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Actress Alia Bhatt announces her pregnancy on social media

Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt and her husband actor Ranbir Kapoor announced that they will be welcoming a baby soon. The British actress shared a post on Instagram on Monday to announce her pregnancy and let all her beloved fans know about the special news. The post included a picture of her at a hospital getting […]

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Hajj pilgrims face further confusion after new lottery system introduced

Many frustrated pilgrims who won the ‘Hajj Lottery’ under the new system recently introduced for the pilgrimage are now cancelling their journeys due to lack of transparency and skyrocketing prices on a newly launched website. People have been reported suffering from ‘panic attacks, anxiety and stress’ due to the new system that was introduced through

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Teenager’s family struggles to bring him home from Pakistan

A Yorkshire teenager who went to Pakistan in February this year for his brother’s wedding was the victim of an unfortunate accident when he fell from the roof of the house where he went to see the fireworks. The 19-year-old fell on solid concrete and was immediately taken to the Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad

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Film ‘Lagaan’ to debut as a Broadway Show in the UK

Bollywood blockbuster Lagaan, which recently celebrated 21 years of its release on 15 June, is set to be adapted as a Broadway Show in the UK. The iconic 2001 film which was directed by Ashutosh Gowariker and starred Amir Khan, Gracy Singh, Rachel Shelley and Paul Blackthorne, along with some legendary actors was the third

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Islamic fintech firm Wahed Inc. announces Paul Pogba as its brand ambassador

Renowned French professional footballer Paul Pogba has been announced as the brand ambassador for global Islamic fintech firm Wahed Inc., which works towards encouraging ethically focused investing that has resulted in an effective reduction of financial exclusion. Pogba, who started his football career at the young age of 6, is also an investor in the

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Pilgrims left confused after a new system for Hajj pilgrimage introduced

Ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage, many are unsure whether they will be able to fly out of the country in July or not as they have not received confirmations yet. This year, around 12,000 people are meant to go on the holy journey to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. However, many industry bodies and organisations,

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Dumbarton man \’arbitrarily\’ detained for 5 years seeks justice

A Scottish Sikh man, who was arrested by Indian authorities in 2017 for alleged terror offences, has been waiting to stand trial for about five years now. He was arrested while he was in Punjab celebrating his wedding. It was announced by the United Nation’s Working Group on Arbitrary Detention that Jagtar Singh Johal’s arrest

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Edinburgh University professor receives a disturbing post

Leading Scottish Public Health Expert and Professor of Global Public Health, Devi Sridhar, has come forward to reveal an incident that took place in the summer of last year. A member of the Scottish government’s Coronavirus Advisory Board mentioned that she received a post containing white powder and a used mask with the words “I

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Author becomes the first Indian to win International Booker Prize

Geetanjali Shree has become the first Indian winner of the International Booker Prize, a literary award ceremony hosted in London on Thursday, for her novel Tomb of Sand. She was chosen as the winner out of a total of six finalists, which included Polish Nobel literature laureate Olga Tokarczuk, Claudia Piñeiro of Argentina and South

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