A staff association has slammed the Metropolitan Police for pursuing legal costs from an officer who lost a discrimination case against the force. Homicide detective Kam Sodhi had moved London’s central employment tribunal last year alleging she had been harassed because of her race and sex, having previously settled a…
SUPPORT for the monarchy is weaker among young people aged 18-24 and ethnic minorities, according a poll released on Tuesday (2). The Focaldata research for thinktank British Future said around six in ten people in Britain (57 per cent) support the UK having a monarch in King Charles III. One…
A couple who constructed an expansion worth £80,000 on their neighbours’ garden have now been instructed to tear down the structure and pay £200,000 in legal costs. Shabaz Ashraf, 45, and his wife Shakira, 40, were ordered to demolish the extension by a judge after neighbours accused them of deliberately…
A community volunteer from Wales, an Emerita Professor at Cardiff University, a Pune-born sustainability architect, a Bengaluru-based holistic physician and several Indian community workers are among the guests invited for King Charles III’s coronation on Saturday (6). Harilal Narandas Patel, Meena Upadhyaya OBE, Sourabh Phadke, Dr Issac Mathai, Gulfsha and…
ZEE5 Global, the world’s largest streaming platform for South Asian content, has made interesting Bengali titles available at our fingertips. The library gets bigger and better ramping up its presence in the digital space. After the stupendous success of Byomkesh Bakshi, the ace director Arindam Sil is all set to…
Comedian Biswa Kalyan Rath, on Tuesday, announced the release date of his upcoming standup special ‘Mood Kharab’. Taking to Instagram, Biswa shared a poster which he captioned, “if everything about the world makes you angry too, you’re at the right place! #MoodKharaabOnPrime, May 5.” View this post on Instagram…
Television and movie writers declared that they will launch a strike for the first time in 15 years, as Hollywood girded for a walkout with potentially widespread ramifications in a fight over fair pay in the streaming era. The Writers Guild of America said that its 11,500 unionised screenwriters will…
Met Gala 2023 witnessed numerous Indian celebrities walking the red carpet. Shloka Mehta’s sister fashion consultant Diya Mehta Jatia nailed her Gala presence in a beautiful outfit and a Radha-Krishna hair accessory. Diya took to her Instagram handle on Tuesday to share her experience of walking the Gala red carpet.…
Veteran Indian actor Kamal Haasan, who lent his voice as a narrator to Mani Ratnam’s Ponniyin Selvan 2, on Monday heaped praises on the ace filmmaker and cast of the film. He said, “I am an artist, film producer, director, and all of that. Secondly, my first proclaimed identity is that…
The wait is finally over. Shooting for superstars Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan’s special sequence in Tiger 3 will commence soon. As per a source, the duo will be on the same set to shoot for Tiger 3 on May 8. “The two Goliaths in the history of Indian cinema –…