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Can you guess which Bollywood song is the most viewed song on Youtube?

Everybody has their favourite Bollywood songs which they're crazy for but does your favourite song is also the most popular one? Let's find out! We have got four most viewed Bollywood songs on the Youtube but can you guess which bags the first position? Well, Befikre's 'Nashe si charh gai' is the one. Ranveer Singh starer Befikre may not have set the box-office on fire, but the songs had not only caught everyone’s attention but have sent people into the frenzy. The Arijit Singh track of Bef

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Fire at ?illegal? Sheikhupura oil depot doused; police to launch investigation

SHEIKHUPURA: A fire that erupted in an oil depot on Lahore Road near Khanpur canal late last night has been doused after two hours, rescue sources said on Saturday. The oil depot, located near a private paper mill on Lahore Road, suddenly caught fire late Friday, resulting in its roof collapsing due to the intensity of the flames. No injury or fatality was reported in the incident as the depot was locked from the outside. Related: Two killed in train-oil tanker crash in Sheikhupura Emergency

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Local polls boost British PM five weeks before UK national election

Britain's Conservative Party made strong gains in local elections on Friday, suggesting Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit strategy is winning over voters who should hand her an easy victory in a parliamentary poll next month. Partial results from the local elections, which voters often use to punish the ruling party, showed May's Conservatives had instead gained more than 500 council seats. The main opposition Labour Party lost control of councils in strongholds in Wales but the biggest loss

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Adorable video of deflated Pikachu being rescued halfway will leave you emotional

They say time does not remain the same and it was realised by this poor Pikachu. What it feels like if one minute you're the star of a Pikachu dance group and in the next minute you're invaded by suited men and dragged out of the limelight with a zero possibility of returning back. Well, this actually happened with a Pikachu. While a group of performers in inflatable Pikachu costumes were doing a choreographed frolic to delight the audience at the Pokémon World Festival 2017 in South Korea

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Russia blocks China's social media app WeChat: SCMP

Russia's telecoms watchdog has blocked China's WeChat, the popular social media app developed by Tencent Holdings, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) said on Saturday, citing information posted on the Russian regulator's website. Watchdog Roskomnadzor published the information on its website on Friday, the newspaper said, adding that Chinese tech giant Tencent was aware of the move. Tencent told Reuters it was checking the status of its WeChat app in Russia and was in talks with the relevant

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Bab-e-Dosti gate remains closed for second consecutive day

CHAMAN: The Pakistan-Afghanistan Chaman border remained closed for the second consecutive day on Saturday, after Afghan forces opened fire on Frontier Corps Balochistan soldiers a day earlier. 19 Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PMDA) trucks reached the site to aid those affected by the attack. Read more: 11 martyred, 46 injured in firing by Afghan forces at Chaman border At least 11 were martyred and 46 injured early Friday when Afghan border forces opened fire on Frontier Corps Ba

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Dacoit carrying Rs 1 million head-money killed in Tando Jam: police

TANDO JAM: A dacoit with a Rs. 1-million price on his head was killed in an alleged police encounter here near Hussaini farm area early Saturday morning, Geo News reported. Stolen motorcycle and mobile phones, alongside weapons, were recovered from the suspect – Tasleem Shaikh – during the encounter, police said. However, the police sources added that two of Shaikh's accomplices fled the scene, escaping arrest. On the other hand, four suspects were killed late Wednesday in two separate 'encou

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French candidate Macron claims massive hack as emails leaked

Leading French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron's campaign said on Friday it had been the target of a "massive" computer hack that dumped its campaign emails online 1-1/2 days before voters choose between the centrist and his far-right rival, Marine Le Pen. Macron, who is seen as the frontrunner in an election billed as the most important in France in decades, extended his lead over Le Pen in polls on Friday. As much as 9 gigabytes of data were posted on a profile called EMLEAKS to Paste

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Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver sparks fish fuss in Iceland

