Mar.30 (ANI): Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon on Monday welcomed the new US strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, as announced by President Barack Obama last week.

In a statement issued here today on behalf of the Indian Government, Menon said: “We welcome [...]

Washington, Mar.28 (ANI): The new US policy for Afghanistan and Pakistan clearly indicates that Washington is more concerned than before about the impending crisis in the region, and wants to root out insurgency from its core by adopting a more ‘regional approach’.

According to Senior Research Fellow for South Asia at the Heritage Foundation’s Asian Studies [...]

Washington, Mar.27 (ANI): The new policy of Afghanistan and Pakistan may well see a surge in US troops in the region to facilitate the ‘war on terror’, but President Barack Obama has also clarified that Pakistan would be made accountable for all the financial aid it receives from now [...]

Wellington – New Zealand’s watchdog Commerce Commission said Wednesday that the country’s two main telecommunication companies, Telecom and Vodafone, charged too much for mobile phone calls.
Their rates were “significantly above current international cost- based benchmarks,” chairwoman Paula Rebstock said.
She said reduced price offers by the companies, which are trying to avoid government regulation forcing them [...]

London, Jan 18 (ANI): First love can be joyful, passionate and intense, but if you’re looking for happiness in later life, it’s best to avoid it altogether, says a new research.

In a book called Changing Relationships, a collection of new research papers by Britain’s leading sociologists, edited by Dr Malcolm Brynin, principal research officer at [...]