• Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Loki star Sophia Di Martino in awe of Alia’s Gangubai…

“Loki” actor Sophia Di Martino is bowled over by Alia Bhatt’s performance in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s period drama “Gangubai Kathiawadi” and has expressed a desire to collaborate with the Indian star. The British actor took to her Instagram Stories to wax lyrical about Bhatt’s performance in the movie, which was…

Pakistan embassy property in Washington DC auctioned to ‘highest bidder’:…

A Pakistani embassy property in the US capital of Washington DC that has been put up for auction has likely gone to the highest bidder named Shahal Khan of Burkhan World Investments, according to a report in the Dawn. Khan is believed to have offered $6.8 million for the property.…

US President Joe Biden condoles death of PM Modi’s mother

US President Joe Biden has sent his deepest condolences to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the loss of his mother Hiraben who passed away in Gujarat at the age of 99. Hiraben passed away at a hospital in Ahmedabad in the early hours of Friday. Her mortal remains were consigned…

UK joins India to bring in negative Covid test requirement…

The UK has joined a growing list of countries, including India, to introduce curbs on travellers from China amid a surge in coronavirus cases in the country after Chinese authorities relaxed the strict “zero-COVID” rules. Passengers arriving from China to England from January 5, 2023, will need to show a…

UK’s problems won’t go away in 2023, warns Sunak in…

Rishi Sunak struck a cautious note with his first New Year message as British Prime Minister on Saturday (31) as he warned that the UK’s problems won’t go away in 2023, at the end of an “tough” 12 months. The 42-year-old Indian-origin leader, who took charge as the UK’s Prime…

UK favoured ‘whacking’ Osama bin Laden nine months before 9/11…

Britain’s government had backed plans to kill al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden nine months before the 9/11 terror attacks in the US he masterminded, newly released confidential documents revealed. According to a Times report, a senior Downing Street official told then prime minister Tony Blair in December 2000: “We’re all in favour…

Headteacher of illegal Islamic school says her students were ‘happy…

A headteacher, indefinitely prohibited from teaching, said the children at the school she ran were “happy”. In 2019, Nadia Ali and her father Arshad were convicted of running the Ambassadors Home School on Mitcham Lane in London illegally. Last year, Ali was sentenced to eight weeks imprisonment suspended for 12…

London pharmacist jailed for 18 months for supplying illegal drugs

An Indian-origin pharmacist who supplied a drug addict with illegal under-the-counter drugs has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment by a court in the UK. Dushyant Patel, 67, a London pharmacist with more than 40 years experience, had supplied Class C drugs, or drugs that are illegal under UK law…

Sadiq Khan calls for renationalisation of building safety watchdog to…

London’s mayor Sadiq Khan has called for the renationalisation of the Building Research Establishment (BRE) to restore public confidence. He said it was necessary to take the building safety watchdog back into the public hands to drive up industry standards and prevent another Grenfell Tower-like fire tragedy. In the UK’s…

Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn condole demise of PM Modi’s mother

Cine personalities Rajinikanth, Dharmendra, Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgn on Friday expressed grief over the demise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother Hiraben Modi and wished him the strength to bear the loss. Hiraben, 99, passed away at 3.30 am during treatment at U N Mehta Heart Hospital, in Ahmedabad.…