On 26th January 2001 a huge earthquake razed many parts of Gujarat, especially Kutch. The place has now transformed from a pile of rubble in a neglected...
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29th Nov 2023 | Updated at 09:55am 29th Nov 2023
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
- 25 Oct 2023
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
- 25 Oct 2023
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...
The Sri Lankan Foreign Minister has already visited New Delhi and spoken to the External Affairs Minister and the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who expressed...
A US judge has given to clean chit to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and threw out a lawsuit that accused him of “attempted genocide” during the Gujarat...
Pakistan's cricketer-turned politician and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party chief Imran Khan's bid to show solidarity with family members of children...
The Pakistan government has banned 12 terror organisations, including the Jamaat-ud Dawa (JuD), a front for the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba, as well as the...
The virtual house arrest of Bangladesh opposition leader Khaleda Zia was on Monday lifted unexpectedly by authorities here, amid renewed violence over last year's disputed polls that left at least 28 people dead.
- 20 Jan 2015
US First Lady Michelle Obama has invited a prominent Indian-American doctor, who is playing a key role in fighting the dreaded Ebola disease in West Africa,...
The US and the UK have asked Pakistan to hand over Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attack, to India to improve bilateral ties or...
- 20 Jan 2015
US First Lady Michelle Obama has invited a prominent Indian-American doctor, who is playing a key role in fighting the dreaded Ebola disease in West Africa,...
Hahinda Rajapaksa's defeat in the Presidential elections was followed by the news that he had attempted a coup as the results poured in, predicting his...
