• Monday, March 10, 2025

‘New prime minister will need a global outlook too’

EVERYONE now expects Westminster’s Game of Thrones to end with foreign secretary Liz Truss wearing the crown. The former chancellor and her opponent, Rishi Sunak, embraces his underdog status and pledges to fight to the end. The candidates’ fates are now sealed in the returned but unopened ballot papers. Top academic psephologist…

Glorious Greek classic gets a great British Asian twist

ZAINAB HASAN TAKES ON THE TITLE ROLE IN NEW ANTIGONE STAGE ADAPTATION Versatile British actress Zainab Hasan has consistently shown how great she is on stage, with a wide array of characters. Her latest is the clever contemporary adaptation of Greek classic Antigone and could perhaps be the most interesting…

Special playlist of sensational singer Neha Kakkar’s greatest hits ahead…

Indian pop superstar Neha Kakkar will headline two arena concerts this week in London (28) and Birmingham (29). The big blockbuster tour presented by leading promoters Rock On Music will see the sensational singer deliver her greatest hits and all-time classics with a full live band. Eastern Eye decided to get…

Jerry Bruckheimer reveals how Tom Cruise set Top Gun: Maverick…

Thirty-six years after the original film, Top Gun: Maverick took the worldwide box office by storm after hitting theatres in May, following several delays caused by the pandemic. The film is still going strong in several territories and is expected to rack up some more moolah before folding its theatrical…

Lord Patel is revealed as the ‘ECB suit’ who was…

Yorkshire Cricket Club chairman Lord Patel is understood to be the target when Ben Stokes said “f*** off” on the night of England’s World Cup victory in July 2019. The baron, who was a member of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) at the time, had reportedly taken a hardline…

Priti Patel says her record speaks volumes in an effort…

UK home secretary Priti Patel has made it clear that she wants to stay on in the role under the new leader, media reports said. She claimed that her ‘record speaks volumes’, adding that it’s up to the next prime minister to take the decision. Boris Johnson’s successor will be…

What is the West Nile virus, and should you be…

The West Nile virus (WNV) is a relative of the Zika and yellow fever viruses. It reportedly causes symptoms that are similar to the flu and is spread by infected mosquitos, reports the Mirror. The virus is caused when you are bitten by an infected mosquito resulting in a number…

Modi leads plans to mark 150th birth anniversary of Aurobindo

By A fortunate coincidence, India marks its 75th anniversary as a free country at the same time as the 150th birth anniversary of Sri Aurobindo. Aurobindo (1872-1950) was a poet, revolutionary, philosopher, mystic, and yogi par excellence. He was not interested in huge statues, grandiose projects, or big institutions in…

Sylvester Stallone’s wife Jennifer Flavin files for divorce; the couple…

Yet another high-profile Hollywood couple has called it quits! Sylvester Stallone and his wife Jennifer Stallone have split, as Jennifer filed for divorce from Sylvester on August 19. The couple is ending their 25 years long marriage. “Upon information and belief, the Husband has engaged in the intentional dissipation, depletion…

Aamir Khan’s Laal Singh Chaddha and Taapsee Pannu’s Shabaash Mithu…

Aamir Khan’s Laal Singh Chaddha and Taapsee Pannu’s Shabaash Mithu have landed in legal troubles. A complaint has been filed against both Bollywood films for allegedly ridiculing differently-abled people. The complaint has been filed by Dr. Satendra Singh, a co-founder of Doctors with Disabilities, in the court of the commissioner…