Alok Sharma, the Member of Parliament for Reading West, on Saturday 1st November 2014, hosted a meeting for local businesses and individuals with the Indian Deputy High Commissioner to the UK, His Excellency Dr Virander Paul.
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5th Dec 2025 | Updated at 02:51am 5th Dec 2025
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...
The Modern Slavery Bill making its way through Parliament at present was the subject of a discussion by a number of charities and senior Liberal Democrats including Sir Nick Harvey MP. Lord Raj Loomba and Liberal Democrats activist Anuja Prashar...
On 18th of October, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Manchester), the only registered charity running Saturday school for Indian cultural activities at Manchester Grammar School in Manchester for 21 years, organised Diwali Utsav celebration at the world...
Derby City Council will continue to lobby for support of its proposal to increase business rates on larger out of town retailers, despite receiving a negative response from the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government last week.Twenty-three...
In 2013 the Confederation of Indian Organisation commenced a project to collate the history of Leicester’s South Asians People between 1945 and 2013. The project titled Aakruti, researched peoples journeys to Leicester and has culminated in...
7 years old Simran goes to 10 Downing Street Diwali. A report from this young journalist about her experience.
At the invitation of MPHA, over 120 people including MPS SMT, MPHA members, Staff Association representatives and prominent community leaders gathered...
Thousands of people from all over the UK came together on Sunday 26 October to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, at Bhaktivedanta Manor Hare Krishna Temple, as part of one of the biggest festivals in the country.
A young girl draped in a striking pink sari guides an elderly visitor through beautiful decorations at the Neasden Temple on Thursday 23 October 2014, fittingly symbolising timeless values of Diwali.
The number of women working in the City has risen in the last year.
