MUMBAI: Priyanka Chopra recently suffered a debacle with 'Teri Meri Kahaani' that has sunk without a trace. However blessing in disguise has turned out to be the promo of 'Barfii' which has just been unveiled. If the initial reactions to the Anurag Basu directed film is any indication, Priyanka would finally have a winner in hands where she has an author backed role. "Yes, she has an author backed role in t ...

  DENVER: Firefighters grappling with the two most destructive wildfires on record in Colorado reported progress on Monday, but were steeling themselves for a long season in what has already been a dangerously active fire year in the western United States. The fires, which left a haze of smoke over the state's urban corridors, have displaced tens of thousands of people and left vast swathes of forest a ...

TEHRAN: Iran on Tuesday test-fired in its central desert a ballistic missile capable of striking Israel as part of war games designed to show its ability to retaliate if attacked, media said. Iran's Revolutionary Guard fired the medium-range Shahab-3 missile at a mock target in the Kavir Desert on the second day of its Great Prophet 7 exercise, which is due to end on Wednesday, Iran's Al-Alam television net ...

FC personnel were conducting a search operation in the area when remote-controlled bomb detonated. KHAR: A paramilitary official was killed and four others were injured in a remote-controlled blast in the Bara Kamangra area of Nawagai tehsil in Bajaur on Tuesday. An official of the Nawagai Political Administration said that Frontier Corps (FC) personnel had launched a search operation in the area after an e ...

Party sources claim he was removed after local leadership complained he was inattentive, not giving time to party. KARACHI: Senator Faisal Raza Abidi has resigned from the post of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) president Karachi division, but party sources claim that he has been removed due to complaints received from local leadership of the party. Abidi was made president of the Karachi division in November ...

Scottish republicans are to stage a protest against the British Queen's visit in Edinburgh on July 5, 2012. Hundreds of dissident republicans are to hold an anti-monarchy protest outside St. Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh on July 5 to demonstrate against the Queen’s upcoming visit to Scotland. The Republic Scotland, which is part of the UK-wide Republic campaign, announced plans to hold the protest rally, beg ...

Women more likely to cheat Almost 100 per cent of women who cheat on their partners never get found out, but men are not as good at covering their tracks with 17 percent admitting to getting caught, a new survey has found. The research carried out by a dating website for married people found that 95 percent of women and 83 percent of men claim to have successfully conducted illicit encounters without their ...

Leaders of Shia community in Pakistan have gathered in Lahore to protest against the targeted killings of Shia Muslims in various parts of the violence-hit country. Hosting a huge gathering in the eastern city of Lahore in Punjab, Shia leaders called on the people to unite and show their strength as one strong unit against the miscreants. According to the leaders, the US is working towards inflaming sectari ...

Handout photograph, taken on July 1, 2012, shows an Indian Air Force helicopter on a relief and rescue mission in the flood-affected areas of the state of Assam in northern India. The death toll from the monsoon floods and landslides that have hit the northern India state of Assam has risen to 81. India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Monday that torrential rains and massive floods also forced aroun ...

MONTREAL: Teen heartthrob Justin Bieber has earned a diploma from a Catholic secondary school in his native Ontario, Canada, but did not attend the graduation ceremony, the head of the school told. Tim Doherty said Monday that the 18-year-old star had been granted a diploma from St. Michael Catholic School in Stratford but did not attend the graduation ceremony on June 28. Bieber shot to fame in 2009 after ...