• Monday, March 03, 2025

Airbus ‘nears 500-jet order from India’s IndiGo’

AIRBUS is closing towards a potentially record deal to sell 500 narrow-body A320-family jets to India’s largest carrier IndiGo, industry sources have said. The European planemaker has emerged as front-runner for an order eclipsing Air India’s historic provisional purchase of 470 jets in February, the sources said on the sidelines…

World Test Championship final takes centre stage amid T20 boom

The World Test Championship final between Australia and India at the Oval in London starts on Wednesday (7) against a backdrop of fears for the long format given the growth of Twenty20 franchise leagues. Not that there’s anything new about cricket-lovers worrying about the future of their sport. Indeed, it…

Bear Grylls approaches Priyanka, Virat for his next adventure

After taking Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, actors Rajinikanth, Akshay Kumar, and Ranveer Singh on an adventure, British adventurer Bear Grylls is now planning to have some wild adventures with actress Priyanka Chopra and cricketer Virat Kohli. Yes, you heard that absolutely right! Grylls, who is known for his globally…

Prabhas prays at Tirumala temple ahead of ‘Adipurush’ event

Indian superstar Prabhas, who is gearing up for his upcoming mythological drama Adipurush, paid a special visit to Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams on Tuesday along with the team to seek the blessings of Lord Venkateswara ahead of the event in Tirupati. Pictures from his visit went viral on social media. In the…

Sajal Aly and Humayun Saeed to lead Main Manto Nahin…

Pakistani actors Sajal Aly and Humayun Saeed are set to headline a new drama titled Main Manto Nahin Hoon. The drama has been written by the acclaimed writer Khalil Rehman Qamar with Nadeem Baig attached as director. Earlier, speculations were rife in the industry that actresses Mehwish Hayat and Maya Ali…

With back-to-back releases ‘Asur 2’ and ‘Badtameez Dil’, all eyes…

Riding high on the success and critical acclaim of her latest release, Asur 2, Ridhi Dogra is eagerly awaiting the release of her next offering, Badtameez Dil, releasing on 9th June. With back-to-back releases – Asur 2 and Badtameez Dil in June – Ridhi Dogra feels quite excited to showcase her brilliant portrayal of two different characters…

Rushdie reveals plan to write book about on-stage stabbing incident

Author Salman Rushdie revealed at the Hay literary festival (May 25 to June 4) which recently took place in Wales that he is currently working on a book recounting the incident in which he was stabbed on stage in New York last year, resulting in the loss of vision in…

Terrorists who plotted to bomb targets in Kent and London…

Two terrorists, Jawad Akbar from Crawley and Salahuddin Amin, from Luton, have been granted a parole hearing, MailOnline reported. Both terrorists were part of a five-strong gang involved in plotting major attacks in the UK, between January 1, 2003, and March 31, 2004, including targeting popular locations like Bluewater and…

Post Office racism: Pregnant British Asian postmistress was wrongly accused…

A pregnant victim was wrongly imprisoned during a Post Office accounting scandal involving over 700 former Post Office staff, based on prosecution documents that contained a racially discriminatory classification. Seema Misra, a postmistress, who managed a post office in Surrey, received a 15-month prison sentence for theft after being accused of…

Bournemouth drowning: Police say it will take time to establish…

Dorset Police in south west England have opened several lines of enquiry including the presence of a pleasure boat in the sea following the drowning of two young people off Bournemouth beach last week. Sunnah Khan, a 12-year-old girl from Buckinghamshire, and Joe Abbess, 17, from Southampton were rescued from…