- Tuesday, February 25, 2025
LABOUR gathers this weekend for its annual conference, with the centre-left party currently on course to return to power in a general election expected next year. Labour, led by Keir Starmer, goes into the four-day event — which starts on Sunday (8) in Liverpool, northwest England — well ahead of…
The nine-day inaugural ceremonies, Akshardham Mahamandir of BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham in Robbinsville, New Jersey which commenced on September 30 will commemorate the essential elements of the grand temple and the universal values that form its foundation. Thus, on October 4, 2023, a momentous event took place at the temple, as the second…
INDIA’S Maharashtra state government on Tuesday (3) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum in London for the loan of a 17th century ‘Tiger Claws’ weapon for an exhibition in the country. Maharashtra minister for cultural affairs, Sudhir Munganitwar, signed the agreement with V&A…
Acclaimed filmmaker Gurinder Chadha has revealed that she is currently working on a sequel to her iconic British film Bend it Like Beckham. Starring Parminder Nagra, Archie Panjabi, Anupam Kher, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Juliet Stevenson, and Shaznay Lewis in principal roles, Bend it Like Beckham told the story of British Indian…
Applause Entertainment and Zindagi, which had earlier announced their maiden series Farar with Joyland star Sarwat Gilani, have teamed up for a new project. Titled The Pink Shirt, the eight-episode series stars well-known Pakistani actors Sajal Aly and Wahaj Ali in lead roles. Directed by Kashif Nisar and written by Bee Gul, The Pink Shirt is gearing…
RISING comedy star Mawaan Rizwan turned his acclaimed stage show into the recently premiered six-part sitcom Juice, which is available in full on BBC iPlayer. He portrays a gay British Asian man named Jamma, who works in a marketing agency and doesn’t know anything about real responsibility. The ‘man baby’…
The Archies actress Suhana Khan has said her parents, superstar Shah Rukh Khan and producer-interior designer Gauri Khan, are her “biggest source of guidance”. The 23-year-old, who is set to make her film debut with Zoya Akhtar’s The Archies, was speaking at the India Today Conclave’s session titled ‘New Kids on the…
Makers of the upcoming action film Devara on Wednesday announced that the film will be released in two parts. Taking to social media, director Koratala Siva shared the film’s update. Rejoicing Devara fans across the globe with this big announcement, Koratala Siva said, “The film is set against the forgotten lands of coastal India…
BANGLADESH last Sunday (1) blocked ailing key opposition leader and two-time former prime minister Khaleda Zia from travelling abroad for life-saving medical treatment, an official and supporters said. Kayser Kamal, legal chief for Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), slammed the government’s decision to bar the wheelchair-bound 78-year-old from leaving –…
THE British government said on Thursday (5) that contested statues should be kept in place but complemented with a comprehensive explanation, in guidance reacting to a spate of statue removals during anti-racism protests that swept the world in 2020. What to do about statues of historical figures such as colonialists…
