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  • Travis Kelce’s ex shares a cryptic post after Taylor Swift engagement

    Travis Kelce’s ex shares a cryptic post after Taylor Swift engagement

    As NFL star Travis Kelce and pop megastar Taylor Swift announced their engagement, after two years of dating, his ex-girlfriend, Kayla Nicole, has reacted to the news with a cryptic post.

    Sports reporter and content creator Kayla Nicole, who was in a five-year-long relationship with Travis Kelce before their breakup in 2022, took to her Instagram stories on Tuesday to repost a telling clip about ‘experiencing joy’, after Taylor Swift announced her engagement with the Kansas City Chiefs tight-end via a social media post.

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    In the clip, actor Tracee Ellis Ross can be heard saying, “I work at it. I think joy is different from happiness. I feel like happiness is something you can get at 7/11, and joy is something you earn and work for and takes practice.”

    “I feel like joy has legs. I feel like joy has feet, I feel like joy has roots, I feel like it creates space and allows for room for more than just a good day. I think joy is an attitude. I think joy is a perspective, and I think joy is a lens through which I live and look at my life,” she explained further in the video. Sharing the clip on her Instagram stories, Nicole, who has previously confessed to the trauma of a public breakup with Kelce, added in the caption, “Read about this very concept years ago in a book called Choose Joy: Because Happiness Isn’t Enough. I aspire! So so good.”

    For the unversed, the ‘Lover’ hitmaker broke the news of her engagement with Kelce earlier this week, when she shared the pictures of their dreamy proposal, and confirmed in the caption, “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.”

  • Pakistan urges Israel’s allies to review policies enabling ‘mass carnage’ in Gaza

    Pakistan urges Israel’s allies to review policies enabling ‘mass carnage’ in Gaza

    UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan on Thursday called on countries shielding Israel at the UN Security Council to urgently reconsider their policies, warning that such support has enabled “mass carnage” of Palestinians in Gaza.

    “The occupying power’s apologists must introspect and objectively assess the consequences of their policies,” Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, told the 15-member Council.

    “What else is complicity? In fact, impunity has become Israel’s shield – and this Council’s silence, its enabler,” he said, stressing that the Council “cannot remain a bystander” and must act decisively to fulfill its Charter responsibility for maintaining international peace and security.

    Highlighting the scale of destruction in Gaza, the envoy noted that most of the more than 62,000 people killed were women and children. “This cannot be collateral damage. It is mass carnage,” he declared.

    Ambassador Ahmad said that Israel is carrying out “a campaign of ethnic cleansing in plain sight” through mass killings, displacement, famine, settlements, and the systematic destruction of habitable land. He also condemned Israel’s planned full occupation of Gaza City, calling it a “blueprint for further humanitarian catastrophe” that could displace up to one million more people.

    Read More: NGO says starving Gaza children too weak to cry

    At the same meeting, senior UN officials painted a grim picture of the worsening crisis. Ramiz Alakbarov, UN Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, said the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory had deteriorated “to levels not seen in recent history.”

    Meanwhile, Joyce Msuya, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, confirmed that famine is now occurring in Gaza, citing the findings of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Famine Review Committee.

  • PM free youth laptop scheme 2025 major update amid floods

    PM free youth laptop scheme 2025 major update amid floods

    ISLAMABAD: The Prime Minister’s Youth Laptop Scheme, aimed at distributing 100,000 free laptops to deserving students across the country, has been postponed due to the ongoing flood crisis in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), APP reported citing official sources.

    According to the Prime Minister’s Youth Programme (PMYP), the distribution drive—originally scheduled to begin in July 2025—has been delayed to prioritize relief operations in flood-affected regions.

    Officials confirmed that the distribution event has been rescheduled by two weeks, as many universities remain closed nationwide. A revised date will be announced soon to ensure eligible students can receive their laptops under the government’s initiative to promote digital literacy.

    The recent floods have caused widespread devastation, displacing thousands of families and disrupting essential services. Authorities are monitoring the situation closely and will finalize the new schedule once conditions in KPK, GB, and AJK stabilize.

