• Monday, April 21, 2025

Blast kills three in Balochistan

AT LEAST three people were killed and 18 others injured in a bomb blast on Wednesday (2) in Pakistan’s troubled southwestern province of Balochistan, which borders on Afghanistan and Iran, officials said. The roadside explosion occurred as a police van travelled through the provincial capital of Quetta, which is home…

Birmingham by-election: Labour’s Paulette Hamilton wins

Paulette Hamilton has been elected as the MP for Erdington – the first black MP for Birmingham, writes Rhi Storer. The by-election was held after former incumbent Jack Dromey died in his Birmingham flat suddenly from heart failure, triggering the by-election in the Birmingham seat he had held for nearly 12 years. Dromey,…

Akhilesh Yadav claims his party will beat BJP in Uttar…

A regional Indian party has claimed it will unseat Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in provincial elections in Uttar Pradesh state, the most crucial test for Modi before a general election in two years. The Hindu nationalist BJP has maintained it will retain power in the bellwether…

Salman Khan’s Tiger 3 to release on Eid 2023

Salman Khan on Friday announced that his much-awaited film Tiger 3 will release in cinemas on April 21, 2023, on the auspicious occasion of Eid. The superstar also shared the first teaser for the upcoming film, which also stars Katrina Kaif in the lead role. Tiger 3 is the third installment of the successful film franchise Tiger and will…

Netflix pauses future projects, acquisitions from Russia

Netflix has reportedly put on hold all future projects and acquisitions from Russia amid its invasion of Ukraine.   According to Variety, the streaming service had four Russian originals in the pipeline, including a crime thriller series directed by Dasha Zhuk, which was shooting and has been postponed. The 1990’s set series…

Shilpa Shetty starts filming her next Sukhee

Actress Shilpa Shetty on Thursday began filming her next film Sukhee, directed by Sonal Joshi. The 46-year-old actress, who announced the project on Tuesday, took to Instagram and shared a video from the film set.    In the boomerang video, she is seen on the sets of Sukhee. The actress gave a glimpse of her…

Salman Khan’s Kabhi Eid Kabhi Diwali to arrive on December…

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan‘s much-anticipated film Kabhi Eid Kabhi Diwali will hit on December 30, the makers announced on Thursday.   The family entertainer is produced by Sajid Nadiadwala under the banner of Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment and is helmed by Farhad Samji. Also featuring Pooja Hegde in the lead role, the film will hit…

Survey: Majority of Indians feel ‘wife must always obey husband’

A NEW study by a US-based think tank has revealed that majority of the Indian population feels that a wife must obey her husband and follow traditional gender roles. The new report by Pew Research Center, however, said that people favour women having the same rights as men. The report released on…

The Balloon Thief: Tackling realities of identity and friendship in…

NEWLY RELEASED novel The Balloon Thief cleverly combines a fantasy world and real life to tell an intriguing story of a girl’s literal and metaphorical journey towards friendship, freedom and finding a safe place in the world. The dynamic debut book from Aneesa Marufu also tackles important themes that include terrorism, extremism…

Sam Bhattacharjee’s Top 10 Films

After producing films like Commando 3, Tuesday and Fridays, Hate Story IV and co-producing projects Operation Cobra, and Welcome To New York, Sam Bhattacharjee made directorial debut with Barun Rai And The House On The Cliff. The supernatural film starring actor Priyanshu Chatterjee, Nyra Banerjee, and Sid Makar was shot extensively across the UK and is now available…