- Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Bollywood on Friday (6) called off its Oscars night, the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards, because of the spreading coronavirus. Organisers of the Indian cinema’s biggest awards ceremony said they had to postpone the three-day event in Indore starting March 27 because of the “sensitivity” of the mounting health…
HINDU-American Tulsi Gabbard has stirred a social media storm as she said “Hinduphobia is very real” in the US. The US Congresswoman from Hawaii and a presidential aspirant for the 2020 elections said that she has experienced it (Hinduphobia) in each of her campaigns for the Congress and in the…
PRITI PATEL, who was struck by a “tsunami” of allegations, has been buoyed by strong backing from nearly 100 allies. In a letter sent to The Telegraph, people who had worked with the home secretary at various stages defended her as a “tough, assertive and effective leader”. Patel had been targeted…
A UK court on Thursday (5) rejected for the fifth time the bail plea of fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi, who is fighting his extradition to India on charges over the nearly $2 billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud and money laundering case. Justice Ian Dove, who presided over the…
IRAN'S supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday (5) urged India to “confront extremist Hindus” and “stop the massacre of Muslims”, referring to the recent Delhi riots. “The hearts of Muslims all over the world are grieving over the massacre of Muslims in India. The govt of India should confront…
WITHIN hours of Prime Minister Boris Johnson reiterating his confidence in Priti Patel amidst a “tsunami” of allegations, the home secretary was accused of flinging a file at an official’s face. A Whitehall source told a daily: “She was being briefed by officials for an event and there was a…
MAHARAJAH Ranjit Singh has been voted the greatest leader of all times in a poll conducted by BBC World Histories magazine. The founder of the Sikh empire, known as the Lion of Punjab, emerged supreme with 38 per cent of votes from more than 5,000 readers, ahead of other prominent…
AS a young girl, Shafali Verma pretended to be a boy to play cricket. Now, the 16-year-old has conquered the top spot in the ICC women’s T20 International rankings, thanks to her performance at the ongoing World Cup in Australia. She took over New Zealand’s Suzie Bates, who had been the top…
INDIAN health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday (4) said 28 positive cases of coronavirus were detected so far in the country. Out of the total 28 COVID-19 cases in India, one person was from Delhi, six of his relatives in Agra, 16 Italians and their Indian driver, one in Telangana…
DETECTIVES have charged a man with murder after the death of Bhavini Pravin, 21, in Leicester. Jigukumar Sorthi, 23, of East Park Road, who appeared at the Leicester Magistrates’ Court today (4), was accused of murder and possession of a “bladed/sharply pointed weapon”. Pravin, who had been stabbed, was declared…
