Renowned Islamic scholar Mufti Menk visited a Blackburn mosque on Friday, 26 August to lead the Friday prayers. The Zimbabwe-based Mufti, who is considered to be one of the foremost religious Islamic scholars on the planet, was at the Masjid e Saliheen, off Burnley Road and was welcomed by members of the Saliheen Scouts with […]
For the last five years, members of a family have been putting in a lot of effort and hard work to clean up their town by picking up litter. 38-year-old Salehuddin Taluqdar, his daughter and son have been regularly cleaning the Coldhurst and surrounding areas including Westwood since 2017. The man also helps in cleaning
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Image by The Witness YouTube Channel A surprise family party to celebrate his 70th birthday sparked the idea of a memoir in which UK-based Ram Gidoomal charts his journey from being an Indian migrant to a successful entrepreneur “My Silk Road: The Adventures and Struggles of a British Asian Refugee” has been published by Pippa
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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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