UKIP MEP Steven Woolfe, who had been running to be the next leader, has quit the party saying that UKIP has become ungovernable and is in “a death spiral”.

A religious leader who carried out sex attacks on two young girls at his Dudley mosque has fled the country using a false passport.

Billed as the largest Diwali event outside India, Leicester's vibrant festivities transformed the Golden Mile into a living sea of people, with tens of thousands of men, women and children watching the community being illuminated.

A young scholar at the London School of Economics (LSE), who represented the next generation of Sri Lankan political leaders, was found dead in his dorm room last week.

Two teachers who worked at the school at the centre of the Trojan Horse scandal have overturned their lifetime bans from the classroom.

An athlete from Leicestershire has claimed a new world record as the fastest person to complete an Ironman competition blindfolded.

His Holiness Pramukh Swami Maharaj, previous head of BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS), touched the lives of millions of people around the world. He taught that mandirs should be a hub for not only worship, but nurturing values and serving the...

The government must plan now to avoid a post-Brexit languages crisis, say a cross-party group of MPs and peers.

Beautiful photos of Navratri and Durga Puja in last week’s AV are fitting tribute to our cultural excellence and Hindu community’s contribution to our multi-faith, multi-cultural society. It seems Diwali, Navratri, Raksha Bandhan and Janmastami,...

News about a girl’s death while observing religious fast, and another news about offering 20 crores rupees worth of edible ghee as offering to deity, that flooded the street are crass display of blind faith. Devotees turn into insane mob by...