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Pakistan’s information minister, Marriyum Aurangzeb, harassed in London

Marriyum Aurangzeb, Pakistan’s information minister, was recently heckled at a café in London. She has blamed ex-prime minister Imran Khan’s “hate and divisive politics” as the reason behind the backlash against her. A video of the incident has gone viral on social media where a group of people, believed to be the supporters of Pakistan […]

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Miss London Anjali Sinha to compete in Miss England pageant in October

Image by Anjali Sinha/SWNS/WalesOnline 23-year-old Anjali Sinha from Middlesex has followed her mother’s footsteps to become a beauty pageant winner. The young woman was crowned Miss London in June this year after beating 11 other finalists and made headlines as she wore a recycled outfit worth less than £40. She will soon be competing in

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Stand-up comedian Paul Chowdhry to perform at Hackney Empire next month

Image source: hackneyempire.co.uk Following a complete sell-out 2021 tour, British-Asian stand-up comedian has added extra 2022 dates, allowing many more of his fans the opportunity to see him live at Hackney Empire. Chowdhry is a multi-award-winning stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. In August 2019, his record-breaking stand-up tour show, Live Innit, was released as an Amazon

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Britain’s Home secretary, Suella Braverman, wins Queen Elizabeth II Woman of the Year award

Image by UK Parliament Suella Braverman, Britain’s Indian-origin Home Secretary, has won the first Queen Elizabeth II Woman of the Year award at a ceremony in London. The 42-year-old barrister was born to Tamil mother Uma and Goan-origin father Christie Fernandes in London and was appointed to the cabinet earlier this month after Liz Truss

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Family music extravaganza in Bradford to raise funds towards Pakistan flood relief effort

Image source: Eventbrite A delightful evening of beautiful music, spoken word performance, and an array of street food and other stalls is set to take place at The Bradford Hotel on Saturday, 8 October from 6pm to 11pm. The purpose of the event is to raise funds for the Pakistan emergency floods relief effort and

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Turning tides and breaking barriers – an exclusive interview with Dr Poonam Gupta OBE

Image Source: Dr Poonam Gupta OBE Twitter account PG Paper Company is one of the leading paper suppliers in the country today with many local and previously unsought markets across the world – and behind its huge success is its founder, Dr Poonam Gupta OBE. The Scottish entrepreneur’s impressive journey is nothing short of fascinating,

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Woman pleads for help through crowdfunding for her husband’s treatment

Image source: gofundme.com A woman has been giving her best efforts to save her husband whose health has been rapidly declining since being diagnosed with brain tumour. Rohima Mughal’s husband Mohsin, 42, was diagnosed with a brain tumour, later identified as an inoperable grade 4 glioblastoma (GBM) in May this year, on the day of their

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London Mayor Sadiq Khan strongly condemns the ongoing unrest between Muslims and Hindus

Image by Sadiq Khan Twitter account As communal clashes escalate in Leicester with several reports of unrest and arrests in the last few weeks, London mayor Sadiq Khan has condemned the events and taken a firm stand against division. In a descriptive thread on Twitter posted on Wednesday, 21 September, the Mayor asserted that British

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Over 2,000 more South Asian women now volunteering in cricket as ECB’s Dream Big programme reaches landmark

Image by ecb.co.uk More than 2,000 women from South Asian backgrounds have taken up volunteer roles in cricket in just under four years, thanks to an England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) initiative which is making the sport more inclusive. Funded by Sport England and a central pillar of the ECB’s South Asian Action Plan, the

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Woman finds makeup products for only darker skin colours locked in a security box sparking racism debate

Image by MyLondon A woman who recently went to shop at a Tesco in London has called out the supermarket giant for \”racism\” and \”prejudice\”. The shopper found that darker shades of Garnier BB cream were kept locked boxes while the lighter shades were not and admitted that she felt uneasy when she discovered that

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