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Indian Paralympic team makes history

  India’s para-athletes recently delivered a stellar performance at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, marking a new chapter in the nation’s sporting history. Walking away with 29 medals in total, including seven gold, nine silver, and 13 bronze, India secured 18th place among the participating nations.  This achievement reflects the progress and determination of the […]

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Asda workers to commence equal pay demonstrations

Image by Chris Radburn/PA Workers from supermarket giant Asda will stage demonstrations on Monday to mark the start of an equal pay claim. The GMB said the case involves more than 60,000 workers, calling it the biggest ever in the private sector. Workers will demonstrate outside the TUC Congress in Brighton and in Manchester where the

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Former England captain to retire from international cricket

Image by Gareth Copley/Getty Images England all-rounder Moeen Ali (pictured above) announced in an interview published over the weekend that he is retiring from international cricket at age 37. The Birmingham-born left-handed batter and right-arm spinner has played in 68 tests, 138 One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and 92 Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) for England since 2014, with

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Asian wedding DJ Roadshow announces UK tour

Image by Rifco Theatre Company After a successful Edinburgh Fringe run, Rifco Theatre\’s resident DJ-duo \’Pali & Jay\’ are hitting the road on a UK tour and are inviting audiences to behind the scenes of a desi-disco party with Pali and Jay\’s Ultimate Asian Wedding DJ Roadshow. The show will be hitting UK stages from 19th September

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Innovative Restaurant Owner Jilal Uddin Wins Episode 7 of prestigious competition

Image by 3 Doors Indian Restaurant Jilal Uddin, the visionary owner of 3 Rooms Indian Restaurant, has been declared the winner of Episode 7 of the prestigious Restaurant Talent Show Awards. The episode, titled \”Competing with Online Companies,\” aired on September 3rd, 2024, showcasing Uddin’s impressive journey and strategic innovations in the restaurant industry. Jilal

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Former Burnley U19 defender joins Coppull United

Image by Nq/Rahman Muhammad Abdur Rahman has joined Coppull United as he looks to rebuild his career following health setbacks in the past year. Coppull play in West Lancashire league Premier division and Rahman said he was delighted to be playing again. A health setback in February 2023 sidelined him for a significant twelve months,

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Kahani welcomes the cast & crew of Bollywood blockbuster

Image by Kahani Kahani Indian Street Food Restaurant, the award-winning restaurant, recently hosted the cast & crew of a major Bollywood production in their Edinburgh branch. Son of Sardaar 2, the highly anticipated sequel to the 2017 blockbuster, recently wrapped filming some scenes in Edinburgh. To celebrate the successful shoot, the team held an after-shoot

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Four children arrested on suspicion of murdering 80-year-old Bhim Kohli

Image by Grace Cary Four of five children who have been arrested on suspicion of murdering an 80-year-old man, named by police as Bhim Kohli, have been released without further action.  A murder investigation was launched after the elderly man passed away in hospital from injuries sustained during a “serious” assault in Franklin Park in

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Retrieval of stranded astronauts delayed until 2025

Image by SOPA Images Two NASA astronauts stuck in space for over two months will return to Earth in February 2025 with SpaceX.  Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore travelled to the International Space Station (ISS) two months ago on a Boeing Starliner spacecraft that NASA has said would return to Earth “uncrewed.”  The duo departed

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