A health survey ranking healthcare systems in Europe ranked the Netherlands, according to consumer value, at number one despite having one of the lowest spending levels on medicines in the continent.

The annual 2008 Euro Health Consumer Index compiled by private Swedish company Health Consumer Powerhouse (HCP) ranked 31 countries on the basis of a range of criteria including clinical outcomes, access to treatment, waiting times and patient rights.

Software giant Microsoft announced that it is revamping Windows Live Web services into a complete social networking site in proportion to Facebook.

The changes include updated photo sharing, news feeds, an instant messaging, blogging, e-mail, and lots more.

A local court of Madhya Pradesh has granted bail to Tourism Minister Tukoji Rao Pawar on Wednesday.

He was arrested for threatening and intimidating a lady returning officer.

Phoolchand Verma, who is also contesting with a BJP ticket was also granted bail. He was arrested in connection with the same case.

The two BJP leaders did not apply for bail on Tuesday and were taken to jail.

Both of them got bail after they furnished a security bond of Rs 5,000 each.

In yet another case on poll-related Naxal violence, a Congress leader was killed by Naxalites in the Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh.