Pak-SA cricket series begins tomorrow in Abu Dhabi

on Monday, October 25, 2010

ABU DHABI,The first of the two Twenty20 Internationals between Pakistan and South Africa will be played here tomorrow.Income from the first T20 International, to be played here at the Sheikh Zayad Stadium, will be given to the flood affected...

Katrina says still is Salman’s friend

on Monday, October 25, 2010

MUMBAI: Katrina Kaif might have been mum on Salman while they were dating, but now that the couple has gone separate ways she is coming out with all kinds of clarifications about their relationship. The stunner has refuted all reports that...

Dengue victims number rises in Sindh, Punjab

on Monday, October 25, 2010

KARACHI: The number of people affected with the Dengue virus is on the rise in Sindh and Punjab, as there are at least 1,640 patients hospitalized in Sindh and 853 others in Punjab, Geo News reported Monday.At least 1640 people were tested...

Robert De Niro, Edward Norton on their Stone work

on Wednesday, October 6, 2010

NEW YORK, they sit next to each other in a Toronto hotel, Robert De Niro and Edward Norton make an odd pair. A few hours before the premiere of their movie "Stone" at the recent Toronto International Film Festival, Norton sports a dress shirt...

Noise heightens heart risk study

on Wednesday, October 6, 2010

MIAMI, Working in a consistently noisy environment such as a factory more than doubles the risk of serious heart problems, research suggests.In the under-50s, the risk increases to fourfold, the study warns, and young male smokers are also...

28 Nato oil tankers set ablaze in Islamabad

on Monday, October 4, 2010

ISLAMABAD, Unidentified gunmen killed at least three people and set 28 Nato oil tankers on fire carrying fuel for Nato and US forces in Afghanistan in Islamabad on Monday.Many tankers caught fire during the attack. Rescue sources said at least...

Nato supply suspended for 5 days now

on Monday, October 4, 2010

PESHAWAR, The Nato supply through Pak-Afghan border of Torkham lay suspended for five days now, Geo News reported Monday.According to the sources of Torkham border, the containers packed with Nato supplies are not being allowed to cross the border;...

Indian Navy's first floating dock

on Monday, October 4, 2010

PORT BLAIR, Indian Navy's only floating dock, a place on the waves where Navy's ships come for regular maintenance and repair, is based in Port Blair. Most docks for repairing ships are land based but in the earthquake prone Andaman and Nicobar...

China-Japan row clouds Europe, Asia leaders' event

on Monday, October 4, 2010

BRUSSELS, European and Asian leaders begin three days of talks Monday centred on trade, IMF reform and climate change but under the cloud of a territorial spat between Japan and China.Leaders will meet at the royal palace in Brussels for the 48-member...

Mazhar Majeed’s club chief David dies

on Monday, October 4, 2010

LONDON, The chairman of a football club caught up in the Pakistan match-fixing scandal, David Le Cluse, is thought to have taken his own life.Mr Le Cluse, 44, was found dead on Saturday with gunshot wounds in a garage near his home in Surrey.He...

Lollywood’s Bhai Log in pipeline

on Monday, October 4, 2010

LAHORE, A new film of Lollywood Bhai Log is in the last stages of its completion, Geo News reported Monday.A song was filmed in Lahore for the movie being made under the directions of Faisal Bukhari.This is a heavy-budget movie that would showcase...

Dinosaurs taller than thought: Study

on Monday, October 4, 2010

WASHINGTON,Some dinosaurs may have been at least 10 percent taller than previously thought, US paleontologists said in a study that found the creatures had large amounts of cartilage.The dinosaurs had thick layers of cartilage in their joints that...