• Monday, February 24, 2025

Gandhi family’s assets seized in money laundering probe

INDIA’S money laundering investigators on Tuesday (21) said they seized properties worth ₹7.52 billion (£72 million) in a probe linked to a nine-year-old complaint against opposition Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia. The complaint, lodged by an MP from prime minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)…

Hundreds of Rohingya refugees set sail from Bangladesh

AT LEAST two more boats carrying hundreds of Rohingya refugees set sail from Bangladesh this week, refugees and a monitoring group said, the latest in a wave of migrations that has seen more than 1,000 asylum seekers arrive on Indonesian shores. Bangladesh is home to around one million Rohingya refugees,…

Pakistan: Imran Khan’s party asked to hold leadership poll

PAKISTAN’S election commission on Thursday (23) ordered jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s party to hold leadership polls to retain its voting symbol in next year’s general election. Since being ousted in 2022, Khan has been tangled in a slew of legal cases he says are designed to stop him…

Oliver Dowden praises Asian businesses for ‘unwavering ambition, perseverance’

OLIVER Dowden invoked the example of prime minister Rishi Sunak as the deputy prime minister paid tribute to the success and resilience of the British Asian community. Addressing the 25th annual Asian Business Awards last Wednesday (22), Dowden praised the Asian community for rebuilding post-war Britain and laying the foundation…

Immigrants not invaders but innovators, wealth creators: Sadiq Khan

LONDON mayor Sadiq Khan has stated that he will stand with the British Asian community in lobbying the government for more flexible immigration policies. He emphasised that immigrants are not invaders; instead, they are innovators and wealth creators.  Speaking at the 25th anniversary of the Asian Business Awards in London…

Foreign health workers may be allowed to bring just one…

THE government is believed to be planning a crackdown on the number of dependants foreign health and care workers can bring to the UK. They will be allowed to bring just one relative under the new curbs being finalised, according to a Times report. Out of the 282,742 health and…

Lucky I’ve survived so long in industry: Salman Khan

Thirty years as reigning stars and still shining. Superstar Salman Khan says he doesn’t really know why he and others such as Shah Rukh, Aamir, and Akshay Kumar have survived in the industry for more than three decades but it is probably a combination of hard work, the right choice of films…

Veteran Indian filmmaker Rajkumar Kohli dies at 95

Filmmaker Rajkumar Kohli, known for multi-starrer movies such as Nagin, Jaani Dushman, and Naukar Biwi Ka, died on Friday morning at his residence in Mumbai, family friend Vijay Grover said. He was 95. Kohli, one of the popular directors of the 1970s and 1980s, frequently collaborated with the top stars of the era…

‘Farrey’ team and Alizeh win over the industry

Alizeh, Zeyn Shaw, Prasanna Bisht, and Sahil Mehta starrer Farrey has emerged as a winner already thanks to strong word of mouth. While the film has received some great reviews, it also had a celeb screening last night, after which many celebs from the industry were seen rooting for the Farrey gang.…

Ranbir gets daughter’s name inked on collarbone

There’s no greater feeling than embracing parenthood and Ranbir Kapoor is no exception, as he got her daughter Raha’s name inked on her collarbone. Ranbir, who is busy promoting his upcoming action thriller Animal, recently revealed his tattoo. A video of Ranbir went viral on social media in which he can be seen…