The High Commission of India organised the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas UK chapter on Friday 11th January in the Gandhi Hall.
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16th Jan 2019 | Updated at 11:34pm 16th Jan 2019
Second Commons defeat for Theresa May in Brexit vote
Rebel Conservative MPs join with Labour as a fresh blow to the government in a Commons Brexit vote.The government has now got three days to come up with a new plan if Mrs May's EU withdrawal deal is rejected by MPs next week. A second referendum...
UK-Kerala host “Re-building Kerala” together
Leeds University, UK and Kerala’s TKM College of Engineering hosted ‘Rebuilding a Resilient Kerala after the Floods’ a two-day international workshop in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
Plant-based concept from Michelin-trained chef
Bindu Patel, who spent spells in the kitchens of Michelin-starred and Gymkhana and Trishna restaurants and staged at Le Gavroche in London, is to open her own restaurant, Sanctua, in Leicester in January.
Academic receives royal award for her contribution to Sikh community research
A University of Wolverhampton academic has formally received an MBE from His Royal Highness Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, at Buckingham Palace. Dr Opinderjit Kaur Takhar, Director of the recently launched Centre for Sikh and Panjabi Studies...
Jet Airways’ Manchester-Mumbai set to bring £400m to northern economy
Jet Airways’ first ever non-stop flight connecting Mumbai, India’s economic capital, and Manchester is now operating. Launched on Dhan Teras (Nov 5) - the most auspicious day for businesses, and second day of Diwali, in the Hindu calendar -...
Manchester airport delivers major boost to north with new Mumbai connection
Jet Airways’ five-times-a-week service from Manchester to Mumbai took for the first time this morning, at a celebration attended by Aviation Minister, Baroness Liz Sugg and hundreds of guests from across the region.
770,000 people in England unable to speak English well
In an interview, the communities secretary, Sajid Javid revealed that 770,000 people living in England speak little or no English at all, and warned that up to 70% of them are women from the Bangladeshi and Pakistani communities.
Sigma sponsors transformation of Community Pharmacy 2025 vision
A donation from Sigma Pharmaceuticals plc is funding a three year PhD scholarship aimed at developing a coherent and transformative vision for English community pharmacy in 2025. The project has already begun in the Department of Pharmacy and...
Britain in a policy paper on its post-Brexit approach to immigration is trying to entice migrants from countries such as India, Pakistan to fill in the shortage of highly-skilled workers. In an exclusive meeting, a senior representative from...
Barrister, broadcaster, writer, political correspondent and TV presenter Prerna Bhardwaj (previously Lau Sian) has become the first ever woman Chair of the City Hindus Network.
Defence barrister Narita Bahra has been appointed to the Queen's Counsel, becoming the second Sikh woman to ever be a QC. Working for a leading Barristers Chambers- 2 Hare Court, Bahra has dealt with some high-profile cases in the country. She...
Doctors will be asked asked if they would help a terminally ill patient to die and whether the law should be changed to allow assisted dying.
The Ministry of Justice is considering banning prison sentences of less than six months in England and Wales.
Dyslexia is no longer being diagnosed by councils that claim the disorder is “scientifically questionable”.
A Slough based estate agent is being investigated by trading standards after ignoring orders from the property ombudsman to back thousands of pounds to angry clients.
A delegation including Slough MP Tan Dhesi met with the Immigration Minister to discuss recent attacks on minorities in Afghanistan. Alongside the Slough MP, Hull West and Hessle MP Emma Hardy and representatives from the Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara...
Police have launched an investigation and are warning residents to be “aware of their surrounding” after suspects were seen on Saturday (January, 12) between 8pm and 9.30pm in the Ilford area.
