A shop owner has been fined £6,000 for selling foreign cigarettes with no health warnings on them.
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9th Mar 2026 | Updated at 10:37am 9th Mar 2026
“When women champion and support one another, the entire sector benefits”
Dr Sushma Jansari is a cultural change-maker and South Asia Curator at the British Museum. She was the first person of South Asian heritage to curate a major exhibition at the Museum – Ancient India: living traditions, which inspired the theme...
“Leadership isn’t about fitting a mould, it’s about expanding it”
Shruti Tripathi Chopra is the editor-in-chief of Financial News and Private Equity News, two Dow Jones publications that have served the finance sector for nearly three decades. The youngest editor in their history, she is also the first woman...
West Midlands delegation visits Ahmedabad to boost ties
A 37-member West Midlands delegation, led by Mayor Richard Parker and officials including Manoj Ladwa and Neil Rami, visited Ahmedabad to strengthen economic, cultural, and educational ties, coinciding with the inaugural Commonwealth Connect...
India’s AI Summit marks global tech turning point
Over the past week, Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi has emerged as a central hub for the global tech community, hosting the India AI Impact Summit 2026, which attracted over 250,000 participants from more than 60 countries.Addressing world leaders,...
British Asians stranded amid travel chaos
- 03 Mar 2026
Thousands of flights have been cancelled and major Gulf airports suspended operations due to turmoil caused by the US-Israel war on Iran, stranding hundreds of thousands of travellers.Special evacuation flights were arranged from the UAE, while...
BAPS Hindu Mandir celebrates second anniversary in Abu Dhabi
- 18 Feb 2026
The BAPS Hindu Mandir in Abu Dhabi marked its second anniversary on February 14, celebrating two years of spiritual service and cultural harmony.
City mayor Sir Peter Soulsby remains locked in a dispute with the bosses of a Leicester community centre over its future.
More than 250 people attended the International Siddhashram Shakti Centre, in Palmerston Road to take part in the Rama Navami festival.
More than 200 people have attended a festival of colour and sound. Almost 500 worshippers attended the Hanuman Chalisa event at Harrow Leisure Centre in Christchurch Avenue on Saturday.
A centre-left think tank has urged British parents to encourage or even push their children to vote once they turn 18, especially on this general election. This comes after the voting age for the Scottish independence referendum was lowered...
A day after Nicola Sturgeon emerged as the winner of Britain's first ever televised pre-election debate, the SNP leader and Scotland's first minister has landed herself in a boiling controversy.
Twelve is a creative response to a shocking statistic from the Metropolitan Police: In the UK on average each year twelve women are murdered by family members in so called ‘honour’ killings.
The British Hindu Manifesto (BHM) was launched by Trupti Patel, President of Hindu Forum of Britain (HFB) at the ‘Dharma Rising’ conference organised by the British Board of Hindu Scholars (BBHS) and the National Council of Hindu Temples (NCHT)....
The Mayor of London Boris Johnson has announced a new look Vaisakhi Festival, which will enable a wider array of cultural activities to be presented.
As part of a crackdown on illegal immigrants employed, authorities in Britain are raiding several businesses, including Indian, Bangladeshi, Pakistani, Sri Lankan and Chinese restaurants, across the country.
