- Sunday, February 23, 2025
LONDON mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan has pledged to build 6,000 new affordable homes with capped rents linked to keyworker incomes. Khan also called for a revolution in renters’ rights, with far-reaching reforms to improve the position of those renting their home in the city. He proposed a new funding of…
Supermarket chain Asda has slipped in terms of profitability and market share during the last three months, amid intense price wars in this segment. Promoted by billionaire Issa brothers and private equity firm TDR Capital, Asda’s sales growth was flat at 0.8 per cent in the last three months when…
British billionaire Joe Lewis was fined $5 million (£4m) by a US judge for insider trading. The judge also ordered him to serve three years of probation. Lewis, founder of the Tavistock Group, pleaded guilty to conspiracy and securities fraud. He admitted passing inside information on his portfolio companies to…
One is a director, the other a composer. And together Imtiaz Ali and A R Rahman, the duo behind hit albums of films such as Rockstar, Highway, and Tamasha, are just two music aficionados jamming together. The two, back together for Amar Singh Chamkila, say theirs is a connection that…
A 75-year-old man who was extradited from Pakistan was on Thursday (4) convicted of the murder of a police officer nearly 20 years ago. Piran Ditta Khan fled Britain after the shooting of police constable Sharon Beshenivsky who was killed as she tried to foil a robbery at a travel…
The much-anticipated project, Nitesh Tiwari’s Ramayana, starring Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Ram, has commenced its filming journey amidst a flurry of excitement. Netizens were treated to glimpses of the grandeur unfolding on set, with leaked footage offering a sneak peek into the project’s ambitious vision. With Kapoor poised to take…
Dev Patel, known for his captivating performances in such films as Slumdog Millionaire and Lion, takes on a new role both in front of and behind the camera in his latest project Monkey Man. The film, which also features Sobhita Dhulipala and Sikander Kher in pivotal roles, explores themes of…
Dev Patel, who is best known for starring in the multiple Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire, is making his directorial debut with the much-anticipated Monkey Man, which enters cinemas worldwide on April 5, 2024. The film was set to release in India on April 19. However, some media outlets reported that…
Air India has launched a revamped loyalty programme that the airline claims has customer-friendly features and a simplified new structure. The Tata-owned airline has said its loyalty programme Flying Returns has moved away from the legacy model of miles-based collection of points to a spend-based approach. It will now be…
M Night Shyamalan’s Split, which premiered in 2016, is now available to stream on Netflix. The psychological thriller stars James McAvoy as Kevin Wendell Crumb, a man struggling with dissociative identity disorder (DID) who kidnaps and imprisons three girls in a secret underground facility. The film premiered at Fantastic Fest…
