Santosh, the UK’s official entry in the Oscars’ international feature category and a Bafta nominee for best debut feature, has been blocked by Indian film censors, according to a report in UK daily Guardian.Written and directed by British-Indian filmmaker Sandhya Suri, the film was made in India and is in Hindi. According to the Guardian…
NEW DELHI: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday lost his cool again in the state assembly after he saw an opposition legislator using mobile phones while the House was in session.Nitish rose up to register his objection and requested the speaker, Nand Kishore Yadav, to ban mobile phones in the assembly.“These people are talking…
NEW DELHI: India and China should be partners contributing to each other’s success and a cooperative “pas de deux” between the dragon and the elephant is the only right choice for the two countries, Beijing said while welcoming PM Modi’s “positive” remarks in a podcast in which he had endorsed signs of a rapprochement in…
Reacting to recent debates on Jammu and Kashmir in the British House of Commons, UK parliamentary under-secretary and Labour MP Hamish Falconer has said that “it is not for the UK to prescribe a solution or act as a mediator.” Representing the British govt, he said: “The (UK) govt’s position is that it is for…
File photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit, in Kazan. (Pic credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: Sino-Indian ties are set for a reboot, following the Modi-Xi meeting in Kazan last year and the subsequent visits to Beijing by NSA Ajit Doval…
Mukesh Ambani, Sunil Grover, and Anupam Kher. The 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj has drawn an unprecedented number of devotees and high-profile visitors, with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announcing that 62 crore pilgrims have already taken part in the sacred event. Held once every 12 years, the Maha Kumbh is the world’s…
Amid the launch of new initiatives, PM Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump reaffirmed in a joint statement that the India-US partnership is central to a free and open Indo-Pacific. However, as Trump takes upon himself to resolve conflicts and in his own way, a glaring omission from the statement was any mention of the…
During his two-day visit to the US, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, where their discussions covered key areas like space, technology, and innovation. However, what grabbed attention online was Musk’s unique gift to the PMThe world’s richest man presented PM Modi with a gift, speculated to be a heat shield tile…
NEW DELHI: Canada on Friday issued a statement clarifying that it has no evidence linking Prime Minister Narendra Modi, external affairs minister S Jaishankar, or National Security Advisor Ajit Doval to criminal activities in the country.“On October 14, because of a significant and ongoing threat to public safety, the RCMP and officials took the extraordinary…
NEW DELHI: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among the heads of government to congratulate US President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday, both leaders recalled their interactions including the Howdy Modi event in Houston and the Namaste Trump event in Ahmedabad during President Trump’s visit to India.In a statement released by the ministry of external affairs,…