A former mayor and Scunthorpe councillor who helped to organise the first visit of the Queen to a mosque in Britain has been jailed for three and a half years for "dishonesty on a grand scale" by a judge who called him a "liar and a cheat",...
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12th Oct 2024 | Updated at 11:29am 12th Oct 2024
Decades of change: India’s art odyssey at the Barbican
Starting October 5, the Barbican will showcase ‘The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975-1998’, the world’s first exhibition to explore and chart a transformative period in Indian cultural and political history.
Immigrants grapple with renewed hostility
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) Pan-London Hate Crime Scrutiny Panel convened an extraordinary meeting last week to unite against hate crime and public disorder in the capital.
“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...
Six people have been charged with money laundering after a massive police operation last year. Officers seized high-value cars, including Porsches, a Range Rover, and a Mercedes, as well as designer bags, perfume, shoes, laptops, and a significant...
The trial of an Oldham mother-of-five alleged to have accepted more than £100,000 in benefit payments, was dramatically halted when she changed her plea to guilty.
A food shop manager who helped a woman injured in a scaffolding collapse in the city centre has been nominated for an honoured citizen award.
Burglars entered 83-year-old Alzheimer's sufferer Zallu Hassan's house and attacked her so badly that her family feared that she was dead. Zallu Hassan suffered severe facial injuries including a broken cheekbone and jaw and a fractured eye...
When most of the illustrious names in grocery chains like Carrefour of France, Tesco of Britain and Walmart of the United States, are making a retreat from their overseas forays, two German chains, Aldi and Lidl are making it big in their international...
Navratri, the word is formed using two words 'Nava' and 'Ratri'. Nava means nine and Ratri means nights hence Navratri literally means nine nights.
Lord Jesus Christ suffers and dies on the cross on Good Friday. It represents the lowest point in the story of this man who did nothing but good.
Conservative MP, Priti Patel has accused Labour election rival, John Clarke of sending her “misogynistic” and “racist” tweets while also labelling her as a “sexy Bond villain”. She also claims that John Clarke compared her to the “village idiot.”...
Surveys have revealed that girls who study maths and science as A-level subjects go on to earn a third more in wages, compared to those who take up art and humanity subjects.
