A teenage driver who killed a grandfather as he sped a 105,000 Range Rover at 81 mph, in a 30 mph zone has regretted his action. Kirpal Singh Sokhi, 19, careered into Stephen Beckett’s car after “flooring” the powerful 4x4, which he had allegedly...
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8th Dec 2024 | Updated at 04:55pm 8th Dec 2024
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...
Falcons Primary School, in Gipsy Lane, Leicester’s first free Sikh school has shown that a good ethos is the main ingredient in creating a successful learning environment.
A shocking statistic has revealed that a Birmingham hospital reportedly has treated 1500 cases of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in just five years, as discussed at a meeting of the West Midlands Police and Crime Panel. Members were told that...
Faith groups in Birmingham came together for ‘Not In Our Name’ rally in the city on Sunday to reject extremism and violence. Members of Moseley Inter Faith Forum - made up of Muslims, Jews, Christians, Sikhs and Hindus – met at the Victoria...
A man was sent to prison for three years and nine months for child abduction after he took a 14-year-old girl to a hotel room.
A shopkeeper who hid illegal tobacco inside a vacuum cleaner, a sealed air conditioning unit and a locked safe has been given a suspended prison sentence.
Friends of three young men who were killed in a road crash earlier this month have placed flowers and cards at the scene of the tragedy.
The India League - a British-based organisation that evolved from the Commonwealth of India League, established in 1922 with the aim of campaigning for complete independence for the Indian people - in association with the Indian High Commission...
A doctor carried out female genital mutilation on a young mother after she gave birth in a London hospital, a court was told Monday.
A baby who died soon after being delivered has become Britain’s youngest organ donor after her kidney and liver cells were given to two other patients.
