NEW DELHI: A day after Chitrangada Singh slammed reports that she and her golfer husband Jyoti Randhawa were looking to to divorce, media were ablaze with questions after she has pulled out of a local fashion show in Dubai. The Desi Boyz star was set to be the showstopper for Indian designer Archana Kocchar on May 27 at Dubai’s Atlantis, The Palm. “Due to family issues, Chitrangada has pulled out of the eve ...

NEW DELHI: Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan's party on Saturday conceded defeat to rival Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML) in the landmark general elections in which it is set to emerge as second largest party. "They have emerged as the largest party. I want to congratulate the party," Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf vice-president Asad Umar told a Pakistani TV channel. Trends from some 250 o ...

NEW DELHI: Police confirmed to Bikyanews.com via telephone on Saturday that more than 20 people have been killed in bomb attacks in Pakistan as the country heads to the polls for a national election. Gun battles have also ensued across the country as millions of people turned out to cast a ballot despite the violence in national and provincial elections. A bomb attack in the port city of Karachi on Saturday ...

DUBAI: Sanjeev was able to get out of Saudi Arabia last month after having spent close to 6 months in what he described as "poor" conditions. His sponsor, a requirement for all foreign works in the ultra-conservative Gulf country, refused to pay him his salary for the duration of his stay, instead making him work 15 hour days as ostensibly a slave. "It was very hard and I didn't know how things were going t ...

AHMEDABAD: Tourists visiting Gujarat to get a glimpse of the Asiatic Lions might get to see them at a new address at Ambardi in Amreli district, the eastern end of Gir Sanctuary, by this year-end. With a view to ease burgeoning tourist rush during the peak seasons at Sasan Gir, the state government is developing Gir Interpretation Zone Ambardi in Amreli, on the lines of Devaliya park, in Junagadh district. ...

NEW DELHI: India is once again facing shock after a four-year-old girl was reportedly raped in Malviya Nagar of Delhi on Wednesday. Police confirmed they are investigating and the little girl's neighbor has been arrested in connection with the sexual assault. Police reported that the girl had been alone when the incident took place. Her parents had gone out for work. The incident came to light when another ...

As Pakistan prepares for national elections, the country’s public mood is exceedingly grim. Roughly nine-in-ten Pakistanis believe the country is on the wrong track, and about eight-in-ten say the economy is in poor shape, according to a new survey of Pakistan by the Pew Research Center. Meanwhile, concerns about extremist groups have increased markedly. More than nine-in-ten Pakistanis describe terrorism a ...

India tops the list of countries in the world with the most first-day deaths at 309,300 annually, according to “State of the World’s Mothers 2013” report released on May seven by London (UK) headquartered Save the Children International. Nigeria trails behind India at second position in the world with only 89,700 first-day deaths. India’s share of global first-day deaths is 29%. In India, “economic growth h ...

NEW DELHI: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on all parties in Bangladesh to put a stop to the violence, following clashes in the capital, Dhaka, over the past two days. “The Secretary-General has been following the recent wave of violence in Bangladesh with increasing concern and is saddened by the loss of life, including during the events that unfolded in Dhaka throughout Sunday an ...

NEW DELHI: Bangladeshi lawmakers will receive an agreed upon labour reform package as soon as next month to improve the nation's working conditions, the United Nations labour organization today said wrapping up a high-level visit to the South Asian country still reeling from the deadly collapse of a garment factory. The package “would improve protection, in law and practice, for the fundamental rights to fr ...