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St.Petersburg [Florida], Sept.23 :Indian tennis ace Leander Paes and his German partner Andre Begemann have stormed into the semi-finals of the St.Petersburg Open after clinching a straight-sets vi

New Delhi [India], Sep 23 : With the growing usage of smart-phones and increasing demand for data while away from office and home, there is a strong need for Wi-Fi at hangouts frequented by people on a regular basis. Keeping this in mind, Cafe Coffee Day (CCD), India's leading youth aggregator has tied up with leading and 'neutral' Wi-Fi service provider O-Zone Networks to provide free Wi-Fi access to customers at its cafes in select cities across the country.

CCD will now provide high-speed connectivity to its tech-driven customers through a dedicated leased line at its cafes.

Mumbai [India], Sept. 23 : In the wake of the dastardly terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Uri region in which 18 Indian Army soldiers lost their lives, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) on Friday issued a 48 hour-deadline to Pakistani actors and artists to leave India, saying they will push them out of the country if they don't go back to their nation.

"We give a 48 hour deadline to Pakistani Actors and artists to leave India or MNS will push them out," said Amey Khopkar, MNS Chitrapat Sena president.

This comes at a time of heightened tensions between the two nations after four terrorists killed 18 Army personnel at an Army camp in Uri region.

Islamabad [Pakistan], Sept. 23 : Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz has said has said that Islamabad is ready for unconditional talks with New Delhi to resolve all issues including the core issue of Kashmir.

Aziz, however, said that any talks between the two countries cannot succeed till the resolution of the Kashmir issue while talking to a television channel, reports Radio Pakistan.

He insisted that Sharif had forcefully raised the Kashmir issue at the United Nations.

Asserting that the international community has accepted that Kashmir is a "disputed territory", he said that the pressure is now mounting on India.

Washington D.C. [USA], Sept. 23 : Maroon 5 singer Adam Levine and his model wife, Behati Prinsloo welcomed their first child, a baby girl named Dusty Rose Levine on September 21 in Los Angeles.

The 27-year-old Victoria's Secret supermodel gave a home birth in the LA surrounded by family, reports Us Weekly.

According to an insider, everything went well and the "baby is beautiful."

"They're a very happy couple and excited to start their family. I can tell you they make very beautiful babies together," the insider added.

The 37-year-old rock star had even cancelled a 'Maroon 5' concert and has been reportedly by his wife's side all week.

Washington D.C. [US], Sept. 23 : In a recent research conducted at the Harvard Medical School, scientists have found that DNA methylation, a process by which cells control gene activity and modifies the function of genes, could reveal a person's smoking history.

As a result, targeted new therapies for diseases associated with smoking could be developed.

Author Stephanie J. London said, "These results are important because methylation, as one of the mechanisms of the regulation of gene expression, affects what genes are turned on, which has implications for the development of smoking-related diseases."

She added, "Equally important is our finding that even after someone stops smoking, we still see the effects of smoking on their DNA."