I want to bring all the communities together in Leicester: Rajesh Agrawal

London's deputy mayor for business, Rajesh Agrawal, has quit City Hall to run as a Labour MP from Leicester East. He shared his vision in a special conversation organised by Asian Voice and Gujarat Samachar. Labour (Co-op) MP for Harrow West...

Heritage Walk showcases India’s royal weaves on Britain’s soil

It was a cold yet crisp and sunny Saturday morning in London. Millenium Tower Pier was buzzing with tourists, but among them stood women from ‘British Women in Sarees’ and spouses from the diaspora in their beautiful traditional Indian attires,...

Wagh Bakri Tea Group’s ED Parag Desai passes away

Parag Desai, the executive director of Gujarat-based Gujarat Tea Processors and Packers Limited, best known for its Wagh Bakri brand of tea, passed away at a private hospital in Ahmedabad. Desai, 49, was admitted to the hospital after he suffered...

Gaganyaan test flight's crew module successfully recovered by Navy

Hours after the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) scientists successfully conducted the Gaganyaan failure test, the Navy’s Eastern Naval Command recovered the Crew Module (CM) from the Bay of Bengal. Isro chief S Somanath said the crew...

Kamala Shirin picked as US envoy to Indonesia

WASHINGTON: Former State Department official Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir has been picked by President Joe Biden to serve as Ambassador to Indonesia. Kamala has served in the Department of State for almost 30 years, most recently as an executive secretary.

Sikh mayor in US receives death threats

New Jersey: The first Sikh mayor in the US, Ravinder S Bhalla, claims to have received a string of death threats addressed to him and his family. Speaking to the media, he claimed that the letters he received in the mail initially requested...



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