Recently, the harmonious functioning of Twitter was disrupted, when the micro-blogging website, that lets the users to broadcast short messages to groups of followers laned as a target of a wave of hacking and phishing attacks.

On Monday, it was confirmed by the San Francisco Company that a total number of accounts hijacked were 33, including those of President-elect Barack Obama, singer Britney Spears, and CNN correspondent Rick Sanchez.

The largest Indian drug maker, in terms of market value, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd has started initiatives to end acquisition dispute of Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. The company has offered to raise purchase price of stake to close the deal out of court.

Islamabad, Jan. 6 : With India providing unputdownable `dossier' of evidence to proof that its soil was used in the Mumbai attacks, Pakistan has now agreed to carry out a credible investigation of the evidence provided by India on Mumbai attacks.

Pak Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani met President Asif Ali Zardari to discuss the evidences provided by India. Both the leaders agreed to carry out a probe to bring the perpetrators to book.

The two leaders said that strict action would be taken against any group found involved in Mumbai carnage, the News reported.

Washington, Jan. 6 : U. S. President-elect Barack Obama and incoming Secretary of State-designate Hillary Clinton are not letting either the Palestinians or the Israelis know what the American foreign policy vis-a-vis the Middle East will be after January 20 this year.

According to the New York Daily News, that uncertainty may have spurred Israel''s decision to strike at the Hamas before Obama takes office.

Leading telecom operator TATA Teleservices has decided to start Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) services by the end of this financial year. The company is already providing CDMA based services in various telecom circles of country.

Tata Teleservices is now planning to spend $2 billion to expand its subscriber base in the GSM market. It may be recalled that its major competitor Rcom has already launched GSM services in 11,000 towns of country few days back.

Sydney, Jan. 6 : Chasing 376 to win on a difficult SCG pitch, South Africa reached 62 for one at the end of play on day four of the third Test against Australia.

Hashim Amla was batting 30, while acting captain Neil McKenzie was batting on 25. The Proteas need a further 314 runs to achieve a third remarkable victory against Ricky Ponting''s No. 1-ranked Australian side.

Only five wickets have fallen on day four despite the large cracks in the pitch. Australia resumed on 0-33 and declared at 4-257, 50 minutes after tea.