The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new prescription drug, Toviaz (fesoterodine fumarate), to treat overactive bladder in adults. Overactive bladder (OAB) in adults is characterized by urinary frequency and sudden urinary incontinence, Toviaz relaxes the bladders smooth muscle tissue reducing the urge to urinate.

George Benson, MD, deputy director of the Division of Reproductive and Urologic Products at the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research said, "Patients who suffer from overactive bladder face quality of life issues that can hamper their ability to enjoy life to its fullest. This new drug will provide an additional treatment option to help them manage problems with an overactive bladder."

Guwahati, Nov 1: Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will visit Assam today to take the stock of the situation after Thursday''s serial blasts in the state in which 70 people were killed and over 300 injured.

Apart from meeting the State Governor Shiv Charan Mathur and Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, the Prime Minister will also visit Guwahati Medical College hospital to see the injured in the blasts.

While strongly condemning the blasts, Dr. Singh said the government would take all possible steps to bring the perpetrators of terror attack to justice.

Legendary Amitabh Bachchan has wished her loving daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan on her 35th birthday.

While talking to media persons, Bollywood Shenshah exclaimed, “I am proud of Aishwarya and her achievements. I wish her peace, prosperity, good health and a harmonious life. I am proud that she is my daughter-in-law.”

“My son chose her to be his wife and we are most happy with his decision. The fact that she comes with added personal credentials makes us happy too. But even if she did not, we would have been equally proud and happy,” caring Pa-in-law added.

London, Nov 1: The commander of Britain’s Special Air Service (SAS) troops in Afghanistan has resigned in disgust, accusing the Government of “gross negligence” over the deaths of four of his soldiers.

Major Sebastian Morley claims that Whitehall officials and military commanders repeatedly ignored his warnings that people would be killed if they continued to allow troops to be transported in the vulnerable Snatch Land Rovers.

As a result, he says Cpl Sarah Bryant – the first female soldier to die in Afghanistan – and three male colleagues, Cpl Sean Reeve, L/Cpl Richard Larkin and Paul Stout were killed needlessly, The Telegraph reported.

London, Nov 1: Calculations by astronomers has indicated that the mysterious dark matter could be shining with its own private kind of light, which though invisible to us, could still have visible effects.

Astronomers usually assume that dark matter particles barely interact with each other.

According to a report in New Scientist, Lotty Ackerman and colleagues at Caltech in Pasadena decided to test this assumption by supposing there is a force between dark matter particles that behaves in the same way as the electromagnetic force.

Undue loss of innocent lives that is taking place in Sri Lanka on pretext of LTTE’s removal have had a huge toll on Sri Lankans. Tamilians who form a significant part of their population have also lost their lives and in order to protest against it, the Nadigar Sangam will hold a fasting. Two of the major stars of Kollywood Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan have given their consent to duly participate in the voice raised that will take place on November 1st. The fasting will take place at Nadigar Sangam office in Habibullah Road, T. Nagar in Chennai between 10 AM and 4 PM.