• Monday, March 10, 2025

NHS launches cancer ‘bus-ting’ tour as double-decker bus aims to…

An NHS double-decker bus will be touring the country from Monday, to help raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of cancer and to encourage people to visit their GP for potentially lifesaving checks if they have a symptom. In partnership with Stagecoach, the UK’s largest bus and coach operator,…

Apsara Iyer becomes first Indian-American student to be elected president…

A second year Indian-American student at Harvard Law School has been elected president of the prestigious Harvard Law Review, becoming the first woman from the community to be named to the position in the prestigious publication’s 136-year history. A report in The Harvard Crimson said on Monday that Apsara Iyer…

Sampad annual dance show Asian Spring to be held on…

The annual dance show of Sampad, a leading cultural organisation in the UK helping to establishing south Asian arts across the country — Asian Spring — will take place on February 26. It will be a special occasion this year as Sampad’s community dance showcase will be entering its 25th…

Barclays CEO CS Venkatakrishnan recalls criticism for continuing to work…

CS Venkatakrishnan, the Indian-born chief executive of Barclays, has claimed that he was accused as “CEO swagger” by some people when he expressed an intention to work through his cancer treatment. Writing in the Financial Times for World Cancer Day, Venkatakrishnan or Venkat as he prefers to be known as,…

‘I’m lucky’, says Salman Rushdie on surviving ‘colossal attack’ in…

Salman Rushdie, the Mumbai-born author of Booker Prize-winning novel ‘Midnight’s Children’, said on Monday that he feels lucky to have survived the last year’s brutal stabbing at a literary event in the US as he spoke for the first time about the “colossal attack”. The 75-year-old British American novelist was…

Muslim outfits linked to extremism set to face tougher action,…

Tougher enforcement action will be taken against Muslim outfits accused of spreading Islamic terrorism in the UK while public funds under plans to overhaul the Prevent programme will be withdrawn, it has been reported. The Prevent programme is a government-led and multi-agency one which tries to stop individuals from becoming…

‘We aren’t making weekend films, shares Anubhav Sinha as he…

The Hansal Mehta directorial Faraaz, starring Zahan Kapoor and Aditya Rawal, has hit the screens. The movie has a premium release and is being shown in only 15 cities and 100 theatres across India and has opened to positive reviews from the audience and critics alike. Earlier, the makers of the…

Pathaan crosses £80 million at worldwide box office

Extending its record-breaking run at the ticket window, superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s Pathaan has raised Rs 832 crore gross (£83 million) worldwide in 12 days. According to Yash Raj Films (YRF), the Siddharth Anand-directed film raised Rs 28.50 crore (£28.8 million) nett in India. “In 12 days, ‘Pathaan’ has recorded Rs 317.20…

From Yami Gautam Dhar starrer LOST to Salaam Venky featuring…

ZEE5 Global, the world’s largest streaming platform for South Asian content, is set to release a slew of titles across genres and languages to bring the best of entertainment this February. Viewers can get ready for a power-packed month of drama, action, and thriller releases. From a heart-touching story of…

Kangana Ranaut threatens Bollywood couple ‘spying’ on her: ‘Sudhar jao…

A day after alleging that a popular Bollywood couple was spying on her, Bollywood’s controversy queen Kangana Ranaut on Monday once again took to Instagram to warn the ‘Casanova’ and his wife to mend their ways. She openly threatened the ‘film mafia’ saying, “sudhar jao nahi toh …ghar mein ghoos…