- Tuesday, February 25, 2025
What could be more satisfying than attaining your dream? The same thing happened to a young Kashmiri singer Afaq Shafi, who made it to the Top 20 of the singing reality show Indian Idol 14. Hailing from Shalimar, Afaq has longed to perform on the stage of the singing reality show…
Popular actor Shiva Rajkumar is back in cinemas with his latest film Ghost. Directed by MG Srinivas, the film also features Jayaram, Anupam Kher, Prashant Narayanan, Satya Prakash, and Archana Jois on the cast. Originally made in Kannada, Ghost has hit theatres across India in various popular languages, including Hindi. Ghost begins when an…
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) on Thursday welcomed RRR star Jr NTR to its Actor’s Branch. The Academy posted a note on its official Instagram page, announcing the Telugu cinema star as part of the prestigious group which also includes Ke Huy Quan, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Kerry Condon,…
A WOMAN who murdered her husband in a plot with her lover has been sentenced to death in India. Ramandeep Kaur Mann, 38, from Derby, found guilty of the murder of Sukhjit Singh whiile on a family holiday at his mother’s house in north India in September 2016. Mann is…
A special court in Pakistan granted permission to the jailed former prime minister, Imran Khan on Wednesday (18) to have a phone conversation with his two sons. Sulaiman Khan and Qasim Khan reside in the UK with their mother Jemima, Imran Khan’s ex-wife whom he divorced in 2004. Special Court…
Britain’s Foreign Office announced its advisory on Wednesday (18), urging citizens to refrain from all travel to Lebanon due to the associated risks arising from the conflict between Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. It also encouraged British nationals in Lebanon to leave now “while commercial options remain available”. “There…
A FORMER Labour councillor has told Eastern Eye he decided to quit the party over leader Sir Keir Starmer’s “grotesque” comments over the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict. Gaza-based Hamas fighters broke through Israel’s heavily fortified border on October 7, killing more than 1,400 people, most of them civilians. Amar Latif Israel responded by…
VOTERS went to the polls in elections to fill two vacant parliamentary seats on Thursday (19) that will be a test of how prime minister Rishi Sunak’s Tories are faring in his party’s heartlands before a national election expected next year. The by-elections were triggered by high-profile resignations of two…
Prime minister Rishi Sunak arrived in Israel on Thursday (19) to express solidarity with the country, which has been grappling with the aftermath of a rampage by Hamas gunmen on October 7. During his visit, he is expected to hold talks with his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu. With Israel’s counter-offensive…
The fourth edition of the Yellowstone International Film Festival (YIFF) is set to kick off on October 22 and will run through October 27 here, the organisers announced Wednesday (18). The gala, which aims to showcase independent cinema from around the world, will be held in a hybrid format. According…
