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Indian Congress says millions was frozen ahead of the recent elections

Image by Altaf Hussain/Reuters The Indian National Congress party says its bank accounts with 2.1 billion rupees ($25.3m) in deposits have been frozen by the Income Tax Department months before the national election. The main opposition party on Friday called the action “a deep assault on India’s democracy”, adding that an income tax tribunal has […]

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Pakistani cricketer has his contract terminated

Image by Samuel Rajkumar/Reuters Haris Rauf (pictured above) has had his contract terminated by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) as he refused to join the Test team for the tour of Australia, which coincided with his stint at Australia’s Big Bash League (BBL). In a statement released yesterday the PCB said: “Haris’ central contract has

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Organisers look to empower women through wrestling classes

Image by Nq/Zee\’s Defence Academy Thirty six participants joined a qualified coach at Bangor Street Community Centre in Blackburn for the ‘Empowering women through Sunnah Sport Wrestling’ classes.  These free sessions aim to give women an opportunity to find out more about the sport as well as gain self-defence skills.  This event was made possible

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MP says there should be a memorial for Muslim soldiers

Image by PA MP Sajid Javid (pictured above) has called for a memorial to honour Muslims who served with Britain and its allies during the two World Wars. The World Wars Muslim Memorial Trust, registered in 2016, seeks to honour those Muslim soldiers from the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East and North Africa who were

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Medical student given a full scholarship to study at UCLan

Image by UCLan Sumayyah Atcha (pictured above), 18, a first year University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) student is one of two inductees of UCLan’s Livesey Scholarship, which aims to get more people from under-represented backgrounds into university. The former Bolton Muslim Girls School said the surgeons who intricately operated on her sister Sharifa’s spina bifida

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The UK’s smartest teen calls for more support for the gifted

Image by SWNS Seventeen year old Mahnoor Cheema (pictured above), said to be the smartest teenager in Britain with an IQ of 161, is appealing for better support for gifted youngsters. The Slough prodigy, who is taking 28 A-Levels and achieved 34 A*s in her GCSEs argues that teachers struggle to accommodate her due to

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Protesters in Pakistan block highways in protest of election results

Image by Abdul Majeed/ AFP Thousands of protesters blocked highways and started a daylong strike to demonstrate against the results of last week’s general election in Pakistan. The demonstrations yesterday follow the announcement of the final results from the February 8th vote, with tensions high amid claims of vote rigging and tampering, and intense uncertainty over

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Rishi Sunak refuses to apologies for transgender jibe

Rishi Sunak still refuses to apologise to the family of Brianna Ghey after making a Trans joke while the murdered transgender teenager’s mother was visiting parliament. The Prime Minister said it is “wrong” to suggest he joked about Trans people when he made a “how to define a woman” jibe at Sir Keir Starmer while calling it “sad”

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