Karachi is not reputed as a sub-continental beauty spot. Jihadist battles, gang wars and gunfire are familiar street sights and sounds, drug trafficking in its vast slums, kidnappings and political violence between Sindhi nationalists and MQM, the muhajir party of immigrants from UP and Bihar, are the stuff of everyday life.
Deepika, world number seven, and the 19th ranked Atanu were favourites against the Mongolians.
Bollywood gives a thumbs up to Raazi!
On Monday night, Swaraj came to the aid of lovers facing, or going through, a forced separation.
The demand to revive forums like Natal Indian Congress and South African Indian Congress is increasingly gaining momentum with leaders of various sections of the Indian-origin community joining the fray. A former black consciousness activist and one of the most respected leaders of the community Bishop Reuben Phillip has praised former activist Fatima Meer for recently demanding the revival of the Natal Indian Congress and the South African Indian Congress.
'Yousuf Raza Gilani, the prime minister, has insisted that Pakistan is not only working to track down those who may have had links to the attacks, but also promised that if India's allegations prove true, the perpetrators will be put on trial,' Fatima wrote in a column for Al-Jazeera. 'Given the government's track record, one can understand India's lack of faith in Pakistan's justice system,' she wrote in the piece titled, S Asian neighbours' linked destinies.
Batting legend Sachin Tendulkar met with the victorious Jammu and Kashmir cricketers at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai, on Thursday morning.
In her latest salvo against slain former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto, Fatima Bhutto has accused her aunt of converting the sombre resting place of the Bhuttos in Sindh province into a revolting "Disney version of Taj Mahal".
The hits and misses of the week.
With the ruling African National Congress failing to address the concerns of the Indians in South Africa, calls for the revival of the disbanded Natal Indian Congress (NIC), founded by Mahatma Gandhi to fight injustice against community in South Africa, is growing rapidly.
This is Amitabh Bachchan's first entry in the list of highest openers in Bollywood and Aamir Khan's second.
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Still to come to terms with the loss of their loved ones in violence in parts of northeast Delhi, relatives are anxiously waiting outside GTB hospital's mortuary for the postmortem to be conducted before the bodies are handed over to them.
Investigating agencies have also found several books and notes belonging to Nasir in which he has scribbled 'jihad is in my blood' and 'jihad mix my blood'.
She claimed no one cared about people of Kashmir but everyone wanted its land.
The hits and misses of the week.
Senior Superintendent of Police, Lucknow, Akhil Kumar said the speeding Safari was being driven by 20-year-old Kashif Abbas, son of SP MLA from Gazipur Sadab Fatima. Kumar said three people have been killed in the incident while seven others have been admitted to the Trauma Centre with serious injuries.
When minnows Jammu and Kashmir defeated 40-times Ranji Trophy champions Mumbai on Wednesday, it was perhaps the biggest-ever shock victory in domestic Indian cricket. Rediff.com's Vaihayasi P Daniel and Sonil Dedhia spent time with the J&K team after their stunning triumph to discover the inspiring story of how these fine cricketers turned adversity into advantage.
In response to the debate triggered by former anti-apartheid activist Fatima Meer's recent comments seeking revival of Natal Indian Congress, a number of Indian origin natives have said there is a need for a pressure group for the community in the African country.
'Deepak's character is not an out and out sexual predator.' 'I liked the way it was done because I felt it was more real, rather than a more dramatic take where a girl feels that oh, I must fight for my rights.'
'It would have given us more relief if the accused had been sentenced to death'
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav are and 10 political leaders who were on Thursday elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
'Amitji called me after he watched the film and spoke for half an hour.' 'He said, "According to me, this is your best performance till date".' '"I feel like seeing the film two-three times just to watch your important scenes".' 'I was really thrilled.'
Parents of several students -- particularly girls -- had to rush to Aligarh to take their wards back home.
Many said that scrapping of Article 370, which gave special status to the state, could lead to change in its Muslim-majority identity.
Eleven more deaths were reported on Thursday, taking the total death toll to 38, a senior Delhi Health Department official told PTI.
The acronym has become the butt of jokes on social media.
A one-year-old Pakistani boy has become the youngest liver transplant recipient in India after doctors here replaced his diseased organ with a healthy one donated by his grandmother.
'Neither Aamir's hard-at-work whimsicality nor Amitabh Bachchan's stoic presence can salvage a second of this bloated, blundering bore,' fumes Sukanya Verma.
Bollywood takes the glamorous route to MAMI!
A majority of the respondents said that demonetisation is a positive step towards curbing black money and corruption from the economy, the move did have an impact on their sales.
Tea and snacks like samosa and gulab jamun offered to guests by ministers have cost the Uttar Pradesh state exchequer nearly Rs 9 crore during four years of Akhilesh Yadav government.
Shooting for the film begins in Malta on June 5.
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'On my way to Aamir Khan's office, I was thinking about what to say, how to react. I thought that I should get a picture clicked with him because the casting probably won't happen, as it's too big a film.' But Sakshi Tanwar *was* cast as Aamir Khan's wife in his sports drama, Dangal.
