- Friday, February 28, 2025
WHEN India’s Supreme Court started hearing a case to legalise same-sex marriage earlier this year, matchmaker Kamakshi Madan suddenly received an increase in enquiries from parents seeking spouses for their LGBTQ+ children. “I had mothers calling me looking for husbands for their sons,” Madan, a specialist matchmaker for the LGBTQ+…
Mohammed Miah, a former police community support officer (PCSO), was sentenced to 14 months in prison at Leicester Crown Court for sending a threatening letter containing a sexual threat to a woman. The letter was hand-delivered to the woman’s address on April 9, 2022, while Miah, 27, of Clover Way,…
INDIA said it made “considerable” progress on “difficult issues” in its Free Trade Agreement negotiations with the UK this week. An official statement issued in New Delhi on Wednesday (12) said commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal’s visit to London helped in moving forward the discussions during their critical stage.…
In a case of “honour-based” abuse, a husband and his four relatives were sentenced to jail for subjecting the man’s wife to five years of extreme mistreatment. The victim, who entered an arranged marriage with Mohammed-Shuaib Arshid, 28, in Pakistan, arrived in the UK with her husband. They moved into a…
Veteran Malayalam actor Mohanlal enjoyed a day out in London as he watched the Wimbledon women’s singles semi-final match. The cinema icon dressed in a blue formal suit for his outing and shared pictures from the match on his Twitter page. “Wimbledon,” the 63-year-old wrote. Mohanlal was accompanied by Disney…
THE Major League Cricket got underway in Texas on Thursday (13), and the most serious attempt yet to establish a domestic competition in the US provided all the ingredients of a modern Twenty20 league. Fans at the purpose built cricket stadium, just a 15-minute drive from Dallas Fort Worth airport,…
Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt is set to become the first woman to front a film in Yash Raj Films’ spy universe, Variety reports. The Darlings actress will play a “super-agent” in the yet-to-be-titled film, which is set to begin filming in 2024. Created by producer Aditya Chopra, the spy universe at YRF…
Filmmaker Sam Mendes has confirmed that he will not be returning as the director for the next James Bond movie. The British director, known for critically-acclaimed movies American Beauty, Road To Perdition, Revolutionary Road, and 1917, had tackled two Bond films, starring Daniel Craig as the iconic spy. In an interview, Mendes…
THE LABOUR candidate to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip has said the former prime minister played a part in ethnic minorities losing “trust in democracy and public life”. Danny Beales is the Labour candidate for the byelection in Uxbridge and South Ruislip, which became…
INDIA said it is working with the UK and several other countries to modernise its intellectual property (IP) standards. Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said the process to harmonise India’s protocols with international standards is “high on our agenda” for the fast-paced growth of the country’s economy. Goyal attended…
