Shraddha Kapoor to feature in Hrithik Roshan, Jr NTR’s ‘War 2’?

Shraddha Kapoor to feature in Hrithik Roshan, Jr NTR's 'War 2'?

Bollywood starlet Shraddha Kapoor is reportedly in talks with the makers of Hrithik Roshan and Jr. NTR starrer ‘War 2’ for a special song.

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Still basking on the enormous success of ‘Stree 2’ with some big-budget movie offers on her table, Shraddha Kapoor is yet to treat her fans with any official announcement of her next project.

Earlier reports suggested that she was approached by the makers of Allu Arjun’s ‘Pushpa 2’ for a special item song with the South Indian superstar, however, she was later replaced by young starlet Sreeleela as the negotiations with Kapoor didn’t work out.

However, there is a new buzz in the media now that the ‘Stree 2’ star is in talks with ‘War 2’ makers, for a special number with both the lead heroes of the films, Hrithik Roshan and Jr. NTR. Besides the superstars, the YRF Spy Universe’s action thriller, helmed by director Ayan Mukerji, stars Kiara Advani as the female lead opposite Roshan.

 

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‘War 2’ is scheduled for release in August 2025.

Also Read: Shraddha Kapoor breaks silence on starring in ‘Aashiqui 3’

While the development of Kapoor featuring in ‘War 2’ still awaits confirmation, she has bagged the main role in actor-filmmaker Nikhil Dwivedi’s much-awaited project ‘Naagin’.

Moreover, she is also rumoured to reunite with her ‘Tu Jhoothi, Main Makkaar’ co-star Ranbir Kapoor, as the leading lady in ‘Dhoom 4’.



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Dilip Joshi aka Jethalal to quit ‘TMKOC’ after fight with producer?

Dilip Joshi aka Jethalal to quit 'TMKOC' after fight with producer?

Indian TV actor Dilip Joshi, who essays the main character of Jethalal in ‘Taarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chashmah’responded to the rumours of his departure from the long-running sitcom after an altercation with show’s producer Asit Modi.

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It was recently reported by an Indian media outlet that veteran actor Dilip Joshi, who has led the ensemble cast of ‘TMKOC’ since the beginning of the show, has resigned from playing the character of Jethalal, after an intense argument with the play’s producer Asit Modi, over his leave request, which was turned down by the latter in August.

The report also suggested that Joshi held Modi by the collar in anger and even threatened him to leave the show during the altercation.

In response, Joshi has now issued a statement where he not only termed the viral rumours to be completely baseless and hurtful but also expressed his frustration over the spread of misinformation.

 

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Addressing the reports of his fight with Modi, Joshi stated, “There have been some stories in the media about me and Asit Bhai that are completely false, and it really saddens me to see such things being said.”

Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah is a show that means so much to me and millions of fans, and when people spread baseless rumours, it hurts not only us but also our loyal viewers,” he added. “It’s disheartening to see negativity being spread about something that has brought so much joy to so many for so many years. Every time such rumours pop up, it feels like we’re constantly explaining that they are completely untrue. It’s tiring, and it’s frustrating.”

“Earlier, there were even rumours about me leaving the show, which is completely false,” clarified the actor.

“We all stand together in our commitment to make this show the best it can be. Let’s focus on the positivity and joy that this show brings to so many,” he concluded.

Also Read: Another ‘TMKOC’ actor quits show after 16 years

Notably, this is not the first time that ‘TMKOC’ has made headlines with actors quitting the show after serious allegations against the producer. Actors like Shailesh Lodha, Jennifer Mistry and Palak Sindhwani among others also left the show after accusing Modi of harassment, abuse and non-payment of dues.



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Illegal farm fires fuel Indian capital’s smog misery

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NEW DELHI: The illegal burning of farm fields in northern India reached a record high this season, fuelling a toxic smog choking millions including in the capital New Delhi, government monitors said Tuesday.

