The funeral of Lata Mangeshkar, one of India’s most beloved singers, is under way in Mumbai with full state honours. Mangeshkar, whose voice was the soundtrack to hundreds of Bollywood films, died aged 92 on Sunday. PM Narendra Modi and stars of the entertainment industry are attending. Large crowds have gathered to pay their respects. Her extraordinary career spanned more ...

Russia has assembled about 70% of the military capability needed for a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in the coming weeks, US officials say. The ground is expected to freeze and harden from mid-February, enabling Moscow to bring in more heavy equipment, the unnamed officials said. Russia is said to have more than 100,000 troops near Ukraine’s borders but denies planning ...

The Opposition Leadership Movement has advised the government to use the upcoming N’cwala and other traditional ceremonies as a platform to unlocking the potential of mining, agriculture and manufacturing sector in Zambia, so as to create millions of jobs to the youths. Party President, Richard Silumbe has also called on government through ministry of tourism, art and culture and house ...

Zambia Association of Manufacturers Chief Executive Officer Florence Muleya has expressed concern over the monthly fuel price review adopted by the energy regulation board. Ms. Muleya has noted that the fuel pricing model will negatively affect the long term planning because it does not allow for long term planning. She suggests that the industry requires a quarterly price review to ...

Police have so far charged and arrested the Six Patriotic Front (PF) cadres for the offence of proposing violence. The six have been identified as, Joshua Matebele Tembo aged 38, Titus Kasunga aged 29, Blessings Mukupa aged 25 all of Kamwala South. Others are Kasper Bwalya aged 31 and Jackson Phiri aged 25 of Chawama and Lazarous Mwansa aged 29 ...

Frank Lampard was granted a privilege never afforded to his unpopular predecessor Rafael Benitez as Everton’s new manager brought smiles back to a previously toxic and gloomy Goodison Park. Midway through the second half, as Everton controlled what ended as a comfortable FA Cup fourth round victory over Brentford, Lampard’s name echoed thunderously around the stands of the old stadium. ...

Lata Mangeshkar, one of India’s most beloved singers, whose voice is the soundtrack to more than a thousand Bollywood films, has died aged 92. She had been admitted to a hospital in Mumbai city in January after testing positive for Covid-19. The doctor who treated her said she died of multi-organ failure. Mangeshkar had an extraordinary career spanning over half ...

A five-year-old Moroccan boy who was trapped in a well for four days has died, despite painstaking efforts to rescue him. A royal statement announced his death soon after his removal from the well. The bid to free the boy, named as Rayan, had gripped the country, with hundreds of people gathered at the well and thousands more following online. ...

The National Action For Quality Education in Zambia (NAQEZ) is concerned about the snail pace at which schools in central province are receiving computers from the government. NAQEZ Deputy Provincial Secretary Godfrey Moonga says the critical shortage of laptops and desktop computers has continued to affect the teaching and learning of ICT and computer studies in GRZ schools in central ...

The Zambia National Teachers Union (ZNUT) has commended government’s intention to upgrade 10, 000 teachers who have acquired higher qualifications. Union Public Relations Director Godwin Maseka has noted that most teachers ended up getting loans for them to go to higher learning institutions which left most of them to be highly indebted. Mr. Maseka has told QTV news in an ...