Image by Blackburn Rovers English football club Blackburn Rovers once again welcomed Muslim fans at Ewood park to observe Maghrib Salaah (one of the five daily prayers in the Islamic faith) during their Carabao Cup fixture against Hartlepool earlier this month, according to reports. Season ticket holder Hafiz Zayd lead the prayers at 8:55pm, just […]
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– Image courtesy: Broadway World UK Sumit Naganath has joined Soho Theatre as its first Mumbai-based Comedy Producer, part of our ongoing work in bringing the best Indian comedy to the UK and the best UK comedy to India, in partnership with Mumbai arts organisation G5A Foundation for Contemporary Culture. At forefront of the burgeoning comedy scene
– Image by Mark Thomas/Rex/Shutterstock The poorest Londoners should get ‘essential’ energy costs covered by energy firms or the Government, Sadiq Khan has said – as he warns that the cost of living crisis is hitting London particularly hard, according to a MyLondon report. It comes as a new report from City Hall finds that inflation
– HH Pujya Muniji and Sadhvi Bhagawati with Barry Gardiner Last weekend, two of India’s prominent spiritual leaders held an event for devotees in the UK, where they discussed the “secrets of happiness”. His Holiness Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswati, also known as Pujya Muniji, is the head of the Parmath Niketan in Rishikesh, north India; while
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Image by GMP A 44-year-old man who performed vile sex act at a bus stop in front of a minor has been jailed for two years. The incident, which took place at Wood Lane, Partington in the Greater Manchester borough of Trafford, saw the married man approach the 16-year-old at the bus stop in April
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Illustration by Ellie Foreman-Peck A majority in the cheering crowd were categorical that Sunak’s Indian heritage and ethnic minority background had no part to play in the contest to succeed Boris Johnson as the Conservative Party leader and British Prime Minister. “This country is not racist. For Rishi to reach this stage, it proves that
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Jagtar Singh Johal was arrested in Punjab, India 5 years ago Britain’s intelligence agencies are accused of tipping off Indian authorities about a British Sikh man now being held in an Indian prison on terrorism charges and conspiracy to murder. Jagtar Singh Johal, a 35-year-old British national from Dumbarton in Scotland, was arrested while in Punjab
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Image by BBC The Delhi High Court on Monday sought the Union government’s stand on a plea filed by UK-based anthropologist Filippo Osella challenging his deportation from Kerala in March this year. Osella, a scholar who has published books about Kerala, had arrived in Thiruvananthapuram to attend a conference on March 24. But he was
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A mural depicting Conservative party leader hopefuls Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss in Northern Ireland (Image by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images) Rishi Sunak’s team on Monday launched a renewed attack on his Conservative Party leadership contest rival, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, for pushing through “magic money tree” promises to address the cost-of-living crisis faced by the British public.
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Image courtesy: Muzz YouTube channel From 18 July to 17 August, tech giant Apple’s app store celebrated South Asian Heritage Month by highlighting a range of brilliant apps ideated and designed by British South Asian creators. From menopause-support app to children’s educational platforms, check out some of these unique and pioneering apps and games, all
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