- Monday, March 10, 2025
MONEY – a word that is often feared more than the word sex. Whether people have it in abundance, are just geting by or struggling, many shy away from having conversations about finances because it is just really uncomfortable. With everything including food and energy prices continuing to rise, many…
HER recently published debut novel The Illuminated introduces bright new literary voice Anindita Ghose to readers. The nuanced work of fiction revolves around how the sudden death of influential figure Robi Mallick affects his wife and daughter. Both women battle their respective challenges along with the rising tide of religious fundamentalism in…
Five members of an organised crime group involved in selling class A drugs in East Lancashire have been jailed. Adeel Khan of Bradford and Cliviger resident Javed Miah – both aged 31 – set up and ran the ‘Casper’ and ‘ACE’ drugs lines to sell heroin and crack cocaine. Preston…
Indian filmmaker SS Rajamouli is presently basking in the unprecedented global success of his directorial RRR (2022), which is about to complete a year of its theatrical release soon, but the buzz around it is far from dying. The film continues its winning streak by bagging one prestigious award after another at…
Actor Vardhan Puri, who is the grandson of late veteran actor Amrish Puri, debuted on the big screen with Cherag Ruparel’s 2019 film Yeh Saali Aashiqui. Though the film did not set the cash registers jingling at the box office, Vardhan did receive praise for his debut performance. Later, he signed…
Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap on Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s advice to his party workers to stop commenting on movies comes late as the “mob is out of control now”. According to party sources, in his address at the BJP national executive on Monday, PM Modi had suggested party workers…
The UK live music has been thriving since lockdown was lifted, with singers from all genres entertaining audiences. One of the most unique has been British Asian singer Bhavik Haria. The talented vocalist has taken bhajans to the live arena, connecting spiritual music rooted in Indian tradition with cross-generational audiences,…
India’s foreign minister arrives in Colombo on Thursday following his country’s backing of Sri Lanka for a $2.9 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan, leaving China as the island’s last remaining major creditor which has yet to agree to the debt restructuring plan. India has told global lender IMF that…
Air India banned Shankar Mishra, accused of urinating on an elder woman mid-way on an Air India flight for four months, an Air India official told ANI on Thursday. Shankar Mishra was arrested by Delhi police from Bengaluru on January 6, 2023. Mishra had allegedly urinated on a 70-year-old woman…
The Congress Thursday demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should break his “silence” on the sexual exploitation allegations against BJP MP and Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, and asked why resignations of those involved have not come in till now. The opposition party’s attack came after…
