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LONDON: The Indian film industry needs to break out of its mould and produce more hard-hitting films that challenge its audience, veteran actor Om Puri said. Puri, who has acted in both Hollywood and Bollywood and was awarded an OBE (Order of the British Empire), said Indian filmmakers should draw on the country’s rich culture and history. “We always say ...

The 32-year-old all-rounder athlete won the Bronze medal at the men’s long jump category, making the win Pakistan’s first this year. This is the second time Ali has brought home a win, the last time being at the Paralympic Games held in Beijing, China in 2008, where the athlete won the silver medal. Haider, who sufferes from Cerebral Palsy, had ...

Parts of Taiwan were brought to a standstill as the strongest typhoon of the year skirted past the island’s southern tip, knocking out power for more than 180,000 households. Although super Typhoon Meranti did not make landfall, the storm brought record strong winds and torrential rains to eastern and southern Taiwan. According to Taiwan’s central weather bureau, observation station recorded ...

All private schools in Karachi will re-open from Monday, the Private Schools Association announced here on Wednesday afternoon. The Karachi Private Schools Association, after announcing earlier that schools would reopen from Thursday 15th September 2016, as per government directives, has now revoked their orders, extending holidays till 18th September,  reported. The schools will now re-open on Monday

  SIALKOT:  A man killed his sister and her husband over a domestic scuffle,  reported. According to the report, the accused fired a bullet at his sister and her husband, killing them both in Sialkot’s area of Daska. The bodies of the victims have been shifted to the hospital while police officials working on the case are reportedly on their ...

KARACHI: Doctors have allowed Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Dr. Farooq Sattar to be discharged from the hospital, Spokesperson Liaquat National Hospital (LNH) stated Wednesday afternoon. In a press briefing, LNH spokesperson Anjum Rizvi updated the media regarding MQM leader Farooq Sattar’s health and recovery, saying all his tests have come clear. The leader had injured his ribs and shoulders ...

LONDON: Eoin Morgan is very much still the captain of the England one-day international cricket team says the man who stepped in to replace him for the tour of Bangladesh Jos Buttler. Morgan and batsman Alex Hales both decided not to go on the tour as they were concerned, despite reassurances from team security chief Reg Dickason after he came ...

With Hillary Clinton sidelined by pneumonia, U.S. President Barack Obama took up the Democrats’ fight against Donald Trump on Tuesday (September 13), trying to quash the Republican presidential candidate’s bid to appeal to working-class voters. “In election season you will often hear crazy stuff, but I got to say this year we’ve been hearing a little more crazy than usual,” ...

Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump has made a speech on Tuesday during which he outlined his child-care policy. Trump was accompanied by his daughter Ivanka, a mother of three, whom he says has been passionate about child-care policy. “As a society we need to create policies a champion all parents and enabling the American family to thrive. My dad agrees ...

At the core of Brandon Maxwell’s Spring/Summer 2017 collection are his family and friends, the designer said on Tuesday. Showing his latest creations at New York’s iconic Russian Tea Room restaurant, the designer and stylist reflected on his past year. His eponymous brand, which he founded just one year ago, is already in many high end department stores, and he ...