    Students have been advised to stay updated through official government channels regarding the revised timeline.

    Read more: PM Shehbaz announces 100,000 free laptops for students

    Earlier, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday announced that 100,000 free laptops will be distributed among talented students across the country strictly on merit.

    Addressing an event in Islamabad marking International Youth Day, the Prime Minister said the laptops would go to high-achieving students based solely on their academic performance.

    “This government believes in transparency and merit, and we will ensure both in the distribution process,” he said.

    The distribution will cover all four provinces, the federal capital Islamabad, Gilgit-Baltistan, and Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

    Referring to Operation Bunyanum Marsoos, the Prime Minister said Pakistan’s victory on May 10 against a numerically larger and “vainglorious” enemy had instilled new vigour in the nation. He urged the youth to build on this spirit and strive for excellence to bring pride to the country.

  • Tom Cruise hates THIS new Hollywood favourite

    Tom Cruise hates THIS new Hollywood favourite

    Megastar Tom Cruise is reportedly growing insecure about fellow actor Pedro Pascal and his sudden rise to the ‘daddy’ figure of Hollywood.

    As revealed by industry insiders to a foreign publication, A-lister Tom Cruise, 63, is frustrated over the recent growth of Pedro Pascal, 50, into Hollywood’s new favourite leading man, with his latest choice of roles in both TV and cinema.

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    According to sources, the ‘Mission: Impossible’ star might have ‘patched things up’ with rival Brad Pitt, but Pascal is a competitor giving Cruise a tough time.

    “Tom might be in his 60s, but he has no intention of stepping aside. His drive is still as strong as ever,” the tipster told a publication. “He has softened with time and even patched things up with Brad Pitt, but Pedro is the competitor who really bothers him now.”

    While another source claimed, “It’s really tied to Tom’s outlook.”

    “He thinks true movie stars should stay in film rather than bouncing between movies and TV. Pedro has built his reputation doing exactly that, and Tom doesn’t respect it,” the person explained. “For him, the goal is packing cinemas – it’s what defines his career, and he treats it with total seriousness.”

    The insider also interpreted, “Pedro is only a bit younger, but Hollywood acts like he’s the fresh face of the industry, and that really irritates Tom.”

    “Plus, Tom sees himself and Brad as Hollywood icons and Pedro as a newbie,” the tispter concluded.

    Pedro Pascal – News and Updates

  • 11 people die from electrocution during July rains across Pakistan: NEPRA

    11 people die from electrocution during July rains across Pakistan: NEPRA

    ISLAMABAD: At least 11 people lost their lives due to electrocution during the July monsoon rains across Pakistan, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) revealed on Thursday.

    The disclosure came during a NEPRA hearing in Islamabad on a petition seeking a Rs1.69 per unit reduction in electricity prices.

    Expressing strong anger over the fatalities, NEPRA Member Technical Rafique Ahmed Shaikh said that the highest number of such accidents occurred in July, highlighting that six of the deaths were reported in areas falling under the Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO).

    “Where is the IESCO CEO? How did these deaths occur in its system? What safety measures were in place?” Shaikh questioned during the hearing. He urged the power division to take notice of the situation.

    He further remarked that while the NEPRA can only impose maximum fines on power distribution companies, these companies often obtain stay orders to avoid penalties.

    Read More: KE CEO, officials booked after two brothers electrocuted in Karachi

    Earlier, Shah Faisal Colony police on Thursday registered a case against K-Electric Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Syed Moonis Abdullah Alvi and other officials after two brothers were electrocuted to death during heavy rains.

    The victims, identified as Israr Khan and his younger brother Siraj Khan, were killed after coming into contact with a live underground K-Electric wire outside their residence, according to the family.

    Both died instantly as floodwaters had inundated the road. The grieving family has called for strict legal action, holding K-Electric authorities responsible for negligence.

  • Met Office forecast widespread rains in country from tomorrow

    Met Office forecast widespread rains in country from tomorrow

    ISLAMABAD: Met Office has forecast widespread rains in Punjab, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan from August 29 (Friday).

