• Thursday, February 27, 2025

Woking murder: Pakistan police may soon arrest ‘British father on…

PAKISTANI police intensified efforts to locate and arrest a British father who fled the UK after the tragic death of his 10-year-old daughter, Sara Sharif, reported MailOnline. Urfan Sharif, 41, along with his wife Beinash Batool, 29, and his brother Faisal Malik, 28, fled the country a day before Sara’s lifeless…

Nadine Dorries quits with scathing attack on Rishi Sunak

TORY lawmaker Nadine Dorries has delivered a scathing attack on her party’s leader Rishi Sunak in her formal resignation letter, accusing the prime minister of running a “zombie parliament” and lacking any political vision. Dorries, a close ally of former leader Boris Johnson, had announced in June she would quit…

UK-India FTA at risk over drug patent dispute

THE trade deal between the UK and India is facing uncertainty due to disagreements over the former’s request for stricter regulations on the manufacturing of affordable generic medicines, reported The Telegraph. India’s negotiators have opposed the proposal to extend drug patents before allowing the production of less expensive alternatives. This proposal…

Britain mandates ‘whole life orders’ for most horrific killers

THE government said on Saturday (26) that judges will be required to impose mandatory “whole life orders” on killers who commit the most horrific types of murder, meaning they will die in prison, under planned legislation. It said the change would protect the public from the most dangerous offenders by…

Oscar winner MM Keeravani lauds Kangana Ranaut’s ‘Chandramukhi 2’ performance

Oscar winner MM Keeravani heaped praise on Kangana Ranaut for her role in Chandramukhi 2 at the movie’s audio launch event. Chandramukhi 2 team had its grand audio launch in Chennai on Friday. The event was attended by several celebs from the Tamil film industry. “She has given a stunning performance and everyone…

SRK on working with Amitabh Bachchan after 17 years

Shah Rukh Khan shared his experience about his reunion with the legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan on sharing screen space after a gap of 17 years. Shah Rukh on Saturday conducted an interactive session on X (formerly known as Twitter) during which he shared how he felt after working with Big…

Venice Film Festival to hold flash mob in solidarity with…

The organisers of the Venice Film Festival will hold a flash mob on the red carpet in solidarity with Iranians fighting for their freedom and against “the ongoing repression” as well as the filmmakers and artists arrested or imprisoned by Tehran. The decision comes after acclaimed Iranian director Saeed Roustaee,…

Javed Akhtar, Prakash Raj condemn Muzaffarnagar slap incident

Veteran screenwriter Javed Akhtar, and actors Renuka Shahane and Prakash Raj have called for strict action against a teacher in Uttar Pradesh who allegedly asked her students to slap a boy from a minority community. A video showing the school teacher in Muzaffarnagar asking her students to slap the Muslim…

Labour MP calls for inquiry into ‘horrifying’ chapati study using…

A LABOUR MP has called for an inquiry into a “horrifying” chapati study using south Asian women in Coventry. Chapatis laced with a radioactive substance were fed to 20 south Asian women in 1969 to study iron absorption. Although the research was aimed at tracking down how iron was absorbed…

William Gladstone’s family apologises for slave-owning past

THE descendants of former prime minister William Gladstone apologised on Friday (26) for their family’s slaveholding past in Guyana, and urged the UK to discuss reparations in the Caribbean. Gladstone’s father was one of the largest slaveholders in the parts of the Caribbean colonised by Britain. John Gladstone is also…