- Saturday, March 01, 2025
Chancellor Rishi Sunak said on Sunday he had asked prime minister Boris Johnson for a review to determine whether he had stuck to the rules on ministerial declarations following criticism over his family’s financial arrangements. Sunak said he had written to the prime minister asking him to refer Sunak’s ministerial…
Shahid Kapoor’s next with hit filmmaker Ali Abbas Zafar has been creating a lot of buzz even before it was officially announced. Fans are quite excited about Kapoor’s maiden collaboration with the director of such blockbusters as Sultan (2016), Tiger Zinda Hai (2017), and Bharat (2019) and are waiting for the film with bated breath. Now, Shahid Kapoor…
The recently announced Bollywood film Bawaal, which stars Varun Dhawan and Janhvi Kapoor in lead roles has started filming. Filmmaker Nitesh Tiwari, known for helming such blockbusters as Dangal (2016) and Chhichhore (2019), is directing the upcoming love story for Sajid Nadiadwala’s Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment. Bawaal, which brings Dhawan and Kapoor together for the first time, began production in…
Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet has signed on to star in the first feature-length episode of I Am, an award-winning female-led drama anthology series from Channel 4. According to Deadline, the high-profile project also features Winslet’s daughter Mia Threapleton in I Am Ruth. As with both previous series, each three new…
GLASGOW will send seven ‘stolen’ artefacts back to India as city councillors have backed a proposal in this regard, according to a report. Officials from the High Commission of India lodged a request in January for the return of six artefacts “stolen” from Hindu temples and shrines in the 19th…
THE NHS has started providing a new antiviral treatment against Covid for high-risk patients at home that improves symptoms “within hours”, the health service said in a statement. Known as Paxlovid, has been given to more than 6,000 patients already – with over 1,400 patients benefitting in the last seven…
INDIA’s Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover has said that its supply of semiconductors had improved in the first quarter, according to a report. It is viewed as a sign that a global shortage of computer chips is slowly starting to ease. The British manufacturer reported sales of 76,526 vehicles during…
Imran Khan was dismissed on Sunday as Pakistan prime minister after losing a no-confidence vote in parliament following weeks of political turmoil. It was not immediately clear when a new premier will be chosen, but Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) chief Shehbaz Sharif was almost certain to be picked to lead…
BRITAIN’s embattled finance minister Rishi Sunak stood accused of political hypocrisy as new questions emerged over offshore tax havens reportedly held by his Indian wife. Sunak was also criticised for a lack of transparency, after he admitted to holding a “Green Card” for US permanent residents until last year. Sunak’s wealthy…
SHEHBAZ SHARIF, expected to become Pakistan’s new prime minister Monday (11) after leading the opposition alliance that ousted Imran Khan, is a tough administrator with a penchant for quoting revolutionary poetry. Sharif is the younger brother of three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who was dismissed then jailed on corruption charges…