    Pakistan Meteorological Department in a weather report said that strong monsoon currents from Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal likely to enter in upper parts of the country from tomorrow. A westerly wave is also likely to approach upper and central parts of the country from 30th August (Saturday).

    Widespread rains with scattered heavy and at times very heavy falls are expected in Kashmir from 29th August to 02nd September and in Gilgit-Baltistan from 30th August to 01st September, according to the weather report.

    Widespread rain with isolated heavy to very heavy falls are expected in Khyber Pakthunkhwa from 29th August to 01st September.

    Punjab and Islamabad will also receive widespread rain with scattered heavy and at times very heavy falls from 29th August to 02nd September with occasional gaps.

    Rain with isolated heavy falls is also likely in D.G. Khan, Bhakkar, Layyah, Multan, Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar, Rajanpur and Rahimyar Khan from 29th (night) August to 02nd September.

    Rainfall is expected in Mithi, Thar Parkar, Sukkur, Larkana, Jacobabad, Dadu and Umer Kot in Sindh on 30th and 31st August.

    Rain is also expected in Baluchistan’s Barkhan, Musakhel, Loralai, Sibbi, Zhob, Kalat and Khuzdar from 30th August to 01st September, Met Office said.

  • Alia Bhatt blasts media publications over privacy invasion

    Alia Bhatt blasts media publications over privacy invasion

    Bollywood A-lister Alia Bhatt lashed out at media publications for invading the privacy of her family by publishing the pictures and videos of their new under-construction home on the internet.

    Furious Alia Bhatt turned to her Instagram handle earlier this week, with an angry statement, calling out fans and paparazzi for recording the visuals of their under-construction six-storey bungalow in Pali Hill and pushing it on the internet, in what she called a clear ‘invasion of privacy’.

    “I understand that in a city like Mumbai, space is limited — sometimes the view from your window is another person’s home. But that does not give anyone the right to film private residences and push those videos online,” Bhatt pointed out, after a report, accompanied by a video, suggested that she and her husband, Ranbir Kapoor, have moved into their INR250 crore residence with their 2-year-old daughter, Raha.

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    “A video of our home — still under construction — has been recorded and circulated by multiple publications, without our knowledge or consent. This is a clear invasion of privacy and a serious security issue,” the ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ actor noted. “Filming or photographing someone’s personal space without permission is not ‘content’ — it’s a violation.”

    “It should never be normalized,” she urged, and asked, “Think about it: would you tolerate videos of the inside of your home being shared publicly, without you knowing?”

     

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    “None of us would. So here’s a humble but firm request — if you come across such content online, please don’t forward it or share it further. And to our friends in the media who have carried these images and videos: I urge you to take them down immediately. Thank you,” Bhatt added.

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  • Parents outraged as Karachi students summoned at midnight in Intermediate results probe

    Parents outraged as Karachi students summoned at midnight in Intermediate results probe

    KARACHI: The Anti-Corruption Establishment has issued investigation notices to students as part of an ongoing probe into alleged result tampering at the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK Karachi), ARY News reported.

    According to sources, the notices were dispatched to the students through their respective educational institutions. However, the timing of the summons has sparked outrage among parents, as students,  including female candidates, were asked to appear at the Anti-Corruption Establishment’s West office at around 12:30 am.

    Parents expressed strong reservations, questioning, “How can we send our daughters to the Anti-Corruption office in the middle of the night?”

    The investigation, which began a year and a half ago, focuses on alleged alterations in the 2022 intermediate examination results. Despite the lengthy inquiry, ACE has not been able to establish charges against key officials.

    Previously, cases were registered against two former chairmen and two examination controllers of BISE Karachi, but no substantial evidence has been found so far.

    Now, Karachi students, many of whom have since cleared MDCAT and NED entrance exams and are currently enrolled in graduate programs, are being summoned for direct questioning for the first time.

