New Delhi, Jan 6 : Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today said that the recent terror attack on Mumbai was carried out by the Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Taiba
(LeT) and he was convinced that some official agencies in Pakistan must have supported them

Inaugurating the Chief Minister''s conference on terror here, he said, "There is enough evidence to show that it must have the support of some official agencies there, given the sophistication and military precision of the attack."

Dr. Singh said Pakistan has utilized terrorism as an instrument of State policy.

London, Jan 06 : Hollywood actress Jennifer Love Hewitt has split from fiancé Ross McCall, according to reports.

Ghost Whisperer star Hewitt, 29, and Scottish actor McCall, 32, got engaged in November 2007 after dating for two years.

But the pair is now set to go their separate ways, according to People.

The `Trojan War' actress met McCall, while shooting `Ghost Whisperer'.

According to People, the duo split over the holidays.

"They broke up over the holidays and ended their engagement," The Sun quoted a source, as saying.

Both Hewitt and McCall are reportedly disappointed with the split.

Auckland - Olympic champion Elena Dementieva had to fight to stop a potential spoiler, erasing an early 5-1 lead in favour of Taiwan's Chan Yung-Jan Chan to post a 7-5, 6-3 victory on Tuesday at the ASB Classic.

Dementieva called her great escape "a tough match."

"She was on fire at the beginning and put a lot of pressure on me. It took me a while to get into the match," she said of her opponent.

The Russian world number four was joined as a straight-sets winner by second seed Caroline Wozniacki as the Dane crushed Italian qualifier Alberta Brianti 6-1, 6-0.

London, Jan 6 : Socialite Peaches Geldof spent a lonely New Year without her hubby Max Drummey by her side.

London, January 6 : A new study has revealed that water-cooler gossip can prove very helpful in testing business ideas.

The researchers behind the study are of the opinion that the informal channels that such chat provides could prove the perfect environment to sound out ideas.

They even reveal how once a Sydney-based recruitment agency''s managing director, who could not afford to award all staff a pay rise but was worried that only doing so for some could adversely affect morale, opted to start a rumour by telling a trusted lieutenant that he was planning to award some people pay rises in return for their taking on more responsibility.

Kuala Lumpur - A Malaysian court has charged a Singaporean national for allegedly murdering his 7-year-old Thai stepson last month, a news report said Tuesday.