- Monday, February 24, 2025
THERE is enough compelling evidence to suggest that V Shantaram was perhaps the most important Indian filmmaker of the 20th century. Whether it was technical innovations, pathbreaking work, expanding the horizons of Indian cinema or an incredibly fearless approach, he left behind an impressive body of work and countless magic…
THE charity arm of Bestway Group has donated £100,000 to The National Brain Appeal. The Group CEO of Bestway Group, Lord Zameer Choudrey CBE SI Pk, has handed over the amount to the CEO of The National Brain Appeal, Claire Wood Hill, at a function held in Park Royal, London.…
RUSSIA has signed a contract to supply IglaS hand-held anti-aircraft missiles to India and allow production of the Igla there under licence, the Russian state news agency TASS quoted a top arms export official as saying on Tuesday (14). The Igla-S is a manportable air defence system (MANPADS) that can…
DAVID MILLER hit a defiant century to help rescue South Africa against Australia in the Cricket World Cup semi-finals on Thursday (16) but the five-time champions will only chase a modest 213-run target to make the final. Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc returned figures of 3-34 after South Africa had…
PAKISTAN captain Babar Azam was described as “depressed” and under pressure to save his job last Sunday (12), after the team crashed out of the Cricket World Cup, failing to make the semi-finals for a second successive tournament. A 93-run loss to England sealed Pakistan’s fate, ending the 1992 champions’…
INDIA’S Virender Sehwag, Sri Lankan batsman Aravinda de Silva and pioneering Indian women’s captain Diana Edulji have been inducted into cricket’s Hall of Fame, the game’s governing body said on Monday (13). They were honoured at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai during the World Cup semi-final between India and New Zealand on…
FOREIGN SECRETARY David Cameron vowed to keep up military support for Ukraine during a surprise visit to Kyiv announced on Thursday (16), with the West’s attention focused on the Middle East. Former prime minister Cameron was in Kyiv on his first visit abroad as foreign minister of the UK, which…
Indian rescuers announced on Thursday (16), the deployment of a powerful new drilling machine as they entered the fifth day of their efforts to rescue 40 workers trapped in a collapsed road tunnel. Excavators have been removing debris since Sunday morning from the site of the collapse in the Himalayan…
One of the most popular electronic dance music (EDM) festivals, Sunburn, is all set to come up with its 17th edition in Goa. The gala is scheduled to take place from December 28 to December 31 in Vagator, where renowned artists like Hardwell, Timmy Trumpet, and Charlotte De Witte will…
Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor and her husband Anand Ahuja hosted a lavish welcome party at their Mumbai home for football icon David Beckham. The Wednesday night bash was attended by well-known faces in the entertainment industry including Anil Kapoor, Sanjay Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor, Mira Rajput, Shibani Dandekar, Farhan Akhtar, Karisma…
