Big TV, the Direct-to-Home (DTH) service of Anil Ambani's Reliance Communications (RCom), claimed that it has become the fastest growing DTH player in the country, as it has crossed the magic figure of 500,000 subscribers within two months of its launch.  

According to the company's CEO Arun Kapoor, crossing the 5-lakh customer milestone within two months is indeed a testimony to the superior value proposition offered by BIG TV, and its success in accelerating the growth momentum of DTH sector in India.”

Washington, Oct 30 : A county sheriff has revealed that a phone call from a concerned parent had helped disrupt two skinheads’ plot to kill Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama and behead scores of blacks across the country.

Haywood County Sheriff Melvin Bond said that a woman called his office worried about her daughter. “As the investigation led on, we found out who these individuals were,” foxnews. com quoted the Tennessee lawman as saying.

Guwahati, Oct 30 : Several pers

Manila - One government soldier and two communist rebels were killed in separate clashes in the eastern Philippines, an army spokesman said Thursday.

One soldier and one communist rebel were killed on Wednesday during a clash in Basey town in Samar province, 570 kilometres south-east of Manila, said Lieutenant Colonel Romeo Brawner.

Brawner said another soldier was wounded in the fighting that erupted when patrolling troops encountered heavily-armed communist rebels in the village of Bulao in Basey.

In a separate clash on Wednesday, one communist rebel was also killed in the town of Candelaria, also in the eastern province of Quezon.

Islamabad - The official death toll from the devastating earthquake that hit south-western Pakistan a day ago climbed to more than 230 as the rescue workers searched for entombed survivors, officials said on Thursday.

Many of the around 20,000 people left homeless spent the freezing night in the open as a series of mild aftershocks struck the northern parts of Balochistan province that was rattled by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake just before dawn on Wednesday.

London, Oct 30 : English pop singer Victoria Beckham is all set to be the new model for Emporio Armani women''s underwear.

Posh, who once said, “I look really awful naked”, has been chosen by Giorgio Armani to model his new range of women’s underwear collection.

She will be making her debut on posters, billboards, and in glossy magazines early next year.

“Who better than Victoria Beckham to launch our new global Emporio Armani underwear campaign,” the Telegraph quoted Armani as saying.

“Victoria is a style icon, a dynamic lady whose influence and recognition will add great excitement to the continued international growth of our underwear business,” he added.