- Sunday, March 09, 2025
Britain and the European Union were on Monday (27) poised to agree to a crucial overhaul of trade rules in Northern Ireland, in a breakthrough aimed at resetting strained relations since Brexit. Prime minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen were set to hold “final talks”…
INDIAN-AMERICAN Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley has vowed to cut foreign aid for countries like China, Pakistan and Iraq which “hate” America, if she is voted to power. The 51-year-old two-term governor of South Carolina and the former US ambassador to the United Nations formally launched her 2024 presidential bid…
SIKH members of Labour have complained to the party against shadow development secretary Preet Kaur Gill after she sent a series of WhatsApp messages undermining victims of sexual violence within gurdwaras, according to a report. In the messages, Gill said that those who are calling gurdwaras unsafe are using a…
AN Indian student was killed in a fatal road traffic collision in Leeds last week. Athira Anilkumar Laly Kumari, 28, from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, was pronounced dead at the scene at the junction of Stanningley road and Cockshott Lane in Leeds on Wednesday (22). According to reports, Athira, who was waiting…
Acclaimed filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj is set to foray into long-format with the series adaptation of Agatha Christie’s novel The Sittaford Mystery set at Sony LIV. Titled Charlie Chopra & The Mystery Of Solang Valley, the Sony LIV’s original is backed by Vishal Bhardwaj Pictures along with Priti Shahani’s Tusk Tale Films in association…
Actor Ranbir Kapoor, whose upcoming film Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar is slated for release on March 8, has dismissed boycott Bollywood calls on social media as baseless. The actor also denied reports that he was offered a biopic on cricketer Sourav Ganguly. “If you ask me about any call about ‘boycott Bollywood’,…
INDIAN-AMERICAN Bobby Jindal, the former governor of Louisiana state, came out in defence of White House hopeful Nikki Haley, saying she should not be criticised or praised for her gender or ethnicity. Jindal was the first Indian-American to have entered the race for US presidency in 2016. He dropped out…
THE Gujarat Police have arrested two agents for human trafficking, two months after an Indian national died while scaling the border wall in an attempt to enter the US illegally from Mexico. A case has been registered against seven persons, one from Ahmedabad and others from Gandhinagar, and two of…
GERMAN chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Saturday (25) that he and India’s prime minister Narendra Modi were committed to sealing a free trade deal between India and the European Union (EU). “It’s an important topic and I’ll get personally involved,” Scholz said after his meeting with Modi in New Delhi.…
LOS ANGELES-based Indian producer Apoorva Charan is thrilled about her critically-acclaimed debut feature film Joyland coming out in the UK this week and is looking forward to its India release next month. Charan, born in Hyderabad, was drawn to the very simple characters of the film set within a South Asian milieu…
