Pictures of the day: June 10, 2016
Pallbearers escort the casket of boxing legend Muhammad Ali during the Jenazah prayer service at Freedom Hall on June 9, 2016 in Louisville, Kentucky. PHOTO: AFP Laila Ali (C), daughter of boxing...
View ArticleUdta Punjab to soar over Indian censor board
The battle between the makers of Udta Punjab and India’s central censor board continues. The Central Board for Film Certification (CBFC) had initially demanded 89 cuts including references to Punjab,...
View ArticleIndia ministry rejects Google’s Street View plans
NEW DELHI: Google’s plans to introduce its popular “Street View” service in India have hit a roadblock after the interior ministry on Friday said it had rejected an application from the tech giant,...
View ArticleWatch: Justin Bieber gets punched in street brawl
Justin Bieber had a rough night after the NBA final in Cleveland on Wednesday, as he got in to a violent fight outside his hotel. Hollywood life reports that the Love Yourself singer was seen with a...
View ArticleErdogan cuts short US trip, to skip Ali funeral
ISTANBUL: Turkey’s President has cut short his trip to the US and will not attend the funeral of boxer Muhammad Ali, his office said Friday, amid reports of a rift with the ceremony’s organisers. Recep...
View ArticleHackers selling stolen Twitter log-in data
SAN FRANCISCO: Tens of millions of stolen Twitter credentials evidently lifted from web browser programs were put up for sale online, according to a search engine devoted to leaked data. Twitter on...
View ArticleEdhi declines Zardari’s offer for overseas treatment
Philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi, who was diagnosed with Kidney failure, has declined an offer from former president Asif Ali Zardari to be flown abroad for medical treatment. PPP Senator Rehman Malik...
View ArticleTelenor Pakistan granted 4G licence for $395m
KARACHI: Pakistan has awarded a $395 million 4G licence to Norwegian telecom giant Telenor, as it seeks to capitalise on a booming domestic mobile market some two years since broadband Internet arrived...
View Article20,000 stranded as SAS pilots strike for second day
STOCKHOLM: Around 20,000 passengers were stranded on Saturday after Scandinavian airline SAS cancelled 159 flights due to a Swedish pilots’ strike that entered its second day, SAS said. “We have done...
View ArticleBombers kill eight outside shrine near Syrian capital
DAMASCUS: A double bomb attack outside a Shia shrine near Syria’s capital killed at least eight people Saturday, in the latest in repeated deadly strikes on the revered site, state media said. The...
View ArticleMazari protests against JUI-F leader’s assault on talk show host
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shireen Mazari on Saturday protested against JUI-F leader Hafiz Hamdullah for verbally abusing human rights activist Marvi Sirmed on a TV talk show. Raising the...
View ArticlePakistani artist wins prestigious Islamic art award in Istanbul
Pakistani artist Ghulam Mohammad has won the prestigious Jameel Prize 4 award for his works in contemporary Islamic art. In a ceremony held at the Pera Museum in Istanbul, Mohammad, who uses words and...
View ArticleJune 11: When Saqlain bagged his second three-in-three
Pakistan has always been known for its firepower in the bowling department. In 1999 World Cup, when Pakistan entered the Super Sixes stage, it had already beaten West Indies, Scotland, Australia and...
View ArticleDutch woman held in Qatar after making rape complaint
THE HAGUE: A 22-year-old Dutch woman is being held in Qatar on suspicion of adultery after she said she was raped while on holiday there, her lawyer and Dutch media said Saturday. The woman says she...
View ArticleWatch: Kareena Kapoor breaks silence on pregnancy rumours
Kareena Kapoor Khan has finally broken silence on pregnancy rumours. The Bajrangi Bhaijaan actor caught eyeballs after returning from a holiday in London along with husband Saif Ali Khan. Kareena and...
View Article3,000 arrested in Bangladesh as PM vows to catch killers
DHAKA, BANGLADESH: Bangladesh police have arrested more than 3,000 people in a sweeping nationwide crackdown following a spate of gruesome murders, they said Saturday, as the prime minister vowed to...
View ArticleBritain’s queen wows in green at 90th birthday parade
LONDON: Queen Elizabeth II marked her official 90th birthday Saturday by taking the salute at a special military parade in London where her vivid green outfit caused a sensation. After Trooping the...
View ArticlePutin helps Russian players get ‘peaceful sleep’ before England clash
MARSEILLE: Russia have pulled out all the stops in their bid to beat Euro 2016 Group B rivals England on Saturday by asking president Vladimir Putin to help cancel a concert near their team hotel....
View ArticleFIFA slams ‘shameful scenes’ at Euro 2016
ZURICH: FIFA on Sunday strongly condemned the “shameful scenes” between “idiotic troublemakers” at the European Championship. “FIFA strongly condemns any form of violence and finds it wholly...
View ArticleSussane Khan finally breaks silence about divorce from Hrithik Roshan
Two years after their divorce, Susanne Khan has finally opened up about why her and ex-husband Hrithik Roshan ended their marriage. The 37-year-old designer said, “We had reached a stage in our lives...
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