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    Lata Mangeshkar not doing well, put back on ventilator: Doctor

    Singing legend Lata Mangeshkar's health has deteriorated and she has been put back on a ventilator, a doctor treating her said on Saturday.The 92-year-old singer tested positive for Covid with mild symptoms.

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    Govt takes action against 160 TV channels for 'anti-India content'

    The government on Thursday said it was concerned about the freedom of speech and expression and that the country was not in the times of 1975 or the Emergency.

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    Saudi Arabia’s first yoga festival offers mindfulness and meditation

    More than 1,000 people from across Saudi Arabia flocked to Juman Park in King Abdullah Economic City on Saturday to take part in the country's first yoga festival.

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    Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Ban On Publication Of Film 'Why I Killed Gandhi'

     A plea filed has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking prohibition of any exhibition or publication of the film "Why I killed Gandhi" or any of its contents in any manner whatsoever on any OTT platform or Social Media

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    Oman women demand ‘equal partnership’ as divorce rates rise

    With better education opportunities and good office jobs, Omani women are now challenging tradition and questioning marriage more than ever before by demanding equal life partnerships.

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    'Resurrection: Ertugrul' star dies from lung cancer

    A prominent Turkish actor Ayberk Pekcan, also known as aka Artuk Bey in the popular Turkish series 'Resurrection: Ertugrul', has passed away due to lung cancer. 

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    Saudi Arabia's Social Revolution Arrives at Riyadh Dining Tables

    David Burke's staff are busy putting up blue and green balloons. The places are set, glasses polished, and candles lit. Music from The Godfather plays in the background.

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    Hijabi singer calls out multi-million dollar makeup corporation for exploitation

    With the world taking a more progressive stand on many things, Hijabi singer Nemah Hasan, aka Nemahsis, has conveyed a powerful message with her new single, ‘What if

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    Cannes 2021 Winners List: Who Won What

    Cannes: The Cannes film festival ended Saturday in the south of France with the awarding of its top prize, the Palme d'Or.Here is a list of the main winners.

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    Roses from Shiraz: German devotees of Hafez

    The Goethe-Hafez monument in Weimar: two granite chairs stand opposite each other, a symbol of dialogue, exchange, and friendship. Two writers who were ahead of their.

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    Saudi Arabia confronts rise of misyar marriage

    The Muslim no-strings-attached “misyar” marriage often done in secret is fast pervading Saudi society, a boon for cash-strapped men unable to afford expensive.

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    Dilip Kumar: An actors’ actor

    Dilip Kumar, who passed away on Wednesday in Mumbai at the age of 98, was the yardstick by which the performances of all other actors in the Sub-continent were judged

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    Veteran Bollywood actor Vinod Khanna passes away at 70

    The actor was admitted to Sir H.N. Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre in Girgaon, Mumbai. He was surrounded by his family and loved ones in his last days.

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    Meet the lawyer whose musical rendition of an old elegy to Imam Husain is leaving Indians teary-eyed

    It was not Moharram, the season to mourn Husain’s sacrifice. The gathering was not a Shia majlis and the listeners were not all Muslims either. But the story of 72 men, women and children.

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    Malala receives highest UN honour to promote girls' education

    United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres appointed Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai a UN Messenger of Peace on Monday to promote girls education.

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    Film on extremism wins at Saudi festival

    A short film that tackles extremism has won the top prize at the Saudi Film Festival, organisers said on Sunday, in an ultra-conservative kingdom that continues to ban public cinemas.

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    Can Ghosts Change Hollywood Stereotypes about Muslims?

    The jury may be out for a while on the newly anticipated release of the very talked about movie Jinn.  The central focus of the movie is about a young man whose family has been cursed by evil spirits.

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    Nowroz- e- Por-rang

    Nowroz or Nowrooz, contrary to the popular perception, is not merely a community - centric tradition. It is a philosophy, a concept, and tradition, which will always have the contemporary significance.

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    Afghan Star: Rap, stilettos and a musical revolution

    Smokey-eyed Zulala Hashemi, standing tall in four-inch gold heels, wants to sing for women. The 18-year-old has become the first girl to reach the final of popular television music talent show Afghan Star.

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    The fragility of women’s rights: How female guilds wielded power long ago

    Today is International Women’s Day. The first was held in 1911, after activists Clara Zetkin and Luise Zietz pushed for day that would bring attention to women’s rights especially the vote and women’s working conditions.

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    Indian director Karan Johar becomes father of twins through surrogacy

    Karan Johar has become a single father of twins - a baby boy and girl - who were born through surrogacy and the filmmaker says he is "enormously blessed" to be a parent.

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    Oscars 2017: The Salesman Director Delivers Powerful Statement Against Trump

    The Salesman's director Asghar Farhadi announced in January that he would not be attending the Academy Awards in the wake of Donald Trump's Muslim ban, which prevented people from Yemen, Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Libya.

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    Israel invited 26 Oscar stars to visit. So far none has

    A year ago Israel offered Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon and other Hollywood stars all-expenses paid luxury trips, but it seems they have chosen to miss their cues.

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    The Mosul artifacts: A priceless loss

    It is hard to overstate the historical and archaeological significance of the area extending from Mesopotamia to Egypt. This stretch contains the early stages of human civilization, especially from the Neolithic era.

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