- Thursday, February 27, 2025
Actor Ali Fazal is set to feature in an Off-Broadway production in the US, beginning October. Fazal, an already known name in the US courtesy his appearances in movies such as Furious 7, Victoria & Abdul, Death on the Nile, and most recently Kandahar, will be the first Indian actor to be…
INDIA’S High Commissioner to the UK has expressed optimism that officials of the two countries will be “able to get something working” in their Free Trade Agreement negotiations. Vikram Doraiswami said both countries seem keen to make adjustments, recognising the complexities involved with the different structures of the two similar-sized…
A former cricketer has criticised the prime minister’s decision not to intervene on Lord Botham’s comments about racism in the sport. The peer told a podcast that he thought the England and Wales Cricket Board’s inquiry into racism, misogyny and elitism was a “waste of money”. Eastern Eye reported earlier this…
SEVERAL churches were set on fire by a rampaging mob in eastern Pakistan on Wednesday (16) after a Christian family was accused of blasphemy, officials said. Hundreds of people armed with sticks and rocks stormed the predominantly Christian area in Faisalabad city, police in the area said. Images on social…
A PAKISTANI high court will next week take up a plea from former prime minister Imran Khan for the suspension of a three-year prison sentence on corruption charges, his lawyer said on Wednesday (16). Khan was jailed this month after his conviction for corruption and then barred from politics for…
India’s ambitious spacecraft, Chandrayaan-3, on Wednesday (16), accomplished its fifth and concluding lunar-bound orbit manoeuvre, propelling it even closer to the lunar surface. Having achieved this milestone, the spacecraft has now concluded all its manoeuvres aimed at reaching the Moon. The next step in its mission involves the separation of…
Indian High Commissioner to the UK, Vikram Doraiswami has said, the Group of 20 (G20) stands as the foremost platform globally for fostering inclusive growth. He remarked that India’s current presidency of the G20 has played a pivotal role in amplifying the perspectives of the Global South, contributing to the…
SECURITY was intensified outside the Indian Embassy in Washington on Tuesday (15) in view of the protests by pro-Khalistan groups on the occasion of India’s Independence Day. Pro-Khalistan groups have planned to stage protests outside the Indian Embassy in Washington DC where a function was held on the occasion of…
THOUSANDS of angry protesters chanting anti-government slogans marched in Bangladesh on Monday (14), hours after a powerful jailed Islamist opposition leader died of a heart attack at the age of 83, officials said. Delwar Hossain Sayedee, vicepresident of the opposition Jamaat-e-Islami party, died in a prison hospital early on Monday…
AUTHOR Zanib Mian said she wanted to give readers “a window into the lives of everyday Muslims” with her new children’s book, Meet the Maliks – Twin Detectives. Aimed at primary school children, the story revolves around twins Maysa and Musa Malik who set out to solve the mystery of who…
