- Monday, March 03, 2025
BRITISH aid needs to be better targeted towards addressing “controversial” blasphemy laws and militant activities which have a “disproportionate impact” on religious minorities in the south Asian country, a UK parliamentary panel said in a review last Friday (29). The House of Commons International Development Committee unveiled its report, ‘UK…
INDIA’S federal investigation agency has filed a fresh case against absconding diamantaire Mehul Choksi for allegedly defrauding a financial institution. Choksi, who is also wanted along with his nephew Nirav Modi in a loan fraud case of Rs 135 billion (£1.41 bn), is accused of inflating the value of diamonds…
CERTAIN portions of the personal diaries and letters involving the last Viceroy of India, Lord Mountbatten, his wife Edwina and India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, will remain redacted, a UK tribunal has ruled. Judge Sophie Buckley presided over the UK First-Tier Tribunal (Information Rights) appeal to decide whether some…
Benedict Cumberbatch’s connection with India goes back to his teenage years and the Doctor Strange star says he hopes to return one day to interact with the country’s “first superhero”. The British actor, who took a gap year after his school to travel to Darjeeling to teach English at a Tibetan…
EID IN THE SQUARE will return to London’s Trafalgar Square on Saturday (7) after two years. The post-Ramadan celebrations, which Mayor Sadiq Khan said signify London’s diversity, feature Islamic inspired art, culture and comedy with contemporary and traditional performances on the main stage alongside food stalls. The event, running from…
INDIA’S electricity demand touched a record high in April as its northern states reeled under the hottest pre-summer months in decades, with a surge in the use of air conditioning triggering the worst power crisis in more than six years. Power demand grew 13.2 per cent to 135.4 billion kilowatt…
VOTERS go to the polls in Britain on Thursday (5), in a mid-term test for the Conservative government that could determine beleaguered prime minister Boris Johnson’s future. The local election results will be seen as a barometer of support for the Conservatives nationally, as well as an indicator of whether…
Filmmaker Anees Bazmee has said that the script of the much-awaited sequel to No Entry (2005) is complete and the film will go before cameras soon. The filmmaker said the second part will go on the floor once he and superstar Salman Khan work out the shooting schedules. Multi-starrer comedy No Entry starred Salman Khan, Anil…
Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan‘s daughter Ira Khan says she feels “helpless” after experiencing anxiety attacks “almost every day”. Ira, who had shared her clinical depression diagnosis in 2020, took to Instagram on Saturday night and posted a lengthy note detailing her struggles with mental health. “I’ve started getting anxiety attacks. I’ve…
Veteran Bollywood actor Dharmendra was admitted to a city hospital in Mumbai for a “routine check-up” and is back home now. According to a source close to the family, the 86-year-old star is “completely fine”. “He was admitted to hospital for a routine check-up and he is completely fine. He is at…