REYKJAVIK: "What a view!!" Britain´s celebrity chef Jamie Oliver exclaimed under a photo he posted on Facebook of a salmon farming cage nestled in a snowy fjord. In doing so, Oliver unknowingly waded into the controversy, sparking an outcry among Icelanders who see farmed salmon as a threat to the island nation´s wild salmon population. Oliver is due to open a restaurant serving Italian cuisine in the currently popular tourist destination of Reykjavik, on June 17, a national holiday. Along wi

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Chris Pratt apologises to hearing-impaired fans for making insensitive post

Even when the fans adore their favourite celebrities with all their heart, there are few celebrities who behave insensitively sometimes towards their fans. Something similar happened with the Hollywood actor Chris Patt after he made an insensitive comment to hearing-impaired people. However, now the actor has apologised to hearing-impaired people on social media. Pratt took to the Instagram to extend an apology to his followers, particularly those who are unable to hear. According to the rep

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Hot, dry weather expected in most parts of the country: MET

A shallow westerly trough remained present over upper areas of the country, as per the Pakistan Meteorological Department weather report on Saturday.         Hot and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country, while very hot weather is likely in upper Sindh and south Punjab, the PMD forecasted. However, rain-thunderstorm with gusty winds is expected at isolated places in Malakand, Hazara, Peshawar, Kohat, Bannu, Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Gujranwala, Makran, Zhob divisions, Islamabad,  FA

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Apple jumps to lead wearable computing with smartwatch

Apple has leapt to the lead in wearable computing on strong sales of its smartwatch, a market survey shows. The survey released Thursday by Strategy Analytics showed Apple grabbed a 15.9 percent share of the wearables market in the first quarter. While Apple does not release sales figures for its Apple Watch, the estimate by Strategy Analytics showed a 59 percent jump in sales from a year earlier, with 3.5 million units sold in the first three months of the year. "The new Apple Watch Series 2

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European stocks up, US stocks at records ahead of French vote

Wall Street stocks rallied to fresh records Friday following a solid US jobs report, while European equities gained ahead of the final round of the French presidential election. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq each gained 0.4 percent to finish at fresh records. Besides the jobs report, stocks were boosted by a bounce in oil prices. After a slow March, when hiring likely was held down by a winter storm, the US economic engine added an estimated 211,000 net new positions in April while the jobless ra

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'Judges' opinion may change': Naeemul Haq on Imran's remarks

KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) central information secretary Naeemul Haq has said that judges may opine differently after receiving more information pertaining to the implementation of Panama Leaks case verdict. Irked by misrepresentation of the Supreme Court's ruling by political leaders, Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan in his remarks on Friday said he had not called Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif a liar in the decision of the Panama Papers case. Without naming Imran Khan, the SC judge said a p

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Stratospheric solar plane makes first test flight

The first solar plane aimed at reaching the stratosphere made an initial low-altitude test flight over Switzerland Friday. The SolarStratos, a super-light, sleek, white two-seater aircraft with long wings covered with solar panels, took off from Payerne at 8:00 am (0600 GMT), according to an AFP photographer at the airbase in western Switzerland. "The maiden flight of the prototype ... went off without a hitch," the SolarStratos team said in a statement. Pilot Damian Hischier took the craft fo

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Blaze in basement of Karachi building doused

KARACHI: A fire erupted in the basement of a building in Karachi late Friday, however, it was extinguished shortly, firefighting officials said. The blaze erupted inside a building in Karachi's Karimabad area, after which two fire tenders were dispatched to the site, officials said. The fire broke out inside a shop in the basement, which had woods in it. Firefighters extinguished the blaze after nearly half an hour. No loss of life or property was reported in the incident.

