• Tuesday, March 04, 2025

Ex-lover of Khalid Mahmood MP wants her job back

AN ex-lover of a Birmingham MP has told a tribunal that she was unfairly dismissed by her old boss as she made serious criminal claims about a female colleague, according to a report.  Elaina Cohen, 62, the former parliamentary aide of Labour MP for Birmingham Perry Barr Khalid Mahmood, 60,…

Inspired by ‘Fast and Furious’ movie, 3 men steal over…

Inspired by Hollywood flick ‘The Fast and the Furious’ three men stole over 40 luxury cars using hi-tech tools, including scanners and GPS jammer, police said on Friday after arresting them. The accused have been identified as Manish Rao (42) and Jagdeep Sharma (43), both residents of Uttam Nagar here,…

The special relationship with the people of Afghanistan over centuries…

India was and is an important stakeholder in Afghanistan, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval said today and called for enhancing the capability of the war-torn country to counter-terrorism and terrorist groups which pose a threat regional peace and security. Speaking at the 4th Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan in Tajikistan’s…

Neetu Kapoor and Karan Johar burn the dance floor on…

One of the leading Bollywood filmmakers, Karan Johar celebrated his 50th birthday on Wednesday. Since KJo and parties are synonymous with each other, how can one not expect a lavish bash on the occasion of the fashionista’s birthday? The Dharma Productions’ head honcho threw an extravagant party for his friends from the…

Raveena Tandon on South cinema taking over Bollywood: If our…

Raveena Tandon, one of the leading ladies from the 90s, is on cloud nine ever since her recent film KGF: Chapter 2 (2022) toppled a series of records at the box office and emerged as one of the most successful commercial films ever produced by Indian cinema. Also featuring Kannada superstar Yash…

Delhi-based writer Geetanjali Shree’s ‘Tomb of Sand’ becomes 1st Hindi…

INDIAN author Geetanjali Shree and US translator Daisy Rockwell have won the International Booker Prize for Hindi novel “Tomb of Sand“, a first for a book in an Indian language. The prestigious £50,000 prize is awarded to fiction from around the world that has been translated into English and is…

End of a British tradition: A third of fish and…

AT west London’s Hooked Fish and Chips, Bally Singh is struggling to keep the tills ringing for a British tradition, with prices sky-rocketing for fish, potatoes, cooking oil and even the flour used for the batter the dish is cooked in. Cranking up their bubbling oil friers only to see…

Neil Basu is no longer in the race for Crime…

THE most senior Asian police officer in the UK is considering lodging an official complaint as he has dropped out of the running to become the head of the National Crime Agency, according to a report. Neil Basu, the former head of counter-terrorism policing, has been told the process to…

Gauri Khan: The class act of interior design

GAURI KHAN GOES GLOBAL WITH NEW ONLINE COURSE THERE is a lot more to Gauri Khan than being the wife of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan. She is a respected business entrepreneur, film producer, famed celebrity interior designer and a strong symbol of power for devoted working mothers. Her interior…

Mr India: 35 facts about the cult film

ICONIC Bollywood film Mr India marks its 35th anniversary this month. Originally released on May 29, 1987, the story about a kind-hearted man balancing looking after orphans with becoming the invisible man and battling a fearsome villain was a runaway success when it released. It also gifted audiences many memorable moments that…