- Monday, June 16, 2025
Critics’ Week is one of the few sections of the 77th Cannes Film Festival that do not officially include an Indian entry. But dig just a little into the selection of the parallel segment and one finds an Indian name attached to an exceptional short fiction film. The film is…
Veteran Tamil actor Sathyaraj is set to portray Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an upcoming biopic, according to reports. This announcement has sparked significant interest among film enthusiasts, as it will be the second biopic on the influential leader, following the 2019 biopic featuring Vivek Oberoi in the titular…
INDIAN authorities in the capital have ordered schools shut early for the summer holiday, after temperatures hit 47.4 degrees Celsius (117 degree Fahrenheit) with Delhi gripped by a “severe heatwave”. Delhi city officials asked schools to shut with “immediate effect” due to the blistering heat, according to a government order…
SOUTHWARK CROWN COURT last Thursday (16) sentenced two pharmacists to two years imprisonment each, suspended for 24 months, after they were found guilty of selling ‘industrial’ quantities of Class C controlled drugs. Mandip Sidhu (47) of Littleover, Derby and Nabeil Nasr (42) of Cheadle, Greater Manchester, pleaded guilty at an…
SWINDON has its first mayor of Indian, and Goan, heritage. The Labour member for Eastcott, Councillor Imtiyaz Shaikh, who was first elected in 2018, took up the chains of office at the borough council’s formal annual meeting in front of a chamber packed not only with councillors and local and…
INFOSYS co-founder Narayana Murthy has stressed the critical importance of businesses earning the trust and respect of their customers to thrive and generate profits. During his five-day visit to Vietnam, the IT industry veteran engaged in a chat with Vietnamese IT firm FPT’s chairman Truong Gia Binh on a variety…
On Monday, over 60 per cent voter turnout was recorded in 49 constituencies across six states and two Union territories during the fifth phase of India’s elections. Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir registered its highest-ever voting percentage. Scattered incidents of violence occurred in West Bengal, with electronic voting machine (EVM)…
A review commissioned by Rishi Sunak government has concluded that the post-study visa route, dominated by Indian graduates, is helping the universities make up for financial losses on the domestic front and expanding the country’s research landscape. Home Secretary James Cleverly had tasked the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), consisting…
THE CARGO ship that collided with a Baltimore bridge nearly two months ago, collapsing it and killing six highway workers, was refloated on Monday (20) and was being towed back into port. Live television images of the operation showed a flotilla of tugboats pushing and towing the M/V Dali away…
After years of speculation and growing excitement, former One Direction star Zayn Malik finally performed his first concert, marking a significant milestone in his journey as an independent artist. The sold-out concert was held on Friday, May 17, at London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire. It was not only the singer’s first-ever…
