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Worried by Taliban’s surge authorities rush 250 more Rangers to Islamabad

Worried by Taliban’s surge authorities rush 250 more Rangers to IslamabadIslamabad, Apr. 25 : Amid the unprecedented terror threat from the Taliban, Pakistan Rangers have deployed 250 more security personnel across the capital city.

According to The Daily Times, the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration had asked for more security personnel to safe guard the city from any untoward situation.

Sources said that 200 more Northern Areas' scouts are ready to be deployed in the city, and would reach here shortly.

Hizbul Mujahideen militant caught, huge cache of arms recovered

Hizbul Mujahideen militant caught, huge cache of arms recoveredSrinagar, Apr 25 : The Army on Saturday caught a Pakistani terrorist from the Gurez sector of Jammu and Kashmir.

The Hizbul Mujahideen militant, identified as Syed Moin-ul Shah, was nabbed while trying to return to Pakistan. He reportedly belongs to Pakistan''''s North West Frontier Province and has been trained in Mansera.

Addressing a press conference, Army spokesperson Brigadier Gurmeet Singh informed that an abundant accumulation of arms and ammunition has also been recovered.

Chavez not the first to discover book that he gave to Obama

Chavez not the first to discover book that he gave to ObamaWashington, Apr. 25 : Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez wasn''t the first to discover the book he gave to President Obama last week in an attempt to ease diplomatic tensions. College students in the U. S. have been turning its pages for years.

The 317-page "Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent" has been identified on the syllabi of at least 20 U. S. colleges and universities since 2003, and it''s been taught for decades on American campuses, Fox News reports.

Gorbachev agreed to help Reagan fight off an attack from space

Gorbachev agreed to help Reagan fight off an attack from aliensWashington, Apr 25 : Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev agreed to help his then American counterpart Ronald Reagan in case the United States was attacked from outer space.

Gorbachoev was appearing on Tuesday's Charlie Rose show on PBS along with George Shultz, Reagan's Secretary of State during the Gorbachev era.

Why has Nokia sold its mobile TV unit to Wipro Technologies? (Analysis)

The multinational communications corporation based in Espoo, Finland – Nokia Corporation has sold its enterprise mobile TV unit to the Bangalore, Karnataka based Wipro Technologies to focus on consumer software solutions.

Offering reason for why enterprise mobile TV unit has been sold to Wipro, Nokia said, "We wanted to focus on the consumer side of things rather than on the business-to-business side.”

It is little surprising that Nokia has sold its mobile TV unit to Wipro at the time when Mobile TV and on-demand video are growing in popularity among mobile phone users. They are increasingly becoming popular because they provide a slew of entertaining features.

UK Govt. tp monitor every phone call, email or website visit

UK Govt. tp monitor every phone call, email or website visitLondon, Apr. 25 : The Gordon Brown Government has revealed that it plans to monitor every phone call, email or website visit.

Plans for this exercise are to be unveiled next week, reports The Telegraph.

According to the paper, the proposals will give police and security services the power to snoop on every single communication made by the public with the data then likely to be stored in an enormous national database.

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