    Also Read: Inquiry committee formed over ‘controversial’ Karachi intermediate results

    Earlier in January 2025, the Chairman of the Karachi Intermediate Education Board formed an inquiry committee to address the concerns of students regarding the results.

    According to reports, Syed Sharaf Ali Shah, the newly appointed interim-Chairman of the Board, took office a day earlier. During a meeting with the Secretary of the Universities and Boards Department, it was decided to establish an inquiry committee to address the students’ concerns.

    The committee’s goal was to review the results and ensure transparency. The committee was assigned to conduct an investigation and resolve the complaints within one month.

    The Chairman of the Inter Board emphasised that students are the future, and every possible step will be taken to address their concerns.

    The committee will work impartially to resolve issues, and students and parents are encouraged to submit their grievances and suggestions to the Inter Board.

     

  • Selena Gomez reacts to bestie Taylor Swift’s engagement with Travis Kelce

    Selena Gomez reacts to bestie Taylor Swift’s engagement with Travis Kelce

    Hollywood A-lister Selena Gomez has the sweetest reaction to her best friend Taylor Swift’s engagement with beau Travis Kelce.

    As the power couple, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce announced their engagement on Tuesday, after dating for two years, her best friend of over 16 years at this point, Selena Gomez, cannot contain her excitement.

    The Disney alum took to her Instagram stories to repost Swift and Kelce’s joint announcement post, where she shared pictures of their dreamy proposal, with the caption, “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married,” and added, “When bestie gets engaged,” followed by a heart face emoji.

    Selena Gomez – News and Updates

    Gomez also added Queen’s song ‘You’re My Best Friend’ in her repost.

    Moreover, the Rare Beauty founder shared a viral post, featuring both their respective engagement pictures and a resurfaced tweet of the ‘Lover’ hitmaker from 16 years ago. “Real love still happens sometimes. It’s not just something we make up when we’re nine. I have to believe that. You do too,” Swift had written on then-called Twitter, back in 2009, after their respective breakups from the Jonas Brothers.

    Selena Gomez reacts to bestie Taylor Swift's engagement with Travis Kelce

    It is worth mentioning here that Gomez and Swift, now happily engaged to music producer Benny Blanco and NFL star Travis Kelce, respectively, first crossed paths in 2008, during their teenage romances with fellow singers Nick and Joe Jonas.

    The duo later bonded over as Jonas Brothers’ exes, marking the beginning of their decades-long friendship.

  • Anne Hathaway falls down the stairs on ‘Devil Wears Prada 2’ set

    Anne Hathaway falls down the stairs on ‘Devil Wears Prada 2’ set

    Hollywood A-lister Anne Hathaway was left embarrassed as she tumbled down the stairs on a broken shoe while filming for the much-buzzed ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ in NYC.

    As the OG cast members of ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ continue to film the hotly-anticipated sequel in New York, Anne Hathaway, aka Andy Sachs, had an awkward moment on the sets, on Wednesday, when dressed in a posh attire of her character, the actor tripped, all the way down the stairs, after a block heel of her sandal snapped off.

    ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ – News and Updates

    In the on-set photos, doing rounds on the internet, ‘The Princess Diaries’ star can be seen dressed in a beige plaid-patterned blouse, with a black pleated skirt and a matching pair of strappy heels, which let her down.

    However, Hathaway quickly gathered herself and maintained, “I’m fine!” to the onlookers in the NYC streets.

     

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    It is yet to be understood if it was a mishap or if the fall was a part of the script.

    Notably, Hathaway, along with co-stars Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci, returns to reprise their iconic characters of Andy Sachs, Miranda Priestly, Emily Charlton and Nigel Kipling, respectively, for the sequel of the fashion dramedy, 19 years after the first film.

    They will join Lucy Liu, Patrick Brammall, Pauline Chalamet, Justin Theroux, Tracie Thomas, Tibor Ravitz, Simone Ashley, Rachel Bloom, B.J. Novak, Caleb Hearon, Helen J. Shen, Conrad Ricamora, and Kenneth Branagh in ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’, helmed by David Frankel, and scheduled to arrive in theatres in May 2026.

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