UK set for 30C heat blast as summer makes a swift comeback / Image – file After a run of cooler temperatures, showers and blustery conditions, summer warmth is set to make a dramatic return across much of the UK this week, with some areas expected to reach temperatures close to 30C.Forecasters say a change…
UK’s oldest Indian restaurant Veeraswamy takes Crown Estate to court over eviction. Veeraswamy, the century-old Indian restaurant in the UK, the oldest of all, will be taking the Crown Estate to court this month over its ongoing eviction tussle. Co-owner Ranjit Mathrani said all negotiations with the Crown Estate, the portfolio of King Charles, failed…
Princess Diana (Image: Wikipedia) There are moments in public life that don’t survive because they are grand, but because they are simple. Princess Diana’s words about kindness belong to that category. They don’t sound like a slogan or a carefully packaged message. They sound closer to something overheard in a private conversation, something said without…
EB-5 Green Card category becomes unavailable for Indians in FY2026. After EB-2, India’s per-country limit has been reached in the EB-5 unreserved category for 2026. The annual limits will reset with the start of the new fiscal year (FY 2027) on October 1, 2026. This means the EB-5 unreserved immigrant visa category for India will…
Bengal has two poets whose vintage is considered above all others: Rabindranath Tagore and Kazi Nazrul Islam. Now, with full awareness of the absurdity involved, one may have to add a third name to the footnotes: MD Ahnaf Hossain.Hossain, a Bangladeshi-origin New Yorker, became a social media sensation after his chant: “My mayor’s Muslim, my…
An Indian H-1B worker sues his Indian boss and his company for claiming that he paid around $100K to keep his job. An Indian H-1B worker has filed a lawsuit against a Texas company and its Indian boss, accusing him of trafficking, servitude and forced labor. Rishikesh Raj Meesala got a job in Sai Jitender…
A senior banker with royal links has been arrested in connection with the long-unsolved “Putney Pusher” case, nearly a decade after a woman was shoved into the path of an oncoming bus in London.The 44-year-old man was detained at his £1. 4million home in west London on suspicion of attempted grievous bodily harm. He is…
TOI correspondent from Washington: There was a time when a presidential evening at the White House meant chamber music, state dinners, and deep conversations about nuclear disarmament and trade deficits. Now it apparently means a UFC fighter grabbing a microphone to thank President Trump for having “the balls to put some sh1t like this on,”…
More than 2,000 years after his death, Julius Caesar remains one of history’s most influential figures. The Roman general and statesman helped reshape the ancient world through military conquest, political ambition and decisive leadership. While his life was marked by triumphs, controversies and ultimately assassination, his name has endured as a symbol of power and…
In a heroic feat, a man saved a three-year-old girl dangling from a second-floor window in London. He revealed that the cricket skills he learned in India helped him make the life-saving catch.The incident unfolded above a busy shopping street in Ilford, where onlookers watched as the young child clung to a window ledge several…
