The company that provided the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service, used by the 26/11 terrorists to keep in touch with their bosses has been traced by the Crime Branch of the Mumbai police. Apparently, it has been confirmed by the US-based company, Call Phoenix that the terrorists interacted to someone located in Pakistan.

The Crime Branch has also informed that approximately 60 hours of the conversation that occurred between the terrorists and someone in Pakistan during the terror attacks has been taped by the investigators.

The super star and heartthrob of millions, Akshay Kumar, who had been entertaining the audience throughout his more than decade and a half years career with his amazing stunts is all set to set the screen on fire in his latest action comedy Chandni Chowk To China.

Reportedly, the man has performed some amazing and mouth opening stunts in the latest movie that has Kung Fu at the centre theme.

The Bangladesh government has announced that it would lift the state of emergency in the country, promulgated nearly two years ago, from Dec 17.

It will be lifted before the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for Dec 29.

The cabinet-level Commerce Adviser to the Bangladesh caretaker government Hossain Zillur Rahman made the announcement at a press conference in Dhaka on Wednesday.

He said the government also decided to lift restrictions on meetings and rallies from Dec 12 to enable conduct of election campaigns.

Orissa Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Manmohan Samal resigned on Wednesday evening in the wake of a controversy generated by his alleged involvement in a sex scandal.

Mr. Samal, who has been under pressure from various quarters for the past several days, met Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at his residence and handed over his resignation letter.

The CM has accepted his resignation and forwarded it to the Governor, said Govt. soures.

Indian Govt. has dismissed reports that it had put its Air Force on a state of "high alert" and said nothing unusual or extraordinary has been done.

"It is normal for the armed forces to remain on alert even in normal times," Defence Ministry spokesperson Sitanshu Kar said in New Delhi.

However, on the basis of intelligence inputs that there could be a 9/11-type of aerial terror threats pointed out by Defence Minister A K Antony last week, the IAF was prepared to counter any such attacks, he said.

Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist caught during the November 26 terror attacks, was on Thursday remanded in police custody till December 24 by a Mumbai court.

Ajmal was not produced in a regular court due to security reasons.

But a magistrate and a public prosecutor were taken to the police lock-up, where the terrorist was lodged.

"When asked by the magistrate if he had any complaints against the police, Ajmal said he had none," Additional Public Prosecutor Eknath Dhumal said referring to the remand proceedings.