• Saturday, March 01, 2025

18 biggest Indian singers join forces to pay tribute to…

Lata Mangeshkar was not just a singer; she was an emotion that music enthusiasts all over the world felt for decades. Though the legendary singer is not with us in physical form, her mellifluous voice is going to be an irreplaceable part of our lives for many, many years. Paying tribute…

Dhanush’s first look from Russo brothers’ The Gray Man unveiled

The first look of Dhanush from his upcoming Hollywood film The Gray Man is out. In the first look, the award-winning actor poses like a superhero with a fierce expression on his face. Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, the film is set to start streaming on Netflix on July 22. Sharing the first…

Disney+ Hotstar announces premiere date for Escaype Live

Disney+ Hotstar on Tuesday announced the premiere date for its upcoming series Escaype Live. Billed as a social thriller, the series will start streaming on the platform from May 20.      Created and directed by Siddharth Kumar Tewary, Escaype Live stars Siddharth, Jaaved Jaaferi, Shweta Tripathi Sharma and Swastika Mukherjee in lead roles and…

British Indian staffer of Parliament wins award

A BRITISH Indian staffer of the UK’s Parliament has won recognition for his dedication and commitment to work. The Staffer of the Year for the House of Lords Award was given away recently to Ameet Jogia, the chief of staff for Lord Popat of Harrow. The House magazine described Jogia…

India is world’s third largest military spender: report

THE top 5 military spenders in 2021 were the US, China, India, the UK and Russia, which together accounted for almost 62 per cent of the world military expenditure, data published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) showed on Monday (25). India’s military spending was recorded to be…

‘We need Heroes rather than Mentors’

The BBC’s looking for a new diversity boss because June Sarpong is leaving the corporation. In his third and final essay, one of its former correspondents, Barnie Choudhury, suggests ways to tackle the antipathy, apparent apathy and accelerate a win in the diversity war in the corporation.  One of my…

Human-trafficking: North London barber convicted

A north London barber was convicted on Monday (25) for his role in a people-smuggling plot, according to a media report.  Gul Wali Jabarkhel, 33, from Cricklewood, had used his Colindale shop as a front for a human-trafficking plot, reported Evening Standard. According to the report, he offered lorry drivers thousands of…

Survey: Nearly a quarter of Britons struggle to pay bills

ALMOST a quarter of people in Britain said it became harder to pay household bills even before increases in regulated energy prices took effect, according to an official survey that underscored the breadth of a cost-of-living crisis. Some 23 per cent of people surveyed in March by the Office for…

Putin, Pakistan leader ‘quietly exchange letters to enhance ties’

PAKISTAN’S new prime minister Shehbaz Sharif and Russian president Vladimir Putin have quietly exchanged letters to strengthen bilateral relations, a media report has said. The letters were exchanged after the election of Shehbaz as the prime minister but both the sides kept development away from the media glare in what seemed to be a move aimed at…

Female suicide bomber kills three Chinese nationals in Pakistan

A WOMAN suicide bomber from a Pakistan separatist group killed four people, including three Chinese nationals, in an attack on a minibus carrying staff from the Confucius Institute at Karachi University on Tuesday (26). The Baloch Liberation Army – one of several groups fighting for independence in Pakistan’s biggest province…