- Sunday, February 23, 2025
As the third Modi government formed on Sunday, 33 first-timers joined its ranks, with at least six from well-known political families. Narendra Modi was sworn in on Sunday, and his government comprises 71 ministers, including 30 cabinet ministers, five with independent charge, and 36 ministers of state. The…
THE inquest into Zara Aleena’s death revealed that her killer, Jordan McSweeney, had been accused of multiple offences during his imprisonment the previous year. McSweeney, a sexual predator with 28 prior convictions, murdered the 35-year-old law graduate as she walked home in Ilford, east London, in June 2022. He had…
SMETHWICK was once notorious in British politics, after the 1964 election saw an overtly racist campaign succeed there at the ballot box. Smethwick’s reputation as a hotbed of racism went around the world. Even Malcolm X visited the West Midlands town, just days before his assassination back in America. Yet…
India didn’t have any moment at Cannes, says filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, stressing that the victory of independent filmmakers at the European gala is theirs alone and the government doesn’t support that kind of award-winning cinema. India won an unprecedented three awards at the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival…
INDIAN actor Amitabh Bachchan is set to make a cameo in the upcoming Gujarati film “Fakt Purusho Maate”, the makers said. Bachchan previously appeared in the first film of the franchise titled “Fakt Mahilao Maate” (2022), in which he served as the narrator. According to a press release, the 81-year-old…
MORE than a dozen parliamentarians from southern states and six MPs from Gujarat were inducted into Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s third-term government. More than a dozen parliamentarians from Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Telangana, and Tamil Nadu were inducted on Sunday into the council of ministers led by Modi. This…
CARLOS ALCARAZ overcame Alexander Zverev in a five-set French Open final on Sunday, becoming the youngest man to win Grand Slam titles on all three surfaces. The 21-year-old recovered from 2-1 down in sets and battled cramps to win 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 after four hours and 19 minutes…
TRIBUTES continue to pour in for TV and radio presenter Dr Michael Mosley who was found dead near a beach resort on the Greek island of Symi on Sunday, after being missing since June 5. His wife, Dr Clare Bailey Mosley, paid tribute to her “wonderful, funny, kind and brilliant…
OXFORD UNIVERSITY will return a 500-year-old bronze statue of the Hindu saint Tirumankai Alvar to India, following a claim by the Indian high commission that the sculpture might have been looted from an Indian temple. This 16th-century artifact, previously displayed at the Ashmolean Museum, depicts the Tamil poet and saint…
THE SEVEN-PARTY BBC election debate saw a fierce clash between Tory minister Penny Mordaunt and Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner over taxes and defence policy Mordaunt repeated the controversial claim that Labour would raise taxes by £2,000 per household, which Rayner termed as “a lie”. The UK statistics watchdog has…
