- Monday, March 10, 2025
A Durham shopkeeper who defrauded an elderly woman and stole a part of her savings during the height of the pandemic has been hailed. Ponnampalam Jeyapalan, who ran Woodham Village Store in Newton Aycliffe, was supposed to help the isolated woman in her 90s. But he obtained her bank details…
Sharadkumar Balmukund Parikh, former president of the erstwhile National Congress of Gujarat Organisations UK (NCGO); committee member and trustee of Sardar Patel Memorial Society UK; and trustee of the Geeta Foundation, passed away on Friday (13) after a year-long battle with cancer. He was 74 and is survived by wife…
Renowned computer scientist Hassan Ugail has used his facial recognition technology to solve the longstanding mystery surrounding the de Brécy Tondo. The Tondo is a circular painting of the Madonna and child. But there is little on record to authentically conclude as to who created the artwork although it is…
“CAN you make no use of your discontent?” is one of Prince Harry’s lines in his rare foray into performing Shakespeare, where he was cast as the drunken playboy Conrade in an Eton production of Much Ado About Nothing. Harry’s own discontents now divide opinion sharply. Spare has become the fastest-selling non-fiction…
Indian actress Amala Paul, who is known for her work in Tamil, Malayalam, and Telugu cinema, recently visited the Thiruvairanikulam Mahadeva temple in the Ernakulam district of Kerala. However, she was denied entry inside the temple premises by the officials. The temple is reportedly open only to Hindu devotes and…
Vivek Agnihotri’s directorial The Kashmir Files, which was released in theatres last year and proved to be a blockbuster hit, is all set to hit the silver screens once again this year on January 19, which the Kashmiri Hindu community observes as ‘Exodus Day’. Actor Anupam Kher who essays a pivotal…
Popular actress Jameela Jamil has shared her concern about people using diabetes medication Ozempic as a rapid weight loss solution. For those not in the know, Ozempic is a brand name for semaglutide and is approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use by individuals with type…
A video went viral on Tuesday (17) apparently showing staff members of the UK prime minister’s office celebrating the traditional south Indian festival of Pongal. However, fact-checkers later debunked the video and clarified that the clip was not from Rishi Sunak’s office but from Waterloo in Canada where the Tamil…
Nurses across England began two days of strikes over pay on Wednesday, threatening fresh disruption for patients in the creaking state-run health service, as new figures showed inflation still surging. The walkout comes after nurses held their union’s first stoppage in more than a century last month, joining a wave…
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday informed the parliament that talks with India and China on debt restructuring are successful. “We are continuing discussions in that regard and I am pleased to announce to this House that the discussions are currently successful,” read Sri Lankan President Media Division press…
