A man extradited from India to face 18 charges including the murder of a Hainault woman in Walthamstow a decade ago has appeared in court. Aman Vyas, 35, is accused of raping and killing Michelle Samaraweera (pictured) in Queens Road, Walthamstow...
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22nd Oct 2019 | Updated at 01:43am 22nd Oct 2019
'Path to Success' raise £59k to support female Paralympic hopefuls
A Westminster-based charity has raised more than £59,000 at a fundraising gala dinner to support female paralympic in their journeys to Tokyo in 2020 and beyond.
Baba Holidays honoured at Leicester Asian Glitz Awards
One of the pioneering Asian tour operators in the UK have been honoured for their services in the travel and tourism industry at the Leicester Asian Glitz Awards (LAGA) in De Montfort Hall, Leicester.
Coventry’s Sikhs take to the streets in aid of planting 550 trees
Coventry’s Sikh community will take to the streets for this year’s Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji Charity Walk from 10am on Sunday 6thOctober, in aid of planting 550 native trees and shrubs in Longford Park.
Balidan divas, 30 years in exile for Kashmiri Hindu Pandits
On Saturday 14th September, at the Zoroastrian Centre, the Kashmiri Pandit Cultural Society (KPCS) commemorated the 30th anniversary of the mass extermination of Kashmiri Hindu Pandits from the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The event marked the...
Dr Sohom Das: A new age Forensic Psychiatrist
Dr Sohom Das from London, is not just your regular Consulting Forensic Psychiatrist. Currently in his early 40s, Sohom is quirky, witty, dabbles in stand-up comedy and does battle rapping on TV. He is also a debut fiction novelist, writing a...
Jet Airways’ Manchester-Mumbai set to bring £400m to northern economy
Jet Airways’ first ever non-stop flight connecting Mumbai, India’s economic capital, and Manchester is now operating. Launched on Dhan Teras (Nov 5) - the most auspicious day for businesses, and second day of Diwali, in the Hindu calendar -...
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...
Healing Little Hearts (HLH) is delighted to announce its first ever camp to Gujarat, state of India, located on the country’s western coast. The one week camp will take place at Mahavir Hospital, Surat between the 12th and 19th of October 2019....
A burglar has been found guilty of killing a shopkeeper in his own store during a "one-man crimewave".
Two creatives from Seven Kings won first place at a national film festival.
One in 20 restaurants in the UK are failing to comply with hygiene standards including branches of Pizza Hut and a Marco Pierre White venue. An investigation by The Times has revealed that there are more than 15,000 restaurants and food outlets...
The mother of a severely brain-damaged girl who won the right to take her daughter abroad for treatment has told Sky News the law needs to be changed to protect parental rights.
Hundreds of people in Wolverhampton, UK, have paid tribute to a Sikh US police officer who was killed during a routine patrol in Texas last month.
A new scholarship has been launched by the University of Wolverhampton to support Indian nationals wishing to study in the UK.
The Shree Hindu Mandir, off Uppingham Road, Leicester, has been burgled and cash stolen from collection boxes. When the temple staff arrived on Saturday morning, they found a rear fire door had been smashed in and the donation boxes forced open...
The leader of Redbridge Council has been suspended from the Labour Party over "extremely serious allegations".
