Mention Salman Khan’s charity Being Human in front of Katrina Kaif and she is quick to say, “That’s way bigger.” But the actor isn’t far behind in the philanthropic race. Katrina, whose mother, Suzanne Turquotte, works with an orphanage in Madurai, is now helping raise funds. “My mom is  overseeing the expansion of the initiative and the school,” she says. Though her schedule has permitted the actor to visi ...

WASHINGTON: With the Nato Chicago summit nearing, the US remains hopeful for a signal from Islamabad that the supply route, blocked for six months, would be reopened sooner, rather than later. Earlier in the month, it seemed as if Nato had subjected extending an invitation to the summit to reopening of the route. With top Pakistani officials gathering in a huddle midweek and declaring that keeping the suppl ...

New mom Aishwarya Rai is happy playing a doting mother for the time being. No wonder that losing weight is the last thing on her mind right now. And we certainly don't mind it as the diva looks comfortable in her skin. Ever since the photograph of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who gave birth seven months ago, with double chin appeared, it has sparked outrage. Former Miss World and Bollywood star Aishwarya has bee ...

A senior Iranian official says rash decisions and wrong approaches to the months-long crisis in Bahrain have pushed the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom to the brink of an "angry outburst." Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Thursday the consequence of the immature decisions made and the measures taken by the Bahraini regime jeopardize the entire region. He ma ...

KARACHI: The deteriorated law and order situation continued to prevail in the city as 11 more people, including two policemen, lost their lives to the events related to the targeted killings here. Unidentified men opened fire on a police van, patrolling the area of Baldia town, causing death of two policemen. The dead bodies were taken to the civil hospital. In the jurisdiction of Ferozabad police station, ...

Complainant Nawaz alleged that Ruqayya bibi performed exorcisms using the Holy Quran, without performing ablution. LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday acquitted a Christian couple implicated in a blasphemy case, setting aside an order of a trial court of Kasur, where they had been sentenced to life imprisonment. Justice Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi, issuing a verbal order, accepted the couple’s appea ...

Toying with modern technologies in political issues is among the new measures by the enemies against Iran, [and] in this regard, Google has been treated as a plaything.” Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast Iran warns Internet giant Google of legal action, should the US-based corporation continue to use ‘alternative words’ for the Persian Gulf. “Toying with modern technologies in political i ...

AMRITSAR: India on Thursday beefed up security at the Integrated Check Post (ICP) at the India-Pakistan border following a threat issued by Pakistan-based terrorist outfit Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) and the Taliban to blow up the ICP on Pakistan side, the Press Trust of India reported. Following the threats, the Border Security Force (BSF) on the Indian side of the border has enhanced security around the ICP. BS ...

European stock markets have experienced a sharp decline as concerns over political turmoil in Greece continue to spread across member states of the European Union. On Thursday, stocks in London, Frankfurt, Paris, Madrid, and several other European nations plunged over worries that Greece may have to leave the eurozone as a result of the ongoing financial crisis in the country, The Wall Street Journalreporte ...

The 1,735-kilometre (1,078-mile) pipeline is likely to be operational by 2016. NEW DELHI: The Indian government removed a major stumbling block in completing an intra-continent gas supply line, after its cabinet approved a deal to buy natural gas from Turkmenistan via the $7.6 billion pipeline which will pass through Afghanistan and Pakistan, reports said on Thursday. The cabinet approved the signing of the ...