- Saturday, March 01, 2025
THOUSANDS of people rallied in streets across Pakistan on Friday (7) to condemn a Koran burning in Sweden that has outraged Muslims around the world. Last week, Salwan Momika, an Iraqi living in Sweden, stomped on the Muslim holy book and set several pages alight outside a Stockholm mosque. His…
A SENIOR US diplomat will travel to India in the coming days and engage with its civil society over free speech and marginalisation of minorities. It comes after Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s recent US visit when he denied that abuse of religious minorities existed in his country. Uzra Zeya,…
INDIA on Friday (7) called for strong public action against extremist elements threatening officers of the Indian High Commission in the UK, official sources said. India’s national security advisor Ajit Doval raised the issue during his talks with his British counterpart Sir Tim Barrow, who is on a visit to…
Actress Yvette Nicole Brown and Television Academy Chair Frank Scherma have been tapped to announce the nominees for the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards. The Emmy nominees will be revealed in a live virtual ceremony set for 8:30 a.m. PT/11:30 a.m. ET on July 12. It will stream live on Emmys.com/nominations,…
Hospital consultants are set to go on strike just two days after the next industrial action by junior doctors. Bosses at University Hospitals of North Midlands (UHNM) Trust, which runs Royal Stoke and Stafford’s County Hospital, are once again gearing up for walkouts this month by members of the British…
He rode a bike off a cliff, fought on a moving train, hung from a plane, and now, Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise has proved he can speak in Hindi as well. In an interview with Canadian news outlet ETalk, the actor was praised by the journalist for fluency in various…
Adipurush dialogue writer Manoj Muntashir Shukla extended his “unconditional apology” for hurting people’s emotions. The Prabhas-starrer mythological epic film, directed by Om Raut, was criticised heavily for its pedestrian language upon its release last month. The film’s team, including Shukla, announced days later that they have decided to “revise some of…
RECORD tax raid from the HMRC on ultra-wealthy non-dom taxpayers has increased fears of wealth creators leaving the country due to rising costs, reported The Telegraph. According to official data, non-doms and deemed domiciled individuals paid a staggering £12.4 billion in taxes during the financial year ending in 2022. Despite a…
ONLINE abuse from India targeting London mayor Sadiq Khan has seen a spurt this year after a decline from the 2019 high, a study shows. Since his election as the mayor of the British capital in 2016, Khan received at least 304,000 explicitly racist or racialised social media messages, a…
In a lengthy legal battle, an ex-Royal Mail employee who was dismissed for whistleblowing has been awarded over £2.3 million in compensation. The Supreme Court ruled in 2019 that the employee, Kam Jhuti, a former media specialist was unfairly dismissed and subjected to detriments after raising concerns about breaches of…
