Arts / EntertainmentA Bosnian minister canceled on Wednesday a permit for Hollywood star Angelina Jolie to shoot parts of her debut feature film in Bosnia, citing incomplete paperwork.The Oscar-winning actress has starte
Arts / EntertainmentCable operators across Mumbai and Thane have decided to bow down to Shiv Sena's diktat and block the reality show 'Bigg Boss' on Colors channel from Wednesday night. The Shiv Sena has been protesting
Arts / EntertainmentIrrfan Khan's reputation for versatility is well-known in the film industry. He is one of the few actors who has essayed a wide range of characters, both dark and romantic, with equal panache. Irrfan
BusinessHONG KONG/LONDON: Asia-centric bank Standard Chartered launched a $5.3 billion (3.4 billion pound) rights issue to bolster its finances for new capital rules and provide the firepower to take advantag
BusinessJAKARTA: Indonesia plans to raise its tobacco excise tax by five percent next year to help meet state revenue targets, a senior official said Wednesday. The country has one of the highest smoking rate
BusinessNEW DELHI: The Indian government will raise up to $3.5 billion from a price band of 225 rupees to 245 rupees for state-run Coal India's initial public offering, the largest in the country's corporate
Arts / EntertainmentHaving breezed through several world records in the culinary field Lebanon has now gone for the big one - the world's largest national flag, and so huge it needed an airfield.The Lebanese military on
BusinessNEW DELHI: A surge in global corn prices and expectations of a drop in domestic rates will help India seal more export deals in the coming weeks, traders and analysts said on Monday. Corn prices in Ch
NATIONALThe new tactics being adopted by suicide bombers to ensure that there are no clues left behind after an attack are causing problems in investigation, a Crime Investigation Department official asking n
NATIONALSecretary Finance Pakistan People's Party Punjab (PPP), Aurangzeb Burki condemned the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz's (PML-N) policy of targeting President zardari's personality and said that it may ha
Arts / EntertainmentA tiny surge of power to parts of the brain can improve recall memory by 11 per cent: researchersGiving a person an electric shock can help improve their memory, scientists have discovered. The treatm
Madaris want the charter to be able to issue degrees Question on how to move forward with legislation remains unresolved ISLAMABAD: As the procedure remains unclear even after a meeting on Thursday, t