The northern state of Punjab — an agriculture hub often dubbed as “India’s wheat bowl” — recorded 1,251 farm fires on Monday, according to the government-run Punjab Remote Sensing Centre.

Tens of thousands of farmers around the capital in Punjab and Haryana states burn their crop residue at the start of every winter, clearing fields from recently harvested rice to make way for wheat.

The practice is banned but law enforcement is lax, and it remains the cheapest and quickest way for farmers to prepare their fields for the next growing season.

India is the world’s biggest exporter of rice and a major exporter of wheat.

Since September, Punjab has recorded 9,655 farm fires. The previous highest number on a single day was 730, which was recorded on November 8.

On Monday, when the most fires were recorded, levels of PM2.5 pollutants — dangerous cancer-causing microparticles that enter the bloodstream through the lungs — surged past 60 times the World Health Organization’s recommended daily maximum in New Delhi.

Farmers are a powerful voting bloc and remain defiant about their role in the smog, saying they cannot switch to more expensive methods without substantial government support.

The ash-grey smoke from the fires contributes to the blanket of hazardous smog that settles on New Delhi every winter when cooler air traps pollutants close to the ground.

Various piecemeal government initiatives have failed to measurably address the problem, with the smog blamed for thousands of premature deaths each year and particularly impacting the health of children and the elderly.

City authorities on Tuesday extended an order for all schools to switch to online classes for all students, and added to restrictions on diesel-powered trucks and construction in a bid to ease the smog.

Authorities hope by keeping children at home, traffic will be reduced.

On Tuesday, air quality had slightly improved, with PM2.5 pollutant levels hitting 309 micrograms per cubic metre in New Delhi, according to IQAir pollution monitors, 20 times higher than the WHO daily safe limit.

A report by The New York Times this month, based on samples collected over five years, revealed dangerous fumes also spewing from a power plant incinerating rubbish from the capital’s landfill garbage mountains.



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Rizwan, Naseem ‘dropped’ as Pakistan unveil playing XI against Australia 

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HOBART: Pakistan has unveiled its playing XI for the third and final T20I against Australia at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart, ARY News reported.

Ahead of the final T20I, Pakistan has dropped its key players including the skipper Muhammad Rizwan and Naseem Shah.

In the absence of Rizwan, all-rounder Salman Ali Agha who was named vice-captain of the team will lead the men in green in the final clash whereas Haseebullah and Jahandad Khan will replace  Rizwan and Pakistan’s star pacer Naseem Shah.

The third and final T20I between Pakistan and Australia will start at at 1:00 PM PST (7 PM AEST), at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart today.

The key changes in the team came after Australia thumped Pakistan in the second T20I and attained an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday.

Australia opted to go with an unchanged side, that defeated Pakistan in the rain-effect first T20I in Brisbane. Meanwhile, Pakistan replaced Haseebullah Khan with left-arm wrist-spinner Sufiyan Muqeem.

Read: Babar Azam breaks two records for Pakistan in first Australia T20I

Pakistan, lost the first PAK v AUS game after pacers and batter Glenn Maxwell led Australia to a commanding victory over the visitors in the rain-affected first T20I at The Gabba.

It is worth noting here that the Greenshirts thrashed Australia in the third and final ODI to secure their first series victory Down Under since 2002.



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UNICEF joins hands with Pakistan to protect children from climate risks

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Coordinator to Prime Minister on Climate Change, Romina Khurshid Alam on Saturday made a significant commitment on behalf of Pakistani government to join hands with provincial governments to safeguarding its children from the devastating impacts of climate change.

“Recognizing the vulnerability of the youngest and most marginalized populations to climate-induced disasters, we have pledged to prioritise child-centric climate adaptation and resilience measures in its national strategies,” she made these remarks after a crucial MoU signing ceremony between Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination and UNICEF held at Pakistan Pavilion on the sidelines of the COP29 global climate conference.

Top key representatives of the government of Pakistan along with the Sindh, Punjab, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial governments affirmed their commitment to collaboratively protect the rights and interests of children embroiled in the quagmire of the impacts of climate crisis.

