- Saturday, March 01, 2025
BRITAIN unveils on Wednesday (23) a budget update aimed at easing a cost of living crisis, as data revealed inflation spiking to a three-decade high on soaring energy prices. Annual inflation accelerated to 6.2 per cent in February from 5.5 per cent in January, the Office for National Statistics (ONS)…
BRITAIN said that it would increase compensation to postal workers wrongly convicted of fraud in one of England’s biggest ever miscarriages of justices. Hundreds of Post Office workers were prosecuted between 2000 and 2014 after a software glitch in the IT system Horizon left holes in accounts. Some were sent to prison,…
Globally popular singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes has opened up about his life after his break-up with singer-songwriter Camila Cabello. For those not in the know, the duo called it quits in November last year, after dating each other for over two years. They had featured together in the hit song “Senorita”…
As the countdown for unarguably the most awaited pan-India films of 2022 KGF Chapter 2 begins, the makers have started raising the curtains on the promotional content of the period action film. Though the film is set to enter cinemas on April 14, it has already set a milestone after the makers…
Bollywood actor John Abraham is presently busy promoting his forthcoming film Attack, co-starring Jacqueline Fernandes and Rakul Preet Singh. The action thriller, whose trailer has received a rousing response from the audience, is due on April 1. It is expected to face tough competition from SS Rajamouli’s much-anticipated film RRR, featuring Jr NTR, Ram…
A man with no fixed address has been charged with the murder of teenager Sabita Thanwani, the Metropolitan police said. Maher Maaroufe, 22, has been charged with Thanwani’s murder and also assaulting an emergency worker. Thanwani was found dead at student accommodation in London on Saturday (19). She was studying psychology at City University.…
FOOTBALL club Arsenal has said it contacted a fan who was allegedly subjected to racial abuse and physical attack during its Premier League match against Liverpool in London last week. A Sikh fan was reportedly attacked and his turban knocked off in the toilets of the Emirates Stadium during the halftime of the match on…
THE co-chair of Middlesex’s equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) committee has urged to ‘evolve with society’ to achieve diversity goals as communities will continue to change. In an interview with The Cricketer, Ankit Shah said that the perception of cricket cracked on matters of diversity, inclusion and anti-racism ‘can never be true’.…
FOREIGN ministers of Muslim nations began meeting in Pakistan on Tuesday (22) as the country’s leader trumpets his Islamic credentials while at the same time battling the most serious challenge to his rule in four years. The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is meeting in Islamabad with an ambitious agenda…
THE FAMILY of student Sabita Thanwani have paid tribute after a man was arrested on suspicion of her murder and assault in her student accommodation in London. Thanwani, a 19-year-old British national, was found with serious injuries to her neck at Arbour House student flats in Clerkenwell, London, last Saturday (19). In a…
