• Tuesday, April 22, 2025

World Cup 2023 opener: NZ bowl well to restrict England…

A COMMENDABLE bowling performance from pacer Matt Henry (3 for 48) and spinners Mitchell Santner (2 for 37) and Glenn Philips (2 for 17) saw New Zealand restricting defending champions England to 282 for 9 in 50 overs in the inaugural match of World Cup 2023 at the Narendra Modi…

Anusha Mishra: Lots of acting, love and laughter

ANUSHA MISHRA has had a laughterfilled beginning to her career. She followed up a delightful debut playing the title character in the hit TV comedy series Tera Kya Hoga Alia with an impactful appearance in her first film Dream Girl 2 recently, which also put smiles on audiences’ faces. With the new TV comedy Builders and…

Lake burst in India’s Sikkim: 14 dead, 102 missing; 22k…

AT LEAST 14 people were killed and 102 are missing after heavy rains caused a Himalayan glacial lake in northeast India to burst its banks, and rescuers were being hampered by washed out bridges and fast flowing rivers, said officials on Thursday (5). The Lhonak lake in Sikkim state burst…

Grammy winner Ricky Kej slams comedian Trevor Noah

Three-time Grammy award-winning musician Ricky Kej on Wednesday slammed Trevor Noah, a few days after the comedian’s Off The Record show in Bengaluru got cancelled due to “technical issues” which left his fans disappointed. Taking to X, Kej responded to Noah’s farewell post and wrote, “While I do agree that there were…

Sunak cancels HS2 rail line from West Midlands to Manchester

PRIME MINISTER Rishi Sunak has scrapped the HS2 high-speed rail line from the West Midlands to Manchester during his Conservative Party conference speech on Wednesday (4). The cancellation includes everything beyond the London-Birmingham route, with the £36 billion saved set to be reinvested in transport initiatives across the North, Midlands,…

Shah Rukh’s ‘Swades’ actress involved in fatal car accident in…

According to reports, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s Swades co-star Gayatri Joshi and her husband Vikas Oberoi were involved in a major car accident in Italy. Their car was involved in a multiple-car collision which left an elderly couple dead. The accident reportedly took place as a Lamborgini and Ferrari tried to…

Reliance Entertainment, Jio Studios ‘Paan Parda Zarda’ begins production

Leading Indian production houses Reliance Entertainment and Jio Studios have teamed up with filmmakers Mrighdeep Lamba, Gurmmeet Singh, and Shilpi Dasgupta for Paan Parda Zarda, an epic gangster series set against the world of illegal opium smuggling in central India. Paan Parda Zarda went on floors on Tuesday. It stars Mona Singh,…

Trevor Noah finishes India tour

Popular comedian Trevor Noah on Wednesday concluded his India trip that saw him perform at stand-up shows in Delhi and Mumbai, while his gigs in Bengaluru were cancelled due to “technical issues”. Taking to microblogging site X, the South African comedian shared photos of his trip to the iconic Taj…

‘Tora’s Husband’: Rima Das nominated as best director at Asia…

National Award-winning filmmaker Rima Das has been nominated in the best director category for her film Tora’s Husband at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) 2023 alongside Past Lives filmmaker Celine Song. Filmmakers Darkhan Tulegenov (Brothers) and Liang Ming (Carefree Days) are also nominated in the segment. Das, known for Assamese films such as Bulbul…

‘The Great British Bake Off’: Brit-Asian Dana and Saku progress…

The Great British Bake Off, which follows the journey of twelve contestants as they compete in a streak of challenges to win the top spot, recently returned to television screens with season 14. Among the twelve contestants competing to win the show are British Asian Dana Conway and Saku Chandrasekara…