MUMBAI: Rakhi Sawant, who is famously known as for her outspokenness, is not happy with the likes of Kareena Kapoor and Katrina Kaif since she thinks they are actresses and shouldn’t do item songs. Kareena Kapoor’s item song ‘Chammak Challo’ and Katrina Kaif’s ‘Chikni Chameli’ did an excellent business at the box office and they were liked a lot by the people in the country. However, Rakhi feels that there ...

GAZA CITY: An Israeli air strike on Gaza killed one Palestinian and wounded two on Saturday, medics said, in a blow to Egyptian-brokered efforts to restore an informal truce. There was no immediate confirmation from the Israeli military of the latest raid which followed several on the territory during the night that drew retaliatory rocket fire into Israel. The casualties came in a strike east of the city o ...

The Flame computer virus is not only capable of espionage but it can also sabotage computer systems and likely was used to attack Iran in April- File Photo LONDON: Symantec says it for The Flame computer virus is not only capable of espionage but it can also sabotage computer systems and likely was used to attack Iran in April, according to a leading security company, Symantec Corp. Iran had previously blam ...

Air raids against three Hamas security targets in the Gaza Strip wound at least 17 people. GAZA: Israel launched air raids early on Saturday against three Hamas security targets in the Gaza Strip, wounding at least 17 people, Hamas medical officials said. Israel had no immediate comment on the strikes, which occurred as    Hamas’ Gaza wing fired rockets at Israel, causing no casualties, suggesting the raids ...

The State Bank observed that although the economy has shown some recovery in terms of GDP growth, the key macro indicators still remain weak. KARACHI:The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has termed the economic growth of 3.7% ‘notable’, a figure that is below the government’s target of 4.2%. The State Bank of Pakistan’s Third Quarterly Report released on Friday cites damage to cotton crop due to floods, ongoing ...

KARACHI, June 22: Three people, including two seminary teachers, on Friday fell victim to the ongoing wave of targeted killings on sectarian and political grounds in the city, police said. The officials added that both seminary teachers were shot dead on Abul Hasan Ispahani Road as they were returning to the seminary, Idara Maroof-ul-Quran, on a motorbike after attending a Nikah in the early hours. “Maulana ...

Palestinians carry the body of militant Basel Ahmed during his funeral in al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on June 22, 2012 after he was killed and two were wounded, when Israeli warplanes struck east of Al-Bureij.      — Photo by AFP GAZA: Israel launched two air strikes in Gaza on Friday, killing two Palestinian militants and wounding five other people as rockets fired from the enclave sla ...

A Turkish Air Force F-4 war plane fires during a military exercise in Izmir, in this May 26, 2010 file photo. Turkey lost a F-4 warplane, similar to the one pictured, over the Mediterranean on June 22, 2012, but Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said in his first public comments, he could not say whether the plane had crashed or been shot down.    — Photo by  Reuter ANKARA: Syria said Friday it shot dow ...

  We’ve all heard that chronic stress is detrimental to our health. But how many of us actually take time out to fight this demonic disease? We are assuming that the only reason you have been avoiding stress-relieving activities is because you are always under a time crunch and not because you are generally a masochist who likes to feel like a frazzled mess all the time. If you are stuck in the nine to ...

Baig’s friends say he was an unmatched genius. KARACHI:You could be talking about a character from ancient mythology; a river that no longer exists, a rare breed of animal in the Amazon or an invention that changed the world – forObaidullah Baig, it was simply a matter of 20 questions. At a time when the search engine was not born, Baig was Pakistan’s Google personified. But alas, the spectacular documentar ...