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COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Texas A&M sophomore quarterback Johnny Manziel – spectator for the first 30 football minutes of his reign as defending Heisman Trophy winner by NCAA dictum – helped the sixth-ranked Aggies hold off surprising Rice in the second half for a 52-31 victory on Saturday afternoon at Kyle Field, US Today reports. Manziel spent the first half clad in a visor with a towel draped over his shoulders, suspended following the NCAA investigation into his multiple autograph sessions staged during the offseason. In his five series played during the second half, he led the Aggies to three touchdowns (all passing) and a field goal. Manziel completed six of eight passes for 94 yards, ran six times for 19 yards...

September 1, 2013 at 3:18 am | News Desk

NEW YORK: Rafael Nadal eased into the US Open last 16 on Saturday with a 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 victory over Croatia’s Ivan Dodig with his only concerns being a shortage of towels and a worrying pass by a low-flying jet. The second-seeded Nadal, a 12-time major winner and the 2010 champion in New York, hit 37 winners and faced just two break points and goes on to face either American 13th seed John Isner or Philip Kohlschreiber, the 22nd seed from Germany, for a quarter-final spot. Passage to the last eight could mean a first-ever US Open showdown against old rival Roger Federer. “I started the match with a high intensity. I lost to Ivan the last time we played in Montreal and he won two hard matches here against Fernando Verdasco, a l...

September 1, 2013 at 3:18 am | News Desk

TOKYO: The operator of Japan’s stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant said Saturday it had found new radiation hotspots near tanks storing toxic water, with one reading peaking at 1,800 millisieverts per hour — a potentially lethal dose. Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) detected high radiation readings at four sites around the tanks although none of the containers showed any visible fall in their water levels, according to a statement reported by two Japanese news agencies. Last week the plant operator admitted 300 tonnes of toxic water had seeped out of one of the vast containers — one of around 1,000 on the site — before anyone had noticed. The spill, which sparked fears the toxic water may have seeped into the ne...

September 1, 2013 at 3:17 am | News Desk

ISLAMABAD: A month after revealing that he will quit Express News over and issue of ‘freedom of speech’, Syed Talat Hussain — senior journalist and host of Express News’ Live with Talat — finally left the television channel on Saturday. Talat, a prominent journalist of Pakistan who is having more than 189 thousand followers on twitter, while starting his 8pm show on Saturday said, “Today is my last program on Express News”. “Tonight at 8pm my last prog on Expressnews.Will be off-screen for a few weeks and then back again elsewhere!,” Talat tweeted minutes before his program. On July 30, in his article on his own website, Talat wrote that he is quitting the channel over an issue of &ld...

September 1, 2013 at 3:17 am | News Desk

Hyderabad: As few days remaining in the start of Champions League Twenty 20 (CLt20), teams and their squad announced. The event will begin with the qualifiers match between Faisalabad Wolves and Otago Volts on 17th of September while first group stage match will take place on 21st of September between the Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals. Faisalabad Wolves is the only Pakistani team which will participate in the Champions league. Lets we have a look at the teams and their squads. Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay, Wriddhiman Saha, R Ashwin, S Badrinath, Imtiyaz Ahmad, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohit Sharma, Michael Hussey, Dwayne Bravo, Albie Morkel, Jason Holder, Francois Du Plessis, Chris Morris. Faisalabad Wolves: M...

August 31, 2013 at 1:09 am | News Desk

MUMBAI: Parineeti Chopra revealed ‘surprising’ permissions given by her parents as they feel ‘okay’ with her live-in as well as pre-marital sexual relationship if she wants too. Parineeti Chopra has already placed in the A-list actresses after making her successful debut in Bollywood during her three-year career and recently she has been selected for four projects after her upcoming movie ‘Shuddh Desi Romance’. Chopra unveiled her parents’ thoughts pertaining live-ins and pre-marital sex during an interview with Bollywood’s web portal. While answering a question for live-in relationship, the actress said, “If I think it is right and if my man thinks it is right. If our families are o...

August 31, 2013 at 1:09 am | News Desk

LONDON: The largest social media website Facebook likely to add profile pictures into database soon in order to facilitate its users for improved control on personal information. Experiencing best results with Facebook’s ‘Tag Suggest’ feature for identification of faces in latest uploaded photos after comparing with previous pictures, the company likely to take decision for upgradation of the feature for facial recognition technology which will speed up the process of labelling or “tagging” friends and acquaintances who appear in photos posted on the network. Previous technology just identifies faces newly uploaded photos by comparing them only to previous snapshots in which users were tagged but in upcomin...

August 31, 2013 at 1:09 am | News Desk

Islamabad: Pakistan’s Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar pressed all political parties to speak truth in order to save Karachi from turmoil. In a session of National assembly, Chaudhry Nisar said that only truth can save Karachi from turmoil. He stated that he never said that Muhajir Republican Army does not exist. The interior minister clarified his stance and said that the reports submitted to Attorney General Munir A Malik went without his approval. The reports claim that on identification, legal action must be taken against the group. It states further, “All-out efforts are required to identify the members of the Muhajir Republican Army and action taken against them under the law”. Chaudhry Nisar claimed that the re...

