LONDON mayor Sadiq Khan has said that the Metropolitan Police must “explain” why prime minister Boris Johnson was not fined for attending a party during the Covid lockdown, according to a report. Khan’s comments came after Britain’s ITV news channel on Monday (23) published new photographs of Johnson drinking at a leaving party at…
This month Afghanistan’s supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada issued a diktat for women to cover up fully in public, including their faces, ideally with the traditional burqa. The Ministry for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice ordered women television presenters to follow suit. Presenters relent after defiance After defying the…
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi and other Quad leaders are set to demonstrate that the grouping is a “force for global good” and has a unifying commitment to a rules-based international order amid China’s increasingly intimidatory behaviour. What is QUAD? The loosely organised Quad – comprising India, the United States,…
Leona Swiderski, 33, who arrived in Mumbai in February 2003 was due to marry her fiancee Pragnesh Desai but she was found dead off a highway near the city the next day. Police believe Desai plotted her murder to claim her insurance money of $1 million (£800,000) and hired three…
Salman Khan’s upcoming film Kabhi Eid Kabhi Diwali is facing one setback after another. The latest update suggests that actor Aayush Sharma has walked out of the big-ticket film, leaving his brother-in-law Salman Khan in the lurch. The LoveYatri (2018) actor was set to play Khan’s younger brother in the much-anticipated film. According to reports, Sharma…
There is no denying the fact that Akshay Kumar is one of the most sought-after actors in Bollywood, who has constantly proved his power at the box office. Having said that, the poor performance of his last release Bachchhan Paandey (2022) did come as a huge surprise for fans and distributors. When Kumar was…
In an interview with India Today, the Isha Foundation founder has urged India’s Hindu and Muslim communities to sit together work out which two-three sites are iconic and should settle all disputes. “The two communities should sit together and work out which two-three sites are iconic and settle it. Instead of…
A Love Letter to My Home is a multimedia art exhibition from Akshita Gandhi which examines ideas of home and identity. It combines traditional photography, mixed media paintings and audio works. The exhibition is a love letter to Mumbai and Udaipur, where the images were taken. “It’s symbolic, because India completes 75 years of…
Dharma Productions is presently gearing up for the release of their much-anticipated film Jug Jugg Jeeyo, starring Varun Dhawan, Kiara Advani, Anil Kapoor, and Neetu Kapoor. On Sunday, the makers dropped the theatrical trailer of the film. While the audience seems to have loved the trailer, the makers have landed themselves…
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavana will be hosting a wide range of various art-cultural programmes, specially curated events, performances, workshops, and exhibitions to celebrate the milestone throughout the year from May 2022 to April 2023. The Bhavan’s art guru teachers and artists will perform Indian dances, songs, and other arts. The main…