Bail granted to accused in KU admissions scam

(GNN) - KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday granted bail to the imprisoned former Karachi University (KU) examinations controller, Intisarul Haq, arrested in connection with the fake MBBS admissions scam of 2

‘Harry Potter’ actor found dead in Death Valley

(GNN) - LOS ANGELES: British actor David Legeno, who played a werewolf in the "Harry Potter" movies, has been found dead in Death Valley, United States police said. He apparently died of "heat-related issues," the lo

Play Girl Game Online - First Ball Of Baby Princess

Meet the beautiful Princess Catherine and her cute daughter Sandra. Today is a big day for Sandra, because her mom is going to take her to her first ball! Imagine how excited little Sandra must be! Help Princess Cather

US satisfied with security of Pakistan’s nuclear assets

WASHINGTON: The United States has once again expressed satisfaction over the security of nuclear assets of Pakistan. Spokesperson for the State Department, Jen Psaki said the US has no concerns over the security of P

PM announces ‘Green Line’ bus service for Karachi

KARACHI: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has announced ‘Green Line’ bus service under a Rapid Transport service for Karachi. The federal government will provide Rs15 billion for the project which would replicate the mode

PM reviews Karachi law and order situation

KARACHI: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif chaired a meeting to review the law and order situation in the city.  During the meeting Prime Minister Sharif was briefed about strategic changes made to ongoing operation i

Veteran Bollywood actress Zohra Sehgal dies

(GNN) - MUMBAI: Bollywood´s veteran actress Zohra Sehgal, whose seven-decade career spanned theatre, film, dance and television in both India and Britain, died in hospital on Thursday, her family said. She was 102. P

(GNN) - PARIS: Test vaccine for dengue seen as promising

(GNN) - PARIS: A prototype vaccine for dengue that two years ago yielded lukewarm results has proved more effective after wider trials and is a potential arm against the disease, researchers said Friday. Devised by

House Republicans seek CDC documents on anthrax scare

(GNN) - Congressional Republicans asked the Obama administration on Wednesday to provide documents related to last month's anthrax scare at a U.S. lab facility, where more than 80 people were initially feared to be exp

Fuel-Cell Cars Are Going To Get A Big Boost In California Next Year

We may not have hoverboards by October 2015, but thanks to investments from the California Energy Commission and Toyota, we’ll have something just as futuristic: the makings of a functioning hydrogen economy in Califor

mNectar Raises $7M For New Kinds Of Mobile Ads That Let People Test-Drive Apps

First, there were teeny mobile banner ads pioneered by companies like AdMob, which Google bought for $750 million. Then there were full-screen interstitial ads. Those gave way to mobile video ads and then Facebook’s be

Connected TV Market Crosses 1B Devices As Google Pins Its Hopes On Android TV

A new report from Strategy Analytics puts the global market for connected TV devices at over 1 billion currently installed units, which include smart TVs, set-top boxes like the Apple TV, game consoles, connected Blu-r

America Movil aims to sell assets as quickly as possible

(GNN) - Mexican telecoms company America Movil plans to divest assets as quickly as possible to escape tougher regulation, and it hopes to sell to a single buyer, spokesman Arturo Elias said on Wednesday. The company

David Tisch’s Stealthy Mobile Commerce Product, Spring, Closes $7.5M Series A

(GNN) - David Tisch has been quietly working on a project called Jello Labs for over a year. He hasn’t said much about what the product will be, other than that it involves mobile commerce. However, today we can shed a

Original Google Glass Chief Gives Us A Clue About Google’s Prime Motivator In Wearable Design

(GNN) - Google X director and former head of Google Glass Babak Parviz was on stage at the Wearables Technology Conference in San Francisco this week, and he shared some interesting details about the project (via CNET)

Yelp Throws Spanner Into Google EU Antitrust Settlement By Filing Formal Complaint

Just as Google looked to be nearing the end of a long-running EU antitrust investigation, Yelp, which competes vertically with Mountain View in local search, has thrown a spanner in the works by filing a formal complai

Zynstra Raises Further $8.4M Funding To Bring ‘Hybrid Cloud’ To SMEs

Zynstra, which offers ‘hybrid cloud’ solutions for small and medium sized enterprises, has raised a further $8.4 million of funding in a Series B round. This brings the total amount raised to just over $14.4 million.

