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Kartarpur Corridor flooded, over 100 stranded

More than 100 people, mostly staff members, were stranded as floodwaters from the Ravi River inundated the Kartarpur Corridor, including Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, in Narowal district of Pakistan's......

To The Rescue After The Cloudburst

Glimpses from India and around the world that will make you smile and cry. Heroes To The Rescue IMAGE: Indo-Tibetan Border Police personnel rescues victims of the flash flood caused by a......

'Munir's US Visits: Something Else Is Afoot'

'Trump has personally weighed in to overcome doubts and reservations about Pakistan among his top advisors.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff "Clearly, not all of the US national security......

'Next Time It Could Be Lahore and Rawalpindi'

'Unlike the surgical strikes and the Balakot air strikes across the LoC, we have gone further inside Pakistan and raised the bar of escalation.' IMAGE: Rescuers remove a body from a building after......

Mob torched my house during Delhi riots: Muslim BJP leader

A Muslim Bharatiya Janata Party leader said his and some of his relatives' houses were burnt down by rampaging mobs during the communal violence in northeast Delhi. IMAGE: A burnt property at......

Challenge for Pakistan's next bank chief

Pakistan has appointed Saleem Raza, a former international banker, as central bank governor. He faces inflation near 25 per cent, dwindling foreign reserves and has to implement a $7.6bn (5.3bn,......

Interesting facts about the Sharif family and its business interests

The Sharif group’s website claims they are worth $300 million in business and $100 million in real estate holdings According to a Pakistani website, Nawaz Sharif’s personal holdings......

Remembering The Amazing Satish Shah

Satish Shah passed into the ages on Saturday, October 25. He was 74. His funeral was held on Sunday. The talented actor's prayer meet was held in Mumbai on October 27, attended by friends from the......

How Sholay, Deewar, Aandhi Changed Cinema

'Do films today even have the courage to question the establishment?' IMAGE: Amitabh Bachchan in Deewar. It was a standout year, and not just in Indian politics. 1975, the year of the Emergency,......

COMING in MARCH: B-I-G OTT Releases!

Ajay Devgn steps into the OTT space in March with his new thriller, Rudra: The Edge Of Darkness. That's not all. Vidya Balan gets together with Shefali Shah to spin a tale about a journalist and......

Bollywood pays homage to Krishna Raj Kapoor

Bollywood pays its respects to the matriarch of the Kapoor khandaan. Krishna Raj Kapoor passed away in the early hours of Monday, October 1. Kareena Kapoor Khan, whose father Randhir Kapoor is......

PIX: Boney-Sridevi watch Mughal-e-Azam

K Asif's Mughal-e-Azam came alive in Mumbai, when a play based on the 1960 classic premiered at the NCPA on October 21. Quite a few film folk made their way to watch the grand musical, directed by......

'Pakistan Has Come A Long Way Since March 3, 2009'

'International cricket is incomplete without Pakistan.' IMAGE: The first game in the Champions Trophy 2025 between Pakistan and New Zealand at the National Bank stadium in Karachi, February 19,......

India will lose in semis: Shoaib Akhtar

IMAGE: Axar Patel dismisses Max O'Dowd of The Netherlands at the Sydney Cricket Ground, October 27, 2022. Cameron Spencer/Getty Images Shoaib Akhtar was very angry after Pakistan lost to Zimbabwe......

Pakistan Hockey fires entire coaching team before Asian Games

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Hockey India/Twitter The entire coaching staff of Pakistan men's hockey team was reportedly sacked by country's sports board-run committee after it failed reach the......

Pak left-arm spinner tests positive for cocaine

Young Pakistan left-arm spinner Raza Hasan faces a possible two-year ban from all forms of cricket after testing positive for cocaine following a dope test carried out at the WADA-accredited......

Pakistan spinner Hasan appeals doping ban

Left-arm spinner Raza Hasan has filed an appeal against the two-year ban slapped on him for returning positive in a dope test by Pakistan Cricket Board. Hasan told a media conference in Lahore on......