• Wednesday, May 08, 2024

Dejected by local poll results, Sunak warns of hung parliament

PRIME MINISTER Rishi Sunak has suggested that Britain could face a hung parliament in the upcoming general election, urging Conservative MPs to unify in the face of Labour’s challenge. In his first comments since the full extent of the party’s local election losses became clear, the prime minister admitted that…

Prachi Desai: Success in the sounds of Silence

PRACHI DESAI is one of the few talents who have transitioned smoothly from from big TV success to film stardom. After getting significant attention in Ekta Kapoor’s popular daily soap Kasamh Se (2006-2008), she made an impactful Bollywood debut in the hit 2008 film Rock On. She hasn’t looked back…

Composer Naushad’s grand daughter speaks about his greatness

NAUSHAD ALI delivered stunning soundtracks, timeless songs and brilliant background scores during a path-breaking music career filled with magic moments. His granddaughter Umarah Naushad Ali is rightly proud of the late composing maestro’s work and discussed his legacy with Eastern Eye. The talented pastry chef, and expert in animation, VFX and…

How Manoj Kerai made Mrs Kapoor a firm family favourite

HIT theatre comedy Mrs Kapoor’s Daughter’s Wedding 2: Mauritius recently returned for another successful UK tour. The story of a dysfunctional family planning a destination wedding has been delighting audiences nationwide and gearing up for a history-making performance in London’s West End at the Adelphi Theatre on July 16. Manoj Kerai brilliantly…

Issa brothers borrow $9m for private jets: report

BILLIONAIRE brothers Mohsin and Zuber Issa obtained an additional $9 million (£7.2m) loan from their petrol forecourts business last year to fund their private jets, reported The Telegraph. The loan, channeled through their companies Clear Sky LP and Clear Sky 2 LP based in the Isle of Man, brings their…

Royal family to relinquish patronages of 200 charities

KING CHARLES and other senior British royals are to relinquish patronages of almost 200 charities and organisations after a review of their association with more than 1,000 groups, Buckingham Palace said on Saturday (4). The review was launched following the death of Queen Elizabeth to examine all the charities and…

Cricket pitches make road trip for US World Cup debut

THE JOURNEY of 10 cricket pitches from Florida to New York state for the upcoming T20 World Cup is now complete. Australian Damian Hough, curator of the Adelaide Oval, oversaw the development of these “drop-in pitches,” which are currently being installed in a new stadium in Long Island. These pitches,…

British Indian friends join line-up of challenging new real-world UK…

Two British Indian female professionals have been unveiled in the final line-up of a challenging new real-world series set to hit UK screens next week, in which contestants are challenged to double their money within hours in pursuit of a hefty cash prize. Nutritionist-chef Radhika Howarth and historian-storyteller Seema Anand…

Wife of doctor who drove Tesla off cliff in US…

The wife of an Asian-origin doctor in the US, who drove his family off a cliff in his Tesla car last year, has pleaded with a judge not to jail him, according to media reports. Neha Patel’s husband, Dharmesh, 43, a radiologist from Pasadena, Los Angeles, has been charged with…

Canada has ‘political compulsion’ to blame India: Jaishankar

CANADA'S investigation into alleged Indian involvement in the assassination of a Sikh separatist in Vancouver last year is a “political compulsion”, India’s foreign minister S. Jaishankar said after three Indian citizens were arrested over the killing. Canadian police on Friday arrested the trio for the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar,…

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