• Monday, March 10, 2025

The Night Manager creator Sandeep Modi on filming in Sri…

“The Night Manager” creator Sandeep Modi says the team had a difficult time while shooting for the show in Sri Lanka last year. In 2022, Sri Lanka faced the worst economic crisis since independence which led to months-long public protests leading to a political crisis. Shortages of essentials due to…

Tollywood to Bollywood blockbusters

THIS month’s big Bollywood release Shehzada is a remake of hit 2020 Telugu language blockbuster Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo. Kartik Aaryan plays the lead role in the story of a constantly rejected son, who finds out he was switched at birth and belongs to an affluent family, which leads him on an action-packed journey. This…

Prajakta Koli forays into theatre for screens with adaptation of…

With a promise to present ‘Har Din Naya Drama’ to the television audience, Zee Theatre has announced Yeh Shaadi Nahi Ho Sakti, an adaption of William Shakespeare’s famous comedy Taming of the Shrew. Drenched in 90’s nostalgia, this visual feast is directed by cinema and theatre veteran Akarsh Khurana and stars Prajakta…

Leonardo DiCaprio applauds Assam govt’s efforts to end poaching of…

Hollywood superstar Leonard DiCaprio has praised the government of the Indian state of Assam for its relentless efforts to end the poaching of the endangered Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros in Kaziranga National Park. In his recent Instagram post, the Titanic star quoted a news report which said that this was a result of…

Princess of Wales hails record-breaker ‘Polar Preet’, calls her ‘an…

Captain Preet Chandi MBE was highly praised as “incredible” following her encounter with the Princess of Wales at the Landau Forte College in Derby today, in celebration of her successful solo expedition across Antarctica, iTv News informs. The local army officer from Derby reportedly accomplished a remarkable feat by surpassing…

Defendants of colour have higher charge rate than white suspects:…

BLACK and minority ethnic defendants were charged at higher rates than white counterparts for similar offences, a new study found, providing evidence of disproportionality in the outcomes of legal decision-making in England and Wales. With 69.9 per cent of their cases resulting in a charge, white British suspects had the…

Cash-strapped Pakistan reaches deal with IMF over stalled bailout package

Cash-strapped Pakistan and the IMF on Thursday signed a staff-level agreement after tough parleys, unlocking over a $ 1 billion loan tranche under Extended Fund Facility (EFF) for the country’s ailing economy. A meeting took place between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation, where the…

Seventh round of India-UK FTA talks underway in London

The seventh round of India-UK free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations is edging towards its final stages here and is expected to conclude on a positive note, according to officials close to the discussions on Thursday (9). The information emerged during an India investors Showcase organised by the Indian High Commission…

Kousic Sen: You have to sweat a lot at home,…

TABLA maestro Kousic Sen has always taken classical Indian music across new musical horizons and does that again at this year’s Liverpool International Jazz Festival. He is part of a superb looking concert at the Capstone Theatre on February 23, which is presented by leading British arts organisation Milap, and…

Ram Charan on his opening sequence in RRR: ‘We had…

Fronted by Ram Charan and Jr NTR, RRR (2022) continues to garner applause and appreciation from global audiences even after almost eleven months of its theatrical release. The film put up a great show at the recently concluded Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards and is now eying an Oscar win at…