Karachi, Nov 18: A leading Pakistani human rights activist has reportedly filed a constitutional petition seeking intervention by the Sindh High Court (SHC) to ensure the release and safe return of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, who is presently put in a US jail facing legal trial on terror charges.

New Delhi  - Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak, who is on a four-day state visit to India to strengthen strategic and economic ties, was scheduled to hold talks Tuesday with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Singh and Mubarak, who was visiting India for the first time in 25 years, were expected to discuss enhancing economic ties as well as cooperation in world bodies like the United Nations and World Trade Organization, diplomatic officials said.

The Egyptian leader - accompanied by a 150-member delegation, including five senior ministers and leading businessmen - was accorded a ceremonial reception earlier in the day at the presidential palace in New Delhi.

NETGEAR®, Inc., a global provider of technologically innovative, branded networking solutions, declared that The Tolly Group, the industry’s premier independent IT test lab, certified two of its Fully Managed 10/100/1000 Switches for growing Small- to Medium-sized Businesses (SMBs) as "Up to Spec," a designation that indicates these products perform "as advertised."

Yahoo co-founder, Jerry Yang, who took on the CEO role in June 2007 in an effort to turn the company around, will step down from his role as soon as the board finds a replacement. Under Yang, Yahoo talks for an acquisition by Microsoft Corp broke down; rival Google Inc pulled out of a deal to sell some ads on Yahoo; and the company’s shares have withered amid tough competition and a failing global economy.

New Delhi, Nov. 18 : Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram today said that steps to counteract the present economic slowdown will include ensuring adequate liquidity, price reductions by industry and efficient credit delivery mechanism.

Addressing the session on "Risks to India''''s Economy in a Post – Crisis World" at the 24th India Economic Summit jointly organized by Confederation of Indian Industry and World Economic Forum here, Chidambaram showed great optimism about the prospect for growth in India.

London, November 18: Britney Spears, who has been trying to rebuild her life following a series of public meltdown, has confessed that the ‘changing’ process has made her new life worse than jail.

The ‘Toxic’ hit maker, who had shaved her head and lost custody of her two sons during her breakdown, said that her new controlled daily life choked her freedom, making every single day feel ‘like Groundhog Day’.