Tension has been steadily mounting in Peterborough, where the fate of a Hindu temple has become the focal point of a deeply emotional and increasingly...
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16th Jul 2026 | Updated at 10:30am 16th Jul 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...
Market Financial Solutions (MFS), one of the UK’s leading specialist property finance lenders, collapsed into administration in February 2026, months after filing accounts showing record turnover, surging profits, and a clean audit.
Since Peterborough City Council opted to sell the Bharat Hindu Samaj Mandir site to settle its debts—selecting Khadija Mosque as the preferred purchaser...
Leicester’s famed Golden Mile, long regarded as the beating heart of Britain’s Hindu diaspora, witnessed an extraordinary moment as Catherine, Princess...
King Charles has described the Commonwealth as a powerful force for unity in what he called an increasingly “fragmented world”, in a message delivered for the annual Commonwealth Day service in London.
On a cold evening in Harrow, as flames from the Holika Dahan fire flickered against the night sky, families gathered to celebrate a festival that symbolises...
Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, is a time of fasting, prayer and reflection, when Muslims strengthen their faith and focus on charity...
Dr Sushma Jansari is a cultural change-maker and South Asia Curator at the British Museum. She was the first person of South Asian heritage to curate a...
Shruti Tripathi Chopra is the editor-in-chief of Financial News and Private Equity News, two Dow Jones publications that have served the finance sector...
Railways have traditionally been a male-dominated industry, but Tahira Bibi is helping to change that narrative. One of Northern’s qualified train drivers,...