Federal Secretary Ministry of Climate Aisha Humera Moriani and UNICEF Deputy Executive Director signed the Declaration on Children, Youth and Climate Action, a pledge by champion governments to uphold priorities identified by children and youth across the world.

Addressing the event, Romina Khurshid Alam remarked that enhancing access to education, health, and nutrition services in climate-affected areas as well as investing in sustainable infrastructure to protect schools and communities from extreme weather events is top priority of the present government.

She also emphasised that recognising the importance of empowering children as key drivers of climate action is vital to involving them in climate action programmes, fostering a generation of climate-conscious leaders.

Pakistan also emphasized the importance of integrating children’s voices into policy decisions and fostering community-based initiatives to empower young people as active participants in climate action.

She termed the signature a significant step towards safeguarding the lives of 112 million children in Pakistan, who are vulnerable to climate-related disasters, displacement, and trauma.

Read more: Sindh floods: 230,000 children out of school, UNICEF

“We commit to integrate child rights and needs into Pakistan’s climate policies and especially the Nationally Determined Contributions 3.0, which will be the focus of COP30 in Brazil next year,” said Romina Khurshid, the Prime Minister’s Coordinator on Climate Change upon signing the Declaration on Children, Youth and Climate Action.

Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) are national climate action plans by each country under the Paris Agreement. It contains efforts by each country to reduce national emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change.

“We must ensure our children are prepared for the future they are growing into,” said Honourable Murad Ali Shah, Chief Minister of Sindh Province. “Our education curriculum must reflect the realities of a world being altered by climate change and preparing our young people for a green economy.”

The Government of Pakistan and UNICEF are deeply concerned about the disproportionate impact of climate change on children. Rising greenhouse gas emissions and short-lived climate pollutants pose an imminent threat to their health, education, and well-being. Regular flooding and intensifying heat waves expose children to higher risks than those faced by children in 1960.



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Four ‘rapists’ killed in alleged Faisalabad police encounter

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Four arrested suspects in a gang-rape case were killed in police encounter in the area of ​​Nishatabad police station in Faisalabad.

According to police, the killed accused Zahid, Naveed, Islam and Qasim were in police custody on remand in the robbery-rape case.

The police were taking the four robbers to Achkira village for recovery and meanwhile, accomplices of dacoits attacked the police party near Ghulam Muhammadabad number two.

Police said in the shootout, the outlaws killed four of their accomplices and fled the scene.

The dead robbers had raped the woman during the robbery one and a half months ago.

In a separate alleged police encounter in the month of April, two dacoits were killed in an encounter with police officials near Nagin Chowrangi in Karachi.

Read more: Video shows Karachi family looted in broad daylight outside shopping mall

Rescue sources said that two dacoits were killed in an alleged gun battle with police officials near Nagin Chowrangi, whereas, a citizen has also sustained injuries by the firing of the alleged criminals. The citizen was immediately shifted to the hospital.

It emerged that the dacoits have tried to flee after looting a citizen who came out of an ATM after withdrawing cash. A police patrolling party has reached the scene and opened fire on the criminals.



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Constructive talks held with Pakistan officials, says IMF

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WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it held constructive talks with authorities in Pakistan on economic policy and reform efforts to reduce vulnerabilities during an unscheduled staff visit.

The unusual visit from Nov 12 to Nov 15 discussed a $7-billion bailout within six weeks of its approval by the IMF board, but came too early for the first review of the Extended Fund Facility (EFF), due in the first quarter of 2025.

“We are encouraged by the authorities’ reaffirmed commitment to the economic reforms supported by the 2024 EFF,” Nathan Porter, the chief of the IMF’s Pakistan mission, who led the talks, said in a statement.

The constructive discussions on economic policy and reform efforts to reduce vulnerabilities would help to lay the basis for stronger and sustainable growth, he added.

