- Monday, March 03, 2025
Alia Bhatt is set to add a new feather to her cap. After ruling Bollywood for almost a decade, she is now ready to set her foot in Hollywood with Netflix’s upcoming spy thriller Heart Of Stone, which was officially announced a couple of months ago. Bhatt on Thursday said that she…
Actor Pratik Gandhi, who shot to overnight fame with the riotous success of Hansal Mehta’s streaming show Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story (2020), has been roped in to play Mahatma Gandhi in an upcoming streaming show. Based on the books by noted historian Ramachandra Guha, the multi-season drama series is being bankrolled…
Starring Amitabh Bachchan and Rajesh Khanna in lead roles, Anand (1971) is one of the most celebrated Bollywood films, which has attained cult status over the years. Now, 51 years after its release, the Hrishikesh Mukherjee directorial is set for a remake. Producer Sameer Raj Sippy, who is the grandson of N C Sippy,…
INDIAN cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu was sentenced on Thursday (19) to one year in jail, nearly 35 years after he was accused of killing a man in a fit of rage. India’s Supreme Court gave its latest ruling after the victim’s family appealed a 2018 verdict that saw the 58-year-old…
A review by a doctors’ union has revealed that the UK government failed to protect doctors and the wider healthcare staff at the start of the pandemic, according to a media report. The British Medical Association review said staff were desperately let down by the lack of protective equipment, the BBC reported. The…
A son of jailed hate preacher Abu Hamza has said that he wants to face terror trial in the UK, according to a media report. Sufyan Mostafa Kamal was stripped of his UK passport after travelling to Syria to fight against President Assad’s regime. Currently, he is in a detention…
UK home secretary has said that a series of last-minute legal challenges have helped more than 100 killers, rapists and paedophiles to avoid deportation to Jamaica, according to a media report. Priti Patel called the claims ‘meritless’ and blasted ‘political interventions’ for stopping the deportations, reported the MailOnline. It is reported that Labour…
TAMILS who resettled in Britain after fleeing the Sri Lankan civil war held a vigil in London on Wednesday (18), with some likening the island nation’s current economic crisis to the conditions they faced during the decades-long conflict. The gathering of Tamils seeking justice for those from their community who were killed in the…
HEALTH and social care secretary Sajid Javid has announced a 10-year plan to boost research into neurodegenerative diseases. Speaking at Alzheimer’s Society Conference 2022 on Tuesday (17), he said the plan will focus on how new medicines and emerging science and technology can be harnessed to improve outcomes for dementia…
INDIA’s Tata Group head has won hearts when he travelled in India’s cheapest car this week. The chairman emeritus of the Tata Group, Ratan Tata reached in Mumbai’s iconic Taj hotel, which is also owned by the Tatas, on Tuesday (17), in a Tata Nano, according to media reports. After Viral Bhayani…
