- Thursday, March 06, 2025
Bollywood actor Aditya Roy Kapur’s dating rumours with Ananya Panday have been doing the rounds on the internet, and his fans are keen to know when is he going to get married. Addressing the question about his wedding plans at the trailer launch of his upcoming thriller Gumraah, Kapur said, “I…
Noted Bengali director Pradeep Sarkar passed away on Friday. He had directed films like Parineeta, Laaga Chunari Mein Daag, and Mardaani. He was 67. The cause of his death is still awaited. Director Hansal Mehta took to Twitter on Friday morning to confirm Sarkar’s death. Sharing a picture of the director, Hansal wrote,…
On Wednesday (22) James Cleverly, the UK foreign minister, announced that the security at the Indian High Commission in London will be reviewed in response to the “unacceptable acts of violence” that were committed against the mission’s staff. Reports have emerged that protesters, holding “Khalistan” banners, removed the Indian flag…
Police on Thursday (23) charged a 28-year-old man with the attempted murders of two elderly men who were set on fire after they left mosques, in separate attacks in England. West Midlands Police said Mohammed Abbkr, 28, from Edgbaston in Birmingham would appear at the city’s magistrate’s court. He was…
The Bank of England raised interest rates by 0.25 per cent on Thursday (23) and expressed optimism that the recent surge in British inflation would cool down faster than anticipated, despite a surprise increase in price growth last month. The Bank’s decision was in line with expectations from a Reuters…
Prime minister Rishi Sunak published details of his personal tax filings on Wednesday (22), showing he had paid more than £1 million in tax in the three financial years to April 2022. According to his filings, the British leader received almost £330,000 last year from his prime ministerial salary, and…
India’s Surat court which on Thursday (23) sentenced Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to a two-year jail term in a criminal defamation case noted that the seriousness of his crime increased because a speech delivered by a member of parliament has a “very wide impact on the public.” Convicting Gandhi under…
Unions representing junior doctors in England have announced a four-day strike next month, citing the government’s failure to offer a credible new pay package. This move comes as workers across several sectors in Britain are demanding higher wages to keep up with the escalating inflation, with strikes happening regularly in…
The architect Shahed Saleem has talked to Eastern Eye about the colourful mosque he has designed for the V&A’s Exhibition Road Courtyard to mark the Holy month of Ramadan. Painted yellow, orange, green, red and purple, the “Ramadan Pavilion”, as the mosque is called, is certainly a first. The installation…
ACCLAIMED British author Mirza Waheed has followed up his first two books The Collaborator, and The Book of Gold Leaves with his newly published novel Tell Her Everything. He tells a compelling story of a remorseful father getting ready to confess something to his estranged daughter and recalling the long journey that has led…