The mission did not state the weaknesses, but sources in Pakistan’s finance ministry have said some major lapses prompted the IMF to intervene.

Among these were a shortfall of nearly 190 billion rupees ($685 million) in revenue collection during the first quarter of the current fiscal year.

Losses running into billions of dollars in the power and gas sector, the main hole in the economy, were also discussed, the IMF said, adding that structural energy reforms were critical to restore the sector’s viability.

Both sides agreed on the need to continue prudent fiscal and monetary policies, and mobilise revenue from untapped tax bases, the mission added.

Pakistan has struggled for decades with boom-and-bust economic cycles, prompting 23 IMF bailouts for the country since 1958.



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Salat-e-Istisqa to be offered for rain across Pakistan today

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Salat-e-Al Istisqa for rain will be offered across Pakistan today [Friday], for relief from toxic smog, ARY News reported.

The prayer for rain is being offered on the appeal of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to the nation.

In a statement, PM Shehbaz Sharif urged religious scholars and leaders to play their role in organizing Salat-e-Istisqa

He said the rain would improve the environment and greatly help get rid of diseases.
The premier said special prayers should be made to Allah so that human life can be relieved of this problem. He said Salat-e-Istisqa should be organized in all mosques under the federal and provincial governments.

Parts of Pakistan specially, Punjab, are facing the increasing threat of smog.

Al-Istisqa’(Prayer for rain) means seeking water (rain) from Allah (the Most High) during drought and times of low rainfall, and it is a confirmed Sunnah.

Read more: Smog: Shops, wedding halls, restaurants sealed in Lahore over violation

What is Salat-e-Istisqa?

It is recommended to remind people to make repentance, seek forgiveness, repay the injustices, reconcile disputants, and observe fast for three consecutive days.

On the fourth day, they leave homes while observing fast because supplication is more likely to be answered while in that state. They should also be dressed in modest clothes. The person observing this prayer says the takbeer seven times in the first rak’ah after the initiating takbeer.

In the second rak’ah, he says five takbeers apart from the one he says while standing up from the prostration. After the prayer, the imam delivers two sermons, like those of Eid. In the first, he seeks forgiveness for nine times and for seven times in the second.

Thereafter, he supplicates, saying ” Istaghfiro Allaha Allathi La Ilaha Illa Howa Wa atobo Elaih. He also, in both sermons, seeks a great deal of forgiveness and sends a great deal of blessings upon the Prophet (PBUH).

Then, he invokes Allah the Almighty to bless the people with rain. Istisqaa` is made up of two sermons and two rakahs.



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Karachi woman steals gold jewelry, sells, and performs Umrah

Karachi, woman steals gold jewelry, performs Umrah

KARACHI: A woman in Karachi’s Lyari neighborhood steals gold ornaments from neighboring home, sold it and went to perform Umrah pilgrimage, ARY News reported on Thursday.

Baghdadi Police officials said that a case of 20 tola gold jewelry theft was registered at the police station on October 27.

“The police arrested accused Imran on intelligence information, who said that his wife Shehnaz had committed the gold theft,” an official said.

“Police arrested the accused woman and recovered three tola gold from her possession along with Rs 1.5 million cash,” official said.

“She committed theft in the neighboring home in absence of the family. She sold 17 tola gold and with that money she went to perform Umrah pilgrimage,” police said.

Officials said that the police were further investigating into the incident and conducting raids for further recovery and arrest of the accomplices in the crime.



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Laiba Khan is married to 50-year-old Qatari prince?

Laiba Khan married to a 50-year-old Qatari prince?

Showbiz starlet Laiba Khan breaks silence on her marriage rumours with a 50-year-old Prince from Qatar.

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In a recent interaction with a digital magazine, actor Laiba Khan opened up on the weirdest rumour she has heard about herself, and revealed that it was about her marriage to a Qatari prince and even her father believed it to be true.

According to Khan, the rumours suggested that she married a 50-year-old guy from Qatar, who is apparently a Prince, for his wealth.

