New Delhi, December 6 : The Chinese minister of the State Council Information Office, Wang Chen, has revealed that the Internet is being misused to spread rumours by most of the users.

He said so while delivering a speech during the 8th Forum on Internet Media of China in Chongqing on Friday, through which he urged the country’s online media to help foster a society of integrity and honesty.

Chen’s speech unveiled 10 "worrying trends" in the Chinese online community.

While ‘spreading rumours’ topped the list, exaggeration of news came in second.

New Delhi - India and China began the second phase of joint military exercises Saturday, focusing on ant-terrorism training in the southern Indian town of Belgaum.

The exercise code-named Hand-in-Hand 2008 is aimed at expanding and strengthening ties between the two countries' armed forces, an Indian Defence Ministry release said.

The first joint military exercise was held in China's Kunming in October 2007.

India and China fought a bitter war in 1962 over disputed territory, and the current joint military exercise is the first to be conducted on Indian soil.

The Chinese Army has sent a 137-strong contingent for the drill which will include joint tactical manoeuvres and joint command post procedures.

Islamabad - Nuclear-armed Pakistan edged to the brink of war with India when its president received a threatening call from someone posing as Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee following last week's Mumbai attacks, a media report said Saturday.

The caller, who was put through to President Asif Ali Zardari late in the day on November 28 without verification of his claimed identity, warned that India would take "military action if Islamabad failed to immediately act against the supposed perpetrators of the Mumbai killings."

Nainital, Dec 6 : The people of Nainital have switched to scientifically designed waste management to restore the lost grandeur of the Naini Lake.

Nainital, a hill resort at 2,000 meters above the sea level in Kumaon hills, is named after Naini Lake, which enhances beauty of the township.

Melbourne, Dec. 6: The Federation of International Cricketers’ Association says the terror attacks in Mumbai have turned India into a “risky” place and it is planning to hold a security summit to discuss the “volatile situation” there.

“It’s a whole new world of risk in India now, that rather than having these random bombings of random places, they are targeting western (interests),” the Dawn quoted FICA CEO Tim May, as saying.

Washington, Dec. 6: Inflamed passions across India and Pakistan must be controlled to prevent another war between India and Pakistan.

“People of both the nations will have to control inflamed public passion and manipulative politicians too,” Austin Bay reports in his column for the Washington Post.

“Statesmen will have to confront the terrorists responsible for the heinous crime,”Bay comments.

Large scale public anger can be witnessed across India after the deadliest terror attack to have ever hit India, shook Mumbai last week.

There are fears that India could attack Pakistan and Indian and Pakistani media reflect this speculation in their war of words.