- Monday, March 03, 2025
YOUNG boxing star Dylan Cheema on Friday (13) signed an exclusive long-term agreement with British professional boxing promotional company BOXXER, according to a statement. Cheema, 25, stormed his way to victory in last month’s BOXXER Series tournament in his home city of Coventry. According to the statement, the tournament run earned Cheema a…
THE shadow foreign secretary David Lammy and his Labour front-bench colleague, Preet Gill, the shadow international development secretary, have both dismissed Boris Johnson’s recent trip to India as being of little consequence. But Grant Thornton’s report, India meets Britain Tracker: The latest trends in Indian investment in the UK 2022, indicates…
FORMER New Zealand great Brendon McCullum Friday (13) admitted to “bittersweet” emotions when he agreed to take on the role of turning around England’s cricket fortunes. The 40-year-old, renowned for a “smash or crash” approach during his 101-Test career, which only ended six years ago, was Thursday (12) named as…
TWO major charities have raised red flags over Britain’s controversial plans to deport unauthorised immigrants reaching its shores to Rwanda. Under the new scheme announced by prime minister Boris Johnson, people claiming asylum in the UK are to be relocated to Rwanda, where their cases will be processed. If they…
THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM said 100 new startups, including five from India, have joined its Technology Pioneers Community and these include entities from healthcare and financial services to the metaverse. Among the five Indian entities, Vahan is building a full-stack labour marketplace for blue-collar workers; SmartCoin Financials is a tech-driven…
FORMER boxing world champion Amir Khan announced his retirement on Friday (13) from the sport after a 17-year professional career. Khan, 35, is the former WBA and IBF light-welterweight champion and won silver at the 2004 Athens Olympics. He was beaten by fellow Briton Kell Brook in a sixth-round stoppage in Manchester in February…
An anti-racism campaigner has won Miss Wales 2022 title, becoming the first woman of colour to achieve the feat in more than two decades. The crowning moment came for Darcey Corria, from Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, at the finale of the annual pageant held in Newport over the weekend. Having been an…
LADY ARUNA PAUL, who died suddenly at her home in London last Tuesday (3) at the age of 86, was married to the industrialist Lord Swraj Paul for over 65 years. After her passing, Lord Paul, who is 91 and the founder and chairman of the Caparo Group, told Eastern Eye of…
RISING student debt is severely affecting students across Britain, who are already struggling with a cost-of-living crisis. Britons heading to university next year face major changes that critics argue will worsen the financial pain. The pressure is “exhausting, especially for someone in their 20s who has just started thinking about…
WHILE it was disappointing to see the Conservative party lose flagship councils in London and across the country, there was one particular council that bucked the trend and shone a ray of light for the Tories. Harrow – the hometown for both of us – was the only council across…