“My father came across it on YouTube and was like, ‘Laiba, what is this?’ Then I had to explain to him that it was all a lie and I wasn’t even aware of where it started from,” she shared.

 

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It is worth reminding here that Laiba Khan spoke about her future plans earlier this year when she hinted that this might be her last year in showbiz before she gets married and quit acting.

The ‘Muqaddar ka Sitara’ actor mentioned that she had always planned to work in this industry for five years only and it is her fifth year. “Yes, I want to get married and settle down. I can quit acting [for that],” she added.

Also Read: Laiba Khan turns head with cryptic post



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کراچی میں چینی قافلے پر خودکش حملہ: بمبار کے ایک ہاتھ سے پولیس ’سہولت کاروں‘ تک کیسی پہنچی

پاکستان کے سب سے بڑے شہر کراچی میں ایک چینی قافلے پر حملے کے بعد پولیس کو پہلے جائے وقوعہ سے برآمد ہونے والے ایک ہاتھ کی مدد سے خودکش بمبار کی شناخت معلوم ہوئی اور اس کے بعد کڑیاں جڑنے پر مبینہ ماسٹر مائنڈ اور خاتون سہولت کار کو گرفتار کیا گیا۔

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PTI founder is booked in 54 cases in Punjab, LHC told

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LAHORE: The Punjab government has provided the high court with information regarding the FIRs registered against the founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in different districts of province, ARY News reported.

Farrukh Lodhi, a lawyer for the Punjab government, presented the report in the Lahore high court.

The report indicates that a total of 54 FIRs are registered against PTI founder Imran Khan across various districts in Punjab.

The breakdown of cases against the former prime minister include 21 cases in Lahore, 19 in Rawalpindi, seven in Sheikhupura, five in Faisalabad, and one in Gujranwala.

Earlier on November 8, an anti terrorism court (ATC) in Lahore granted bail to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan in four May 9 cases.

Also read: Toshakhana-II: Verdict on PTI founder’s acquittal plea to be announced on Nov 12

As per details, the ATC judge Arshad Javed took up the bail pleas and after hearing arguments from both the sides approved the pleas filed by the former prime minister Imran Khan.

The Prosecutor general Punjab Farhad Ali presented his arguments before the court and approved the bail pleas saying that Imran Khan had informed his workers to attack important state buildings if he is arrested.

May 9 violence

Violent clashes were broken out across Pakistan after former prime minister Imran Khan was arrested on May 9, 2023.

The protests were held in remote and major cities as the party workers were agitated due to their chairman’s arrest, with Balochistan, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Islamabad summoning the armed forces to ensure law and order.

Army installations, including Corps Commander’s house in Lahore, had come under attack during the protests by PTI workers.

It is pertinent to mention that the PTI founder is named as main accused in all the May 9 riots cases.



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PIA flight leaves behind passengers’ luggage at Jeddah airport

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KARACHI: A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight on Tuesday left luggage of over 60 passengers at the Jeddah airport, ARY News reported.

According to details, the PIA’s Jeddah-Karachi flight, landed at Jinnah International airport without luggage of over 60 passengers.

The passengers said they were informed about leaving their luggage behind at the Jeddah airport upon arrival at the Karachi airport.

Meanwhile, the PIA spokesperson said the luggage of the passengers was left behind due to space issue in the flight and it would be brought back in the next flight.

Earlier in 2020, more than 50 passengers were in for an unpleasant surprise upon arrival at Islamabad International Airport when they got to know the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight that brought them from Sharjah to Islamabad forgotten to bring their luggage.

The PIA flight, PK-182, arrived at Islamabad airport from Sharjah without the luggage of more than 50 passengers. Upon learning about their baggage left behind at the Sharjah airport, the passengers got angry and slammed the national flag carrier’s unprofessional conduct.

However, Pakistan International Airlines officials tried to pacify them, assuring that their luggage will be brought back via the airline’s next flight from Sharjah.



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