August 31, 2013 at 1:08 am | News Desk

KHAIRPUR: Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) Sindh’s President Ghous Ali Shah has resigned from his party post. PML-N Sindh’s President Ghous Ali Shah has resigned from his post before two month over reservation with central leadership after presidential election, sources said. PML-N leadership accepted his resignation after high-level consultative meeting as several attempt had been made to persuade him. Sources closer to the party said that the leader got disappointed with the central leadership of PML-N after being excluded from governorship as well as nomination of Mamnoon Hussain on Presidential Election. District President PML-N Abdul Majeed Shaikh told the media that Ghous Ali Shah went to Saudi Arabia for offering ...

August 31, 2013 at 1:08 am | News Desk

By Nita Bhalla As the silver waters of the Kishanganga rush through this north Kashmir valley, Indian labourers are hard at work on a hydropower project that will dam the river just before it flows across one of the world’s most militarised borders into Pakistan. The loud hum of excavators echoes through the pine-covered valley, clearing masses of soil and boulders. The 330-MW dam shows India’s growing focus on hydropower but also highlights how water is a growing source of tension with downstream Pakistan, which depends on the snow-fed Himalayan rivers for everything from drinking water to agriculture. Islamabad has complained to an international court that the dam in the Gurez valley, one of dozens planned by India, will a...

August 30, 2013 at 11:58 am | News Desk

 LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron made his case on Thursday for military action against Syria in the face of strong resistance from the opposition and public scepticism. Cameron told lawmakers recalled from their summer recess that Britain could not stand idle in the face of “one of the most abhorrent uses of chemical weapons in a century”. He said that while he was convinced the Syrian regime was behind the gas attack that is said to have killed hundreds near Damascus last week, there was no “100-percent certainty” and lawmakers had to “make a judgment”. Cameron insisted that launching strikes to degrade the regime’s ability to use chemical weapons was “not about taking sid...

August 30, 2013 at 1:56 am | News Desk

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has directed all telecom companies operating in the country to discontinue offering text and voice call packages to customers at any and all times of the day, and submit a compliance report on September 2, 2013, a report said on Thursday.  A letter from the PTA Director General Muhammad Talib Dogar reminded relevant authorities of a PTA Directive from Nov 14, 2012, which instructed all operating companies to quit offering chat packages “contrary to moral values of the society”. Accrording to ProPakistani  Dogar further said that voice and chat packages were, however, still operational in violation of the policy and should be terminated immediately and a...

August 30, 2013 at 1:56 am | News Desk

New York: As Nokia closing to launch its first ever phablet, a new images leaked of its upcoming phablet 6 inch Lumia 1520. (more…)

August 30, 2013 at 1:08 am | News Desk

The group stages of the UEFA Champions League 2013-14 were drawn on Thursday afternoon at the Grimaldi Forum in Monte Carlo. Five British teams are also in the draw for the group stages. Celtic face a huge task to qualify for the Champions League knockout stages after being drawn in the same group as Barcelona, AC Milan and Ajax. Manchester City take on holders Bayern Munich, CSKA Moscow and Viktoria Plzen. Arsenal have a tricky start versus Borussia Dortmund, Marseille and Napoli while new Manchester United boss David Moyes is up against Shakhtar Donetsk, Bayer Leverkusen and Real Sociedad. Chelsea have an easier group of Schalke, FC Basel and Steaua Bucharest. The first round of group matches will be played on 17-18 September. Full Ch...

August 30, 2013 at 1:08 am | News Desk

MONACO: Bayern Munich’s French winger Franck Ribery on Thursday won the award for European player of the 2012/13 season. The France international becomes the third player to win the award, the two previous winners being Barcelona duo Lionel Messi (2011) and Andres Iniesta (2012). Ribery won the award this time around ahead of Messi and Real Madrid’s Portugal striker Cristiano Ronaldo. The 74-time capped Ribery was an essential cog in Bayern’s charge to last season’s historic treble of the Champions League crown, the Bundesliga title and the German Cup. The News Tribe – UK-based bilingual news website covering politics, technology, sports, health and lifestyle from US, Pakistan, Middle East and around the wor...

August 30, 2013 at 1:08 am | News Desk

ZURICH, Canton of Zurich: Zurich Insurance Group said on Thursday its chairman had resigned with immediate effect following the suspected suicide death of the company’s financial chief this week. Pierre Wauthier, who had served as the company’s chief financial officer since 2011, was found dead at his home on Monday and police have said that he probably committed suicide. “The unexpected death of Pierre Wauthier has deeply shocked me,” explained exiting board chairman Josef Ackermann, a former head of Deutsche Bank. “I have reasons to believe that the family is of the opinion that I should take my share of responsibility, as unfounded as any allegations might be,” he said in a statement. Therefore, he h...

August 30, 2013 at 1:08 am | News Desk