Index Leads $7M Round In Banking Benchmark Startup, Credit Benchmark

London has chalked up another fintech investment today: Index Ventures has led a $7 million Series A round in Credit Benchmark, a startup that’s looking to improve financial market benchmarks by aggregating anonymized

NewVoiceMedia Raises Another $50M For Its Cloud-Based Contact Centers

NewVoiceMedia, a UK-based provider of cloud-based contact solutions, is today announcing that it has raised another $50 million, funding that it will use to continue to build out its business in America and Asia in com

Format Acquires Format.com, Updates Its Portfolio Website App As It Relaunches

Online portfolio service Format has been trying to acquire the domain name, format.com, for the past three years. On Monday they announced the purchase as well as a rebranding of their entire platform, officially chang

Facebook Tests Android L-Style Lock Screen Notifications

A new update for the test group of Facebook for Android users briefly enabled lockscreen notifications, at least for new message activity, before a later update today seems to have disabled the feature. The notificat

Twitter Tanks More Than 7%

Following more executive changes, Twitter’s shares are down sharply today, sliding nearly 8 percent in morning trading. The company, which saw its share price soar following its IPO to more than $70 per share, is back

Microsoft To Abandon The Bastard Child Of Windows Phone In Two Months

(GNN) - Remember Windows Phone 7.8? Microsoft built it as a stop-gap measure to lessen the ire of Windows Phone 7.5 users, a group technologically precluded from making the leap to Windows Phone 8. If you had forgotten

PTI lawmakers approach ECP for disqualification of Prime Minister Nawaz

(GNN) - ISLAMABAD: Two Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf members of the National Assembly (MNAs) filed a petition with the Election Commission of Pakistan against the prime minister, seeking his disqualification. Addressing t

Punjab govt decides to end 'quota' system in 12 public universities

LAHORE: The Punjab government on Wednesday decided to abolish ‘quota’ system in 12 public universities of the province. The move comes a few days after country’s prestigious education institution Aitchison College an

Cable operators do not have authority to shut channels: SHC

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday observed that cable operators did not have the authority to shut channels on their own directives. The SHC has hearing eight petitions related to the closure of Geo Ne

Electronic cash assistance programme for IDPs launched

(GNN) - PESHAWAR: The Government under a well transparent mechanism has formally launched an electronic cash assistance programme for the disbursement of money to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of North Waziri

PM, Army chief discuss Operation Zarb-e-Azb

(GNN) - ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met with Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif here on Wednesday. During the meeting the prime minister and COAS discussed the ongoing Operation Zarb-e-Azb in

Musharraf treason case: Statement of one more witness recorded

(GNN) - ISLAMABAD: One more witness from the prosecution Khalid Rasool recorded his statement in the Special Court hearing former president Pervez Musharraf’s treason case on Wednesday here. The witness in his statem

Air strike destroys Miranshah terrorists’ hideouts, 11 killed

MIRANSHAH: Eleven terrorists were killed and three of their hideouts destroyed on Wednesday as forces successfully continued Operation Zarb-e-Azb being conducted in North Wazirstan Agency. Sources said that Pakistan

Power shortfall surges beyond 6,000MW

(GNN) - LAHORE: The power crisis in the country has once again intensified as the shortfall surged to over 6000 Megawatt (MW). Sources said that the demand for electricity by Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) al

Firing at rickshaw leaves 2 killed, 2 injured in Bannu

BANNU: Two people were killed and two others injured when a rickshaw was attacked here on Wednesday morning. Police said unknown gunmen opened fire killing passengers on board the rickshaw. The bodies and the injur

Militants storm Somalia presidential palace

(GNN) - MOGADISHU: Shebab rebels carried out a major bomb and armed attack on Somalia´s presidential palace late Tuesday, penetrating the heavily fortified complex in the capital Mogadishu before blowing themselves up.

Oil prices down

(GNN) - SINGAPORE, July 09, 2014 (AFP) -Oil prices edged lower in Asia Wednesday as dealers await the latest US stockpiles report for clues about demand in the world´s top crude consumer. US benchmark West Texas Int

Asia shares extend losses after Wall St slip

(GNN) - HONG KONG: Asian markets sank Wednesday, following a negative lead from Wall Street, while China released data showing inflation eased slightly in June after hitting a four-month high in May. There is also a