Islamabad, April 26 (DPA) Pakistani paramilitary troops backed by helicopter gunships Sunday launched a new assault against Taliban militants in a restive region that was put under Islamic rule two weeks ago after a controversial truce, the military said.

The operation started in Lower Dir district of the Malakand division in the North-West Frontier Province after a series of statements and violent actions by the militants challenging the government’s writ.

London, April 26 (IANS) Actor-turned-politician Arnold Schwarzenegger has confirmed his presence in the fourth instalment of the “Terminator” film.

The contactmusic.com reports that the actor prompted speculations that he would return to the franchise in 2008 when he was photographed on the sets of the movie title “Terminator Salvation”. Part four stars “The Dark Knight” star Christian Bale as the protagonist John Connor.

Washington, Apr 26 (ANI): Be it parents or teachers, all of them often ask one question-Why don’t students like school? Now, a psychologist has tried to answer the question in a new book.

Bangalore, April 7 (IANS) A technology revolution of a different kind is quietly under way in India’s IT hub, where slum children log into computers to bridge the digital divide that separates them from the privileged few.

Islamabad, Mar 29 (ANI): Pakistan has decided to convey its concerns through diplomatic channels over certain aspects of the new policy for the region announced by President Barack Obama.

“We will speak to them (the United States) on issues of concern in subsequent diplomatic negotiations,” the Dawn quoted Babar, as saying.

Senior officials of the foreign office who said the concerns would not go unnoticed and would be taken up at an appropriate level gave a similar impression.

Lahore, Mar 29 (ANI): PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif today welcomed President Asif Ali Zardar’s address to the joint sitting of the Parliament, saying that it will strengthen democracy in Pakistan.

London, Mar. 29 (ANI): Bombarded with more than 10,000 government advertisements every day, Britons are accusing the Gordon Brown government for turning the nation into the ‘ultimate nanny state’.

Washington, March 29 (ANI): The day is not far when an online search engine would be giving netizens direct answers to their queries rather than web pages containing them, if researchers are to be believed.
Weiyi Meng, a professor of computer science at State University of New York at Binghamton (SUNY Binghamton), reckons that such a search engine would even be able to answer nuanced questions like “What do Americans think of universal health care?”
He says that the search engine would create a report indicating trends in opinion based on what has been posted to the web.
The researcher even believes that search engines may eventually be used to conduct polling, and even help sort fact from fiction.