A Bangladeshi novelist has won Britain's oldest literary award with her debut novel In the Light of What We Know. Writer Zia Haider Rahman has joined some of world's greatest literary names by winning this year James Tait Black Literary Prizes,...
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7th May 2026 | Updated at 09:22am 7th May 2026
CM Sharma visits UK to usher investments into ‘Rising Rajasthan’
The Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma, Deputy CM Diya Kumari with delegates visited London last week, to host an investor meet. The afternoon was organised by FICCI and High Commission of India at Taj 51 Buckingham Gate, and was attended...
Grant Thornton LLP kickstarts Diwali season in London
Grant Thornton LLP became the first to kickstart the Diwali season in London by organising a reception at the historic Long Room in the Lord’s Cricket Ground on 16 October, welcoming a brief spell of Indian summer as the backdrop of festivities....
“Labour party will reach out to the Hindu community in Leicester East to work with them”: Parliamentary candidate Rajesh Agrawal
The Indian diaspora and business communities in the UK are familiar with Rajesh Agrawal, the former Deputy Mayor of Business in London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s team. He transformed London into a leading investment hub for India, despite the Brexit...
CF India hosts fundraiser dinner in Brum
Conservative MP Dean Russell told attendees at a fundraising dinner in Birmingham, “When Labour see a problem, they exploit it. When we see a problem, we fix it”. The event was organised by Edgbaston Conservatives in partnership with Conservative...
Leading EdTech business launches franchise in the UK following recent global success
The British Youth International College (BYITC), the Glasgow-headquartered but globally operating educational technology (EdTech) business, has launched its successful franchise model in the UK.
University of Glasgow project investigating the effects of Covid-19
A project at the University of Glasgow that is aiming to better understand the effects that Covid-19 infection has on blood vessels and blood pressure has received a grant of £250,000 from national charity Heart Research UK.
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...
A Bangladeshi novelist has won Britain's oldest literary award with her debut novel In the Light of What We Know. Writer Zia Haider Rahman has joined some of world's greatest literary names by winning this year James Tait Black Literary Prizes,...
With nearly 5% of Yorkshire population of Asian origin, there are distinct cancer problems within Asian communities that are often worse than those affecting other parts of the region. Keeping that in mind, the Yorkshire Asian Business Association...
It has been said that more than 20,000 students from poor and disadvantaged backgrounds were given university places after the A-level results.
Official figures reveal that more than half of all criminals jailed have at least 15 previous cautions or convictions.
It is said that Lord Mandelson tried to persuade the three mainstream Labour leadership candidates to quit, in a bid to stop Jeremy Corbyn from winning the Labour leadership.
Swindon, the town which was once deemed as “ugly” could find itself as an unlikely addition to the tourist itinerary, if a campaign succeeds. A multi-million pound bid is being launched for Swindon to become a new cultural destination, similar...
India’s Honorary Consul to Wales Raj Aggarwal was invited to an official celebration of Indian Independence in Cardiff by the Lord Mayor of the city in...
A new study by the Electoral Reform Society found that £360,000 was claimed by peers in attendance fees and expenses, during the 2010-2015 parliament, even though they had failed to vote once.
An estimated 6,000 people celebrated Indian Independence Day at the Indian Gymkhana Club in Osterley on Sunday 16th August.
