- Sunday, February 23, 2025
A meeting of the organising committee of the 15th edition of the Bangalore International Film Festival was held on Wednesday in which it was decided to emphasise conveying the message of harmony, coexistence, and inclusiveness in the upcoming film festival. The meeting chaired by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was attended by…
Netflix has dropped a bunch of first-look images of Penelope and Colin Bridgerton’s budding romance in the much-anticipated season 3 of Bridgerton, which returns for two parts in 2024. The first-look images of the third season of Bridgerton, a series that surpassed its own viewing records for season two and…
The festival of Diwali is coming early this year, says Ramayan star Dipika Chikhlia, who is looking forward to attending the historic consecration ceremony of the Ram temple in Ayodhya on January 22. Chikhlia, who became famous for her role as Goddess Sita in Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayan 36 years ago,…
THE majority of students benefiting from the government’s Turing scheme are from disadvantaged backgrounds, a new research published on Wednesday (3) revealed. Introduced in 2021, the scheme enables to widen access to global opportunities in education and training. The latest figures revealed that more than 40,000 students are set to…
An unexpected turn of events at a wedding celebration in Sheffield, South Yorkshire led to tragic consequences when a Good Samaritan was killed and a teenage groom was stabbed amidst a wedding brawl, last week. Hasan Khan, 19, who was celebrating his marriage to Amani Jhangur, also 19 found himself…
BRITAIN’S economy unexpectedly shrank in the third quarter and flatlined in the previous three months, official data showed last month, raising fears of a recession before an election due this year. The downbeat news delivers a blow to Tory prime minister Rishi Sunak, who trails Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer…
BANGLADESH garment factories have fired hundreds of workers since protests in October demanding higher wages, three labour unions representing half a million workers said last week. Clashes during the protests, which ran alongside wider antigovernment demonstrations by the opposition ahead of Sunday’s (7) general election, killed four workers and injured…
RUSSIA redirected its oil exports from Europe to China and India, deputy prime minister Alexander Novak said last Wednesday (27), almost two years after Moscow was hit by sanctions over the Ukraine conflict. After president Vladimir Putin sent troops to Ukraine in February 2022, Western countries hit Russia with a…
NEPAL’S cricket star Sandeep Lamichhane was last Friday (29) convicted of rape after a repeatedly delayed trial that had left him free to continue his sporting career. Lamichhane, 23, was once the poster boy for the rise of cricket in Nepal. The leg spinner’s onfield success had boosted the sport’s…
INDIA are entering the upcoming Asian Cup as “rank outsiders” and their goal is to go through to the third round of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, head coach Igor Stimac said last Sunday (31). The team are drawn in Group B with World Cup regulars Australia, strong central Asian…
