• Tuesday, March 04, 2025

Worldwide rights to Riz Ahmed’s sci-fi drama Fingernails nabbed by…

The film, which marks Nikou’s English Language debut, also features The Lost Daughter star Jessie Buckley in the lead role. The latest development on the film has it that Apple Original Films has picked up the worldwide rights to Fingernails. The deal was inked late Saturday night. Fingernails has Cate Blanchett, Coco Francini, and…

Eateries desperate to hire Chefs from outside of the UK

They have revealed the shortage of talent has led to “rampant poaching” and bigger eateries offering salaries of around £85,000 salaries, £5,000 sign-on bonuses and family holidays. On the Indeed job website in May, an Indian restaurant in London was looking for a Sous Chef offering £45,000 annually while another eatery in…

Gandhi memorabilia draw lot of interest from America: Auctioneer and…

Auctioneer and valuer Andrew Stowe, who sold a pair of Gandhi’s spectacles for a record £260,000 in 2020, told Eastern Eye that interest among collectors for the Mahatma’s memorabilia, especially in America, remained high. He said: “Gandhi is one of the most iconic figures of the 20th century. He’s right up there…

5 things you must know about Indian-origin businessman Sunil Chopra,…

Having led his Labour party to victory in the recent local elections, the law graduate from Delhi University took oath as the first citizen of the borough at Southwark Cathedral over the weekend. Under his stewardship, Labour emerged victorious over the Liberal Democrats in London Bridge and West Bermondsey seats.…

RIP Dr John Marr – the renowned British Indologist who…

A writer and a former member of faculty at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, Dr Marr was known for his academic rigour and encyclopedic knowledge of Indian culture. He was awarded the Padma Shri civilian honour by the Government of India in 2009 for his contributions…

PM Modi’s 3Ts mantra for resilient supply chains at Indo…

INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Monday (23) joined US president Joe Biden in the launch of a US-initiated trade framework aimed at deeper cooperation among like-minded countries in areas like clean energy, supply-chain resilience and digital trade. The rollout of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) by the…

Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 sets box office on fire; Kangana Ranaut’s…

Headlined by class and mass favourite Kartik Aaryan, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 (2022) is unstoppable at the domestic box office in India. Also featuring Kiara Advani, Tabu, and Rajpal Yadav in pivotal roles, the horror-comedy film had a successful first weekend at the ticket window. The Anees Bazmee directorial, which hit cinemas on May 20,…

Now, Imran Khan praises India for this reason…

WHEN India refused to succumb to the Western pressure to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine earlier this year, the praise for New Delhi’s diplomatic tightrope walk came from unexpected quarters. Pakistan’s then prime minister Imran Khan found merit in India’s “independent foreign policy” and even said his government was…

Millions displaced, dozens dead as floods wreak havoc in India,…

HEAVY rains have caused widespread flooding in parts of Bangladesh and India, leaving millions stranded and at least 57 dead, officials said. The death toll includes 47 in India alone where hundreds of thousands of people have been moved to relief centres. In Bangladesh, about two million people have been…

‘We wanted something which denotes hope, birth and beauty’, says…

Just like for the past two decades, Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai Bachchan stunned everyone with her mesmeric presence and glamorous looks at the ongoing Cannes Film Festival. The former Miss World debuted at Cannes for the premiere of her film Devdas in 2002. She has been a regular at the movie extravaganza as a global…