Surprised by selection of `Highway` at Berlin fest: Imtiaz Ali

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 07:04

Director Imtiaz Ali is utterly surprised by the selection of his upcoming road movie `Highway` at the prestigious Berlin International Film Festival as he feels such platforms are reserved for filmmakers like Anurag Kashyap.

Libya PM vows to stay on after Islamists quit cabinet

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 23:29

Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan vowed to stay at his post after Islamist ministers quit his government in protest at persistent lawlessness that saw him briefly abducted last year.

Islamists quit Libya government amid censure debate

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 22:07

Libya`s Islamist Justice and Construction Party announced it was quitting the government after it failed to win sufficient support for a censure motion in Parliament.

When Ali Asgar sacrificed Salman Khan`s film for daily soaps

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 17:50

Ali Asgar, popular as `dadi` on "Comedy Nights With Kapil", says superstar Salman Khan offered him a role in "Kick", but he could not do it because of his prior commitments to daily soaps.

Watch: Alia Bhatt croons to `Sooha Saha` from `Highway`

Last Updated: Sunday, January 19, 2014, 21:41

Alia Bhatt`s beautiful voice comes as surprise in the latest video uploaded by the official YouTube channel of `Highway`, the movie.

Actors of B`Town who also sang

Last Updated: Sunday, January 19, 2014, 21:30

From acting to crooning in their own movies, Bollywood celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan, Juhi Chawla and Farhan Akhtar have always been a step ahead of their contemporaries. The latest to join the league is one-film-old Alia Bhatt, who sang "Sooha saha` for her forthcoming film `Highway`.

Pak`s Internal Security Policy to be presented before cabinet

Last Updated: Sunday, January 19, 2014, 03:16

Khan said the government will hold talks with the Taliban as mandated by the All Parties Conference and will also take the Parliament into confidence at some stage.

Asif Ali Zardari granted exemption in graft cases

Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 20:41

Former President Asif Ali Zardari was on Saturday granted a permanent exemption from appearing in court in connection with cases registered against him by Pakistan`s anti-graft watchdog.

Hurriyat Conference splits, parallel group formed

Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 00:31

In a major jolt to moderate Hurriyat Conference led by Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, four of its senior leaders today split from the amalgam to form a parallel group and vowed to take the ongoing struggle for right of self-determination to its logical conclusion.

Car bomb in Lebanon town near Syria kills at least three

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 02:47

A car bomb on Thursday ripped through the main square of Hermel, a Hezbollah bastion in Lebanon`s Bekaa Valley, killing three people in the latest attack linked to Syria`s war, officials said.

Pakistan has resumed dialogue with militants: Minister

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 23:44

Pakistan has resumed dialogue with militants to find a "durable solution" to the problem of terrorism after the process was disrupted by a US drone strike, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said on Thursday.