- Thursday, March 13, 2025
Bollywood star Kartik Aaryan says venturing into the physical and mental space of the titular character in his latest release “Freddy” was a “tiring and taxing” process. Directed by Shashanka Ghosh, “Freddy” is billed as an edge-of-the-seat thriller with unusual twists, turns and chaos of emotions. In a departure from…
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, who shot to global fame with the worldwide success of Mindy Kaling’s Netflix show Never Have I Ever, has revealed that she is attracted to personalities rather than genders when it comes to dating. “I am very much so a personality type of person. If you get that banter…
In March 2023, Milap is set to present one of India’s most celebrated and undisputed stars of classical music, Bombay Jayashri, as she returns to England for the first time in over a decade to perform two very special shows of Carnatic compositions and improvisations. Having performed her first concert in 1982,…
Popular Canadian TikTok star Megha Thakur died ‘suddenly and unexpectedly’ in the early hours on November 24, her family has confirmed online. The 21-year-old, who gained 93,000 followers after promoting body confidence on the platform, passed away just days after posting a TikTok video of herself walking in New York…
Toronto police have arrested the driver of a pickup truck who was responsible for the death of a 20-year-old Indian national in Canada after the truck collided with a student’s cycle on a pedestrian crosswalk last month. The 60-year-old driver was charged with callous driving and violating traffic rules, the…
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Thursday that racism must be confronted “whenever we see it”, as he touched on his own experiences dealing with racial discrimination and bigotry. His comments come the day after a fresh racism row hit the royal household, with a senior staff member resigning for…
“Bend It Like Beckham” filmmaker Gurinder Chadha is set to direct a Disney musical feature, inspired by a dynamic princess from Indian history. According to entertainment news outlet Deadline, the filmmaker will co-write the script with Paul Mayeda, who earlier worked with Chadha on her 2017 directorial “Viceroy’s House”. The…
It was revealed in March this year, that women in the UK do 70 more minutes of housework every day than men. The women apparently spend an average of two hours and 49 minutes cleaning, cooking, doing laundry, and the dishes. However, according to research based on data from 200,000…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat began voting on Thursday with his party expected to win a seventh straight term, but any unexpected slip could herald a tighter contest in national polls due by 2024. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has not lost in the western industrial…
Exposure to traffic-related air pollution is associated with an increased risk of multiple long-term physical and mental health conditions, according to a study. This is the largest study worldwide — conducted on over 364,000 (over 3.6 lakh) people in England — to examine whether air pollution exposure is linked with…
