- Monday, February 24, 2025
Filmmaker David Michod has vivid memories of his last trip to India but what truly left an impression on him was witnessing the enchanting synergy between Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan and his Hollywood counterpart, Brad Pitt. Michod had come to the country with Pitt to promote their Netflix satirical film War Machine in…
In a recent Met Police operation, homeless people’s tents in central London were destroyed on Huntley Street, Camden on Friday (10). Refuse workers, reportedly working with the police, threw the tents into a lorry. Elodie Berland, a volunteer with the outreach organisation Streets Kitchen, recorded the scene after being called…
TWO Indian cities joined New Delhi to be among the world’s worst 10 for pollution on Monday (13) morning, with smoke heavy in the air a day after revellers let loose with firecrackers for Diwali – the annual Hindu festival of light. The capital New Delhi took, as it often…
Rescue teams in northern India announced on Monday (13) that they were able to establish contact with 40 workers who had been trapped for more than 24 hours following the collapse of the road tunnel they were constructing. “All the 40 workers trapped inside the tunnel are safe,” Karamveer Singh…
PRIME MINISTER Rishi Sunak on Monday (13) sacked home secretary Suella Braverman, as he reshuffles his top team ahead of a general election expected next year. Sunak had come under growing pressure to axe Braverman, an outspoken right-winger, after critics accused her of heightening tensions during weeks of contentious pro-Palestinian demonstrations and…
INDIA coach Rahul Dravid described Shreyas Iyer as the backbone of their middle order after the batsman made an unbeaten 128 in Sunday’s (12) World Cup victory over the Netherlands to ensure the hosts won all nine of their group stage games. Iyer followed up his scores of 82 against…
Krishan Guru-Murthy became the seventh celebrity to be eliminated from the popular celebrity dance reality show Strictly Come Dancing 2023. The Channel 4 broadcaster lost out to Angela Rippon. After finishing at the foot of the leaderboard on Saturday evening with a score of 25 out of a possible 40 for Samba…
Survival drama series Kaala Paani has been renewed for a second season, streaming platform Netflix announced on Monday. The series is described as “a grounded story about the fight for survival and questions audiences on how far they would go to survive.” Kaala Paani comes from Sameer Saxena, who had directed Jaadugar. He serves…
Actress Kajol on Sunday marked three decades since the release of Baazigar, calling the Hindi romantic thriller “a whole of a lot of firsts”. Released on November 12, 1993, Baazigar went on to become Shah Rukh Khan’s breakthrough project, his first as an anti-hero. It was also one of Kajol’s earliest successes and Shilpa Shetty’s…
PRIME MINISTER Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty on Sunday (12) hosted Indian external affairs minister S Jaishankar and his wife Kyoko Jaishankar for Diwali tea at Downing Street. “Delighted to call on prime minister @RishiSunak on #Diwali Day. Conveyed the best wishes of PM @narendramodi. India and UK…
