- Sunday, February 23, 2025
A convicted benefits fraudster, who orchestrated a decade-long scheme to cheat taxpayers out of at least £1.7 million, has been ordered to repay more than £2m or face a nine-year prison sentence, reported the MailOnline. The department for work and pensions (DWP) issued the repayment order to Ali Bana Mohamed,…
ISRAEL plans to bring in around 70,000 foreign workers from China, India and elsewhere to boost its construction sector, which has been largely frozen since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, a newspaper reported on Monday (1), citing a government official. Yehuda Morgenstern, director general of the construction and housing ministry,…
BRITISH SIKH army officer and physiotherapist Captain Harpreet Chandi, known as Polar Preet for her Antarctic expeditions, has claimed a new world record for becoming the world’s fastest woman to complete a solo South Pole ski expedition. The 33-year-old took to her blog on Sunday (31) to update that she…
Actor Prabhas on Monday wished his fans a happy new year and thanked them for showering love on his latest release Salaar: Part One – Ceasefire. Directed by Prashanth Neel, Salaar: Part One – Ceasefire hit the screens on December 22. Also starring Prithviraj Sukumaran, the film has grossed over…
Taylor Swift has surpassed Elvis Presley for most weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart by a solo artist. Presley logged 67 weeks at No. 1 across 10 chart-topping albums spanning 1956-2002. Only The Beatles have more weeks at No. 1, with 132 weeks on top, across 19…
Faysal Quraishi, one of Pakistan’s top actors and producers, has advocated for the release of Indian films in the country to revive the local cinema exhibition sector. Quraishi, who has starred in several hit serials and also produced many blockbuster series, said Pakistan needed to lift the ban on screening…
Long-simmering rivalries on and off the pitch divided India and Pakistan once more at the World Cup 2023, but a cricket show run by Pakistani greats of the game has won fans across the border. The Pavilion, featuring cricketing heroes turned broadcasters including Wasim Akram, Shoaib Malik, Misbah-ul-Haq, and Moin…
Pop singer Dua Lipa, who is on vacation with her family in India, on Sunday, penned a heartwarming note about ending 2023 in the country. The Grammy winner, known for songs such as “Levitating” and “Houdini”, also thanked the Indian people for extending their love and hospitality to her and…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday highlighted India’s twin wins at Oscars 2023 for the song “Naatu Naatu” from RRR and the documentary short The Elephant Whisperers in his last Mann Ki Baat address for 2023. In the 108th episode of the radio broadcast, the prime minister said the…
Nearly 30,000 migrants crossed the Channel to Britain from mainland Europe in small boats in 2023, an annual drop of more than a third, government figures released Monday showed. However, the unauthorised arrivals of 29,437 people on the southeast English coast remains the second largest yearly tally since officials began…
