- Monday, February 24, 2025
THERE was the Bollywood star in skin-tight lycra, the Bangladeshi politician filmed in a bikini and the young Pakistani woman snapped with a man. None was real, but all three images were credible enough to unleash lust, vitriol – and even allegedly a murder – underlining the sophistication of generative…
WORKERS in the northern Indian city of Ayodhya are finalizing a $6 billion (£4.7bn) infrastructure facelift ahead of the opening of a grand Hindu temple that is igniting an economic boom – which some of city’s poor and its Muslim community say is passing them by. City officials expect about…
TWO men have been sentenced to a total of 34 years’ imprisonment after a London trial found them guilty of smuggling drugs hidden among farm produce from Africa and South America. Anand Tripathi, 61, and Varun Bhardwaj, 39, were also convicted of evading import duty payable on cigarettes, hidden alongside…
BRITAIN plans to increase funding for local government councils by £4 billion to £64bn to address inflation-driven pressures after Birmingham and Nottingham councils effectively declared bankruptcy. The settlement for 2024-25 marks a 6.5 per cent rise from 2023-24, the government said in a statement on Monday (18) in an attempt…
THE City of London Corporation has honoured eight senior figures from Indian banks based in the Square Mile to mark 75 years of India’s independence. The award recognises the trade relationship between the UK and India’s financial services sectors. The leaders who received the Freedom of the City honours on…
Eating meals earlier could decrease the likelihood of suffering from heart attack and stroke, a large-scale study has found. A study involving over 100,000 individuals in France revealed that those who skipped breakfast and delayed their first meal faced an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease, The Times reported. Additionally,…
A PAKISTANI couple was sentenced to life in prison by an Italian court on Tuesday (19) for the 2021 murder of their daughter after she refused an arranged marriage. Saman Abbas, 18, was living in Novellara near Bologna when she disappeared in May 2021, having rejected the previous year her…
A group of protesters targeted Indian-American Congressman Shri Thanedar over the weekend, blowing car horns and screaming for his “silence” on the deaths of Palestinians in Gaza and his stance on the Israel-Hamas war. Thanedar, 68, has taken a staunchly supportive approach to Israel following the horrific attack by Hamas…
MPs and immigration experts have criticised ministers for “deliberately targeting” British Asian families in their quest to get immigration figures down. Home secretary, James Cleverly, announced last week (13) that from April 2024, the minimum salary threshold for UK nationals and permanent residents applying to bring family members to join…
The family of Oshada Jayasundera, a 31-year-old postgraduate student at Nottingham Trent University, who died after being hit by a car, said their “hearts are heavy with grief” as they grapple with his loss. Jayasundera was pronounced dead at the scene following a collision on the A60 Huntingdon Street in…
