• Friday, March 14, 2025

‘An important yet curiously understated moment in British social history’

WHAT should you give a man who has got almost everything for Diwali? Most of Rishi Sunak’s parliamentary colleagues decided, after all, that the answer was the leadership of the Conservative party, unopposed, and the chance to be Prime Minister of his country. There are rarely many political rewards for…

Celebrity baker Nadiya Hussain says her skin was lightened before…

Britain’s celebrity baker Nadiya Hussain has revealed her skin was intentionally lightened for photoshoots but she could resist it because of the “fear of rocking the boat”. The winner of the 2015 edition of the BBC’s The Great British Bake Off competition suggested she would not allow make-up artists to treat her…

Rishi Sunak’s wife receives £13.4m in dividend from Infosys in…

Akshata Murty, wife of British prime minister Rishi Sunak, earned £13.4 million in dividend income in 2022, from her shareholding in India’s second-largest IT firm Infosys. Murty, daughter of Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy, held 38.9 million shares, or 0.93 per cent, of Infosys at the end of September, according to…

Hrithik Roshan celebrates first Diwali with girlfriend Saba Azad, picture…

Bollywood actor Saba Azad, on the occasion of Diwali, dropped a cute selfie with her boyfriend Hrithik Roshan. Taking to Instagram, Saba shared the picture on her stories which she captioned, “Happy Diwali.” In the picture, Hrithik and Saba could be seen sharing a smile together and twinning in white…

Hindi adaptation of The Good Wife starring Kajol adds Kubbra…

Actress Kubbra Sait has been roped in to play the character of Kalinda Sharma in the Indian adaptation of the successful American legal drama series The Good Wife starring Julianna Margulies in the lead role. Archie Panjabi played the same character in the original. While Kubbra is set to reprise Archie Panjabi’s…

Monkey Man: Everything we know so far about Dev Patel’s…

Back in March 2021, news emerged that Netflix had obtained the world rights to Oscar nominee Dev Patel’s directorial debut, Monkey Man, for an impressive $30 million (approximately: £2,64,07,950). Fans have been waiting for the premiere of the film since then, but the streaming media giant is yet to announce the official…

‘New dawn’ for UK, ‘Death of Democracy’: Britain’s new PM…

Indian-origin Rishi Sunak on Tuesday witnessed both bricks and bouquets from the UK media as he scripted history by becoming the first person of colour to become the Prime Minister of Britain, which in the past had colonised most of the world, with some news outlets acknowledging his leadership as…

Jaya Bachchan lashes out at paparazzi on Diwali, calls them…

It’s a well-known fact that veteran actor Jaya Bachchan hates paparazzi culture. On the occasion of Diwali on Monday, the Bachchans hosted a party at their residence in Mumbai. To catch a glimpse of the guests who arrived at Amitabh Bachchan’s house last night, shutterbugs stationed outside the megastar’s bungalow.…

Sunak says he has been elected to fix ‘mistakes’ made…

Rishi Sunak made his first speech as Britain’s prime minister on Tuesday (25), acknowledging the mistakes of his predecessor Liz Truss while vowing to fix the economy, lead with integrity and fulfil the promises of the Conservative Party’s 2019 manifesto. Below are the highlights from Sunak’s speech: ON THE ECONOMY…

Dr Amirul Haque struck off from register for groping patient’s…

A doctor in Dudley has been struck off from register following complaints of ‘sexually motivated examination’ from multiple patients, media reports said. A Medical Practitioners Tribunal heard that Dr Amirul Haque touched a patient’s breasts, put his hand down her trousers. He also pushed his groin into another patient and…