Gandhi Martyr's Day was observed on Friday 30th January, 2015 at Tavistock Square in the London Borough of Camden. Despite the cold weather, many esteemed members of the British Indian community gathered at the iconic statue to pay tribute to...
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19th Apr 2024 | Updated at 09:29pm 19th Apr 2024
Leading playwrights to contribute to auction supporting refugees
Leading UK playwrights Tanika Gupta and Anupama Chandrasekhar are making a significant contribution by donating first editions of their work to an historic auction aimed at raising funds to support refugees in the UK.
“Enterprise and hard work at the heart of the immigrant story”
As the Labour party prepares for next year's general election, with leader Sir Keir Starmer currently reshuffling the Cabinet, they celebrated ‘Britain’s global bonds and bridges’ at an evening reception for the diaspora in a café in South London.
“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...
The Indian High Commission organised the annual Republic day celebrations for the diaspora at London's Park Lane in Grosvenor House on Tuesday 27th January.
The Indian High Commission organised the annual Republic day celebrations for the diaspora at London's Park Lane in Grosvenor House on Tuesday 27th January.
Wednesday 28th January; the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan celebrated Republic Day.
It goes without saying that Asians have an integral part in the contemporary British society, and with the number of Asian MPs candidates preparing to be a part of the 2015 elections in May, it only reiterates the importance Asians have, especially...
A dealership owner who advertised a dangerous vehicle as an ‘ideal first car’ and sold it to a deaf customer has now been asked to pay nearly £7,000.
Police has tracked down a bungling armed robber, after staff at a branch of Ladbrokes reported a man ploughing hundreds of pounds into gaming machines, with notes stained with dye.
A leading Leicester businessman has submitted a planning application to renovate the grade-II listed Braunstone Hall and build a cafe in the surrounding park. The Leicester civic society has welcomed the plans to convert this run down 18th century...
A major three-day festival to mark the installation of ten life-size Hindu deities at a temple in Leicester brought together hundreds of worshippers from all over the country.
A taxi driver has been jailed for 12 years for raping a teenager. Nasir Uddin, earlier this year was found guilty by a jury of one rape, two counts of attempted rape and four sexual assaults against the girl, who was aged under 16 when the abuse...
