Image by PA Well-wishers have raised more than £10,000 in memory of a popular Tesco worker in Blackburn. Hasina Karolia was just 52 when she died of cancer in November last year. She had worked at the Tesco store on Hill Street for 31 years. Hasina who worked on the checkout and on the shop […]
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Image by Sikh Federation UK Following increasing evidence of the Indian government\’s targeting of Sikh activists outside India through transnational repression a number of formal complaints were made to the UN Human Rights Council. We helped lodge the first compliant by Sikh organisations in Europe on 12 October 2023 after the Canadian Prime Minister publicly
Image by MCB/PA Wire Zara Mohammed (pictured above), outgoing leader of the UK’s largest Muslim umbrella organisation says, young British Muslims are worried about the influence of Elon Musk and whether the Donald Trump presidency in the US might see Islamophobia “emboldened”. In her final days as secretary-general of the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), Mohammed, the first woman
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Image by Eastern Eye There is a strong belief in India’s democratic values and growth story in the UK, the speaker of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Indian parliament, said in London during a visit last week. Addressing a community gathering at the High Commission of India in London last Wednesday evening, Om
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Image by Asian Express The keys to 250 houses, constructed for the flood-affected families of Balochistan in Pakistan, have officially been handed over during a heartfelt ceremony at the Chief Minister’s House in Quetta. The event was graced by the presence of Chief Minister Balochistan, Mir Sarfraz Bugti, alongside Chairman KORT, Choudhary Mohammed Akhtar. Other
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Image by Henry Lisowski Tens of thousands of naked Hindu ascetics and millions of pilgrims took dips in freezing water at the confluence of sacred rivers in northern India on Tuesday, in the first of a series of major baths in the Maha Kumbh festival, the largest religious congregation on Earth. Holding tridents, swords, spears
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Image by David Levene The curtain-raiser launching ‘Bradford 2025’ will welcome at its fully booked-out outdoor theatrical event ‘RISE’ in City Park on 10th and 11th January, with world-renowned Bradford-born magician Steven Frayne (formerly known as Dynamo) as its creative lead. Audiences for RISE will be greeted with a festival atmosphere as City Park is
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Image by Henry Lisowski A fresh motion is set to go to Bolton Council calling for \”urgent and meaningful action\” on the crisis in Gaza. The motion is set to be put by the Green Party’s Cllr Hanif Alli, of Halliwell, and calls on Bolton Council to urge the government to call for an immediate ceasefire
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Image by BBC Scotland After nearly a decade of deadlock and wrangling over drug laws the centre is finally ready to open. The clinic welcomed its first clients today who will come in to inject illegally-bought heroin or cocaine under medical supervision. The Thistle is based in Glasgow\’s east end, where there is a high
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Image by Bloomberg Authorities have confirmed that at least six people have died and 35 were injured in a stampede near the Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple in India\’s southern state of Andhra Pradesh. The incident occurred as thousands of devotees rushed to secure free passes to visit the temple, popularly known as Tirupati. The period
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