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Kanye West exits social media

Rap superstar Kanye West, long a prolific user of Twitter, has disappeared from social media after months of erratic behavior. The husband of reality television star Kim Kardashian appeared to have deleted his accounts on Twitter and Instagram, with searches Friday for his handles turning up error messages. The rapper, who had some 27 million followers on Twitter, for years had used the 140-character forum to expound on topics from music to fashion and tirelessly promote himself. In 2015, he s

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Nine injured in Karachi traffic accident

KARACHI: Nine people were injured in the wake of a traffic accident in Karachi late Friday, according to rescue members. The incident occurred in Liaquatabad area when a van collided with an auto rickshaw, rescue members said. It left nine people, including women, injured. The wounded persons were shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital. Sources said they received minor injuries. The collision reportedly resulted from over-speeding.

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Aizaz discusses Afghan peace, border stability with US NSA

WASHINGTON: Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry Friday called on US National Security Adviser Lt Gen H.R. McMaster and discussed affairs pertaining to restoration of peace in Afghanistan and tranquility at the border. Ambassador Chaudhry, during the meeting, stressed that the benefits of war on terror could only surface after peace in Afghanistan, adding that Pakistan holds Afghan peace as its top priority. He apprised the NSA McMaster that Pakistan has been progres

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Tottenham suffer crushing title blow with defeat at West Ham

Tottenham Hotspur's Premier League title hopes suffered a crushing blow as their nine-match winning run ended in a 1-0 defeat at West Ham United on Friday. Manuel Lanzini's scrappy 65th-minute effort decided a derby that Tottenham had largely dominated without ever reaching the levels that had raised hopes of a first title since 1961. Tottenham could have cut leaders' Chelsea's advantage to one point with a victory but instead the gap will stretch to a seemingly unbridgeable seven with three g

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Messi ban lifted in major boost to Argentina World Cup hopes

Argentina's hopes of reaching next year's World Cup were given a huge boost on Friday after FIFA overturned Lionel Messi's four-game ban for swearing at an assistant referee. FIFA said there was not enough evidence to support the stiff punishment meted out in March to the 29-year-old Barcelona striker, who is central to Argentina's faltering bid to get to Russia 2018. Football's governing body said its appeal committee sided with a challenge filed on Messi's behalf by the Argentine Football As

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Rangers arrest kidnapper during operation in Karachi

KARACHI: Rangers on Friday rounded up a kidnapper in Karachi and freed a man taken hostage by him and his accomplices, the paramilitary force said in a statement. According to Rangers, the kidnapper, Mohammad Naeem Khan, along with accomplices, had kidnapped Murad Khan, the owner of Mubarak Hotel from the area of Azizabad, on April 18. The suspects kept the man hostage inside a residential building in the city’s Keamari area and demanded Rs2.2 million ransom from his family. Upon receiving th

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Kylian Mbappe 'exceptional', says Real Madrid boss Zidane

Zinedine Zidane hailed Kylian Mbappe's "exceptional" breakout season on Friday as speculation mounted that the Monaco starlet has set his heart on a move to Real Madrid. Friday's edition of the Madrid sports daily Marca said that the 18-year-old Mbappe has indicated his desire to join the reigning European champions. Asked about speculation linking Mbappe to Europe's biggest clubs, Zidane said that fellow Frenchman Mbappe had once very nearly joined the Real youth academy. "He almost signed at

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Manchester City keeper Bravo out for rest of season

Pep Guardiola has revealed Manchester City goalkeeper Claudio Bravo will miss the rest of the season with a calf injury. Bravo, who has endured an inconsistent season since arriving from Barcelona last August, was taken off on a stretcher after sustaining the injury against Manchester United on April 27. City manager Guardiola has confirmed the problem will keep the Chilean out of his side's remaining four Premier League matches, with Willy Caballero set to continue against Crystal Palace on S

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In contact with MQM-P, PSP representatives, claims MQM-H?s Afaq

KARACHI: Muhajir Qaumi Movement Chairman Afaq Ahmed disclosed on Friday that he has been maintaining contact with the representatives of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan and Pak Sarzameen Party. Speaking in Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Saath, the Haqiqi chief said that he supports the idea of using dialogue to resolve conflicts. “If there is a thought of reconciliation, I would readily support it,” he said. “I have even called for dialogue and negotiations during Altaf Hussain's time.” Afaq said

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