• Friday, March 14, 2025

India to overtake China in number of US visas issued…

India is expected to surpass China in getting the number of US visas by 2023 and will be ranked two in the issuance of visas after Mexico, a Senior US Embassy official said. “We expect that India will surpass China in getting the number of US visas by next year’s…

IFFI 2022 to pay homage to Lata Mangeshkar, KK, Bappi…

The 53rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will pay tribute to Indian cinema icons Lata Mangeshkar, T Rama Rao, Bappi Lahiri, Pandit Birju Maharaj, Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, and Tarun Majumdar among others at the upcoming edition. The film festival will celebrate the exemplary work of the artists who passed…

Bollywood singer-composer Shankar Mahadevan to receive honorary doctorate from Birmingham…

Noted Bollywood singer and composer Shankar Mahadevan, who is a member of the celebrated Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy songwriting trio, has been chosen to receive honorary doctorate from Birmingham City University (BCU) for his outstanding contribution to music and the arts. West Midlands Mayor Andy Street made the announcement on behalf of the…

Vivek Agnihotri announces new film The Vaccine War to release…

‘The Kashmir Files’ director Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri, on Thursday, announced his next film ‘The Vaccine War.’ Taking to Instagram, Vivek shared a poster of the film which he captioned, “ANNOUNCEMENT: Presenting ‘THE VACCINE WAR’ – an incredible true story of a war that you didn’t know India fought. And won…

Testimonies of two psychiatric experts were crucial in clinching case:…

Testimonies by two psychiatric experts during final hearings in the Nirav Modi extradition matter before the High Court of Justice in London were crucial in debunking his poor psychological state argument and clinching the case for India, officials said. The fugitive diamond merchant on Wednesday lost his appeal against extradition…

Investigation launched after teen dies fleeing police in Halifax

Investigators have been trying to piece together events that led to the death of a teenager who crashed through a greenhouse in Halifax, West Yorkshire on Bonfire Night. Qais Muhammad Ratyal jumped over a fence into a back garden before his fatal crash while fleeing police on Saturday, media reports…

Ten million stories of migration to Britain

Ten million people who were born abroad live in Britain today. The Office of National Statistics tells the story of the ten million in numbers. Foreign-born residents rose from 7.5 million, 13.4% of the population, to 16.8%, almost one in six. Just over a third, 3.6 million, came from the…

Qatar World Cup 2022 preview

There is obviously another World Cup going on at the moment, but it will not be long before the world’s sporting attention turns to the Middle East’s first football World Cup. This is EasternEye’s comprehensive guide to everything you need to know about the forthcoming competition. Who will win? We will start…

Pak PM heads to London to meet PML-N supremo Nawaz…

After concluding his trip to Egypt for the COP27 climate conference, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is headed to London to meet PML-N supremo, and elder brother Nawaz Sharif. This visit to London is the third such trip since he became Prime Minister in April. The Dawn newspaper reported that…

Four guilty of murdering Abdirahim Mohamed during fake drug deal…

Four men were found guilty of killing teenager Abdirahim Mohamed in Leicester in September of last year following a fake drug deal. Following a trial on Tuesday (8) at Leicester Crown Court, Rizwan Gul, 26, Mohammed Hansrod, 30, Israfeel Gul, 28, and Zakir Brant, 26, were all found guilty. Although…