• Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Milap to showcase the best of UK Indo-Jazz at Liverpool…

Across two nights in February, Milap and The Liverpool International Jazz Festival will be showcasing the very best of UK Indo-Jazz, featuring Zoe Rahman and the Milap Indo-Jazz Club, as well as British Asian bass sensation, Shez Raja. Bringing together six of the UK’s top musicians across Jazz and Indian…

ZEE5 Global announces new crime thriller Jaanbaaz Hindustan Ke starring…

ZEE5 Global, the world’s largest streaming platform for South Asian content, set a benchmark for thrillers in 2022. From hit releases like Abhay 3 to Rangbaaz – Darr Ki Rajneeti and Duranga, the platform saw a successful year and is now ready to bring its next original, Jaanbaaz Hindustan Ke,…

Pramukh Swami Maharaj centenary: More than 12m pay tributes during…

His Holiness (HH) Pramukh Swami Maharaj (1921-2016), the fifth spiritual successor of Bhagwan Swaminarayan, was on Sunday (15) given a grand devotional tribute in the closing ceremony of his centenary celebrations in India in the divine presence of HH Mahant Swami Maharaj, his spiritual successor. In the month-long festival, more…

Nepal plane crash: Death toll rises to 71 as authorities…

Nepalese authorities on Tuesday started handing over to family members the bodies of those killed, two days after Yeti Airlines’ aircraft with 72 people, including five Indians, crashed in the resort city of Pokhara, as the death toll rose to 71. As two more bodies were recovered from the accident…

Aishah Zaman, who was awarded £19,000 after her boss called…

A Scottish woman who was awarded £19,000 by an employment tribunal is unlikely to receive payout as the firm was put into liquidation and the boss returned to Pakistan, the MailOnline reported. Aishah Zaman, 35, experienced ‘humiliating and offensive’ behaviour from her former employer, Shahzad Younas, as he branded her a ‘fatty’…

Indian Sarod maestro brothers Amaan Ali Bangash, Ayan Ali Bangash…

Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash, renowned Indian classical Sarod players and brothers, presented an enthralling performance at Taj 51 Buckingham Gate Suites and Residences on Wednesday (11) as part of the hotel’s Rendezvous event series. The occasion was graced by members of Taj’s own private members club, Taj,…

Manish Tiwari receives The Freedom of the City of London…

Writer and host Manish Tiwari has been conferred with The Freedom of the City title at an event held at the Chamberlain’s Court at Guildhall, London on January 6, a statement said. Touted as ‘one of the oldest surviving traditional ceremonies still in existence today’, the tradition of conferring the…

First car misses boy, 8, by ‘chance’ before he was…

A speeding car missed “by chance” an eight-year-old boy playing an Ashton-under-Lyne street before he was fatally struck by a BMW, a trial heard. Safiullah Latif Asif died days after the catastrophic crash which took place on Ryecroft Street on July 23, 2020. Two men were arrested following the incident.…

UK government to block controversial Scottish gender law

The UK government will block Scotland’s controversial gender reform bill, Scotland Secretary Alister Jack said on Monday in a move that is likely to set up a legal showdown between the two governments. Jack said he was concerned that the move by the devolved legislature in Edinburgh to make it…

Hundreds of police face sack as part of clean-up –…

Hundreds of officers in London are likely be sacked for sexual and domestic abuse offences, Britain’s most senior policeman said on Tuesday as he sought to regain public trust after an officer admitted being a serial rapist. London’s Metropolitan Police, which has been rocked by scandals in recent years, was…