- Monday, February 24, 2025
A MAN jumped into the MPs’ area of the lower house of India’s parliament on Wednesday (13), in a major security breach on the 22nd anniversary of a deadly attack on the complex. TV channels showed a man wearing a black jacket jump from the visitors’ area into the MPs’…
A LEADING Conservative parliamentarian has warned fellow Tory politicians they face a decision to either “unify or die” as party infighting threatens to derail the leadership of prime minister, Rishi Sunak. On Tuesday (12) Sunak narrowly won in his latest plans to send migrants to Rwanda. The way in which…
Foreign secretary David Cameron has issued a warning, suggesting a potential withdrawal of cooperation with Scottish ministers following a meeting between Humza Yousaf and Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Yousaf, the first minister, met the Turkish president at COP28 without the presence of a UK official, which Lord Cameron said was a…
HUNGARY plans to turn Hungarian Indian painter Amrita Sher-Gil’s Ganga Ram Mansions on The Mall in Lahore into a museum, a top diplomat of the country said. Sher-Gil was born in Hungary and was one of the most distinguished visual artists from the Indian subcontinent. At an event to mark…
The Wellingborough District Hindu Association (WDHA) has been awarded the prestigious King’s Award for Voluntary Service by his majesty the King. Though the presentation of the award is yet to take place, the announcement of this “tremendous achievement” was made and celebrated during the annual community Diwali dinner hosted by…
SOME of the more than 300 Rohingya refugees who arrived on the western coasts of Indonesia last Sunday (10) were transferred to a temporary shelter during the visit of a UN representative. A group of 135 refugees, mostly women and children, were relocated from a beach in Aceh Besar regency…
PRIME MINISTER Rishi Sunak avoided defeat in parliament on Tuesday (12) on an emergency bill to revive his plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, seeing off a revolt by dozens of his lawmakers that laid bare his party’s deep divisions. Sunak, who has pinned his reputation on the strategy,…
FORMER India fast bowler S Sreesanth last Thursday (7) alleged that ex-teammate Gautam Gambhir called him a “fixer” during a Legends League Cricket (LLC) match. The World Cup-winning players were involved in a heated exchange during an Eliminator match between Indian Capitals and Gujarat Giants. The umpires had to intervene…
RIDING on the success of her critically claimed plays Chasing Hares and Two Billion Beats, writer Sonali Bhattacharyya said her latest work, a festive play, was to represent a “diversity of experiences and cultures”. Bhattacharyya’s modern-day adaptation of the classical Middle Eastern folktale, Arabian Nights, is currently playing at the…
Amazon Prime’s docuseries Rainbow Rishta has been hailed by critics and audiences as one of the most important and exciting series premiered on the platform in 2023. The docuseries tells six heartwarming stories of individuals who belong to the LGBTQIA+ community from different parts of India. Eastern Eye recently spoke to director…
