New Delhi, Jan 12 : Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major today said that the IAF is prepared to meet any eventuality.

He was visiting the National Cadet Corps (NCC) camp here today.

The camp has been organised for the NCC cadets participating in the Republic Day parade to be held here later this month.

Replying to a question regarding India''s war preparedness in the wake of the recent Mumbai attacks, Air Chief Marshal Major said that his force is ready for all options.

Srinagar, Jan 12 : Youths gathered here to protest against the continuing aggression of Israel against Palestine.

Separatist leader Altaf Khan, head of Jammu Kashmir Peoples Freedom League (JKPFL) lead the protest.

The protestors marched around Lal Chowk area, raised anti-Israel and anti-American slogans and expressed their solidarity with the Palestinians.

New York, Jan 12 : When California man Greg Hardesty went through his daughter Reina's cellphone statement, he almost laughed out hysterically.

His 13-year-old daughter's statement showed that she had sent an astonishing 14,528 text messages in one month, and the online AT&T statement ran 440 pages.

"First, I laughed. I thought, `That''s insane, that''s impossible'," the New York Post quoted the 45-year-old dad as saying.

"And I immediately whipped out the calculator to see if it was humanly possible," he said.

Upon checking he discovered that 484 text messages had been sent per day, which came out to be one every two minutes of every waking hour.

London, Jan. 12 : Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has dismissed Liverpool counterpart Rafa Benitez's claims that he is the only manager allowed to criticize referees.

Describing the charge as ''ridiculous', Fergie labelled the Liverpool manager ''angry' and ''disturbed'.

According to The Telegraph, the war of words between the pair escalated after Fergie spoke about his side's 3-0 demolition of Chelsea on Sunday evening.

The result takes United to within five points of the league leaders, with two games, both at Old Trafford, in hand. By the time Liverpool take to the field against Everton a week today, United could well be top.

London, Jan 12 : A computer game has been awarded an adults-only rating after it was found to be high on drugs and gangland killing features.

The British Board of Film Classification on Jan 9 gave an 18+ certificate to Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars and deemed it unfit for the family-friendly Nintendo DS console.

Made by a Leeds-based studio owned by US firm Rockstar, the game, the latest in the controversial Grand Theft Auto series, is set to hit the stores on March 20.

Washington, Jan 12 : While people might be making a fortune by selling Obama-branded can openers, chocolate chip cookies, chocolate bars, those thriving on the sales of such merchandise might land in jail from January 20 onwards.

In a bid to prevent the commercial exploitation of Obama's name, Gregory B. Craig, the would be White House counsel for President-elect Barack Obama will have to take action to prevent the selling of Obama merchandise.