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  • Jaya Row discourse in London

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    On  Friday 05 June 2015 at 06:30 pm Londoners will listen to one of the internationally renowned speakers on Indian philosophy Jaya Row at the Nehru Centre, reports Asian Lite , a leading and popular newspaper among British Asians in UK. Jaya row who is one of the most articulate and effective speakers on Vedanta, Indian…

  • Autmn start likely for Midlands Metro

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    Officials indicate that trams are on track and they will be running through Birmingham City Centre in the autumn, reports Asian Lite, popular UK paper among British Asians. Midlands Metro Trams are likely to lead to the creation of 1,500 city centre jobs and benefit the regional economy by £50 million a year. Testing runs on…

  • Osborne boosts Birmingham biz growth

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    Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has used his recent visit to Birmingham to announce an extension to the city’s 168-acre city centre Enterprise Zone, reports Asian Lite leading UK newspaper popular among British Asians. The Chancellor has extended the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership’s (GBSLEP) Birmingham city centre Enterprise Zone to cover…

  • Oncologists say statins cut cancer deaths

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    The annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago presented a study stating that across all forms of cancer, patients taking statins were 20 per cent less likely to die, reports Asian Lite, UK’s popular newspaper for British Asians. Reports indicate that in the UK, health experts believe that taking statins  saves…

  • Roadblocks remain in resolving Iran n-issue

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    By Aadil Mir   As the June 30 deadline to resolve the contentious Iran nuclear issue between Tehran and six world powers nears, there still remain several roadblocks which could hamper the progress made so far. The insistence by the five veto-wielding members of the UN Security Council and Germany for inspecting Iran’s military sites and…

  • BCCI a superpower with feudal mindset

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    By Veturi Srivatsa  The Indian cricket board is bothered about its image more than the development of the sport or the promotion of players. It wants to project itself as a modern cricket power with a feudal mindset. If the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) thinks it is modern and a superpower,…

  • Stage set for MCR Day parade

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    The city of Manchester is gearing up to celebrate Manchester Day which is taking place on Sunday June 14. This year’s theme, ‘Game On!,’ will transform the city into an animated playground of music, outdoor theatre and procession in celebration, leisure, play and Manchester’s place  in the global gaming world, reports Asian Lite , UK’s popular newspaper…

  • Corrie star Sair supports textiles sector

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    Textiles Teashops are to spring up around Greater Manchester throughout the summer in a new drive to attract textile workers back into the industry. The campaign, launched by Coronation Street stars Jennie McAlpine and Sair Khan, aims to promote the sectors fantastic careers opportunities…reports Asian Lite The opportunities include sewing machinists, weavers, cutters, textiles operatives…

  • TASWEEK eyeing India’s ‘smart cities’

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    Dubai based TASWEEK Real Estate Development and Marketing, has announced that it is exploring the possibility of engaging in ‘smart city’ projects in India in collaboration with local partner MAMS Holdings Group, reports Asian Lite  one of the leading newspapers in UK read by British Asians. This is in support of Indian Prime Minister Narendra…

  • Qatar Airways plans route to USA

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    Qatar Airways, the Global Launch Customer of the A350 XWB, has announced that Philadelphia will be the first destination served with the world’s newest aircraft from 1st January 2016, reports Asian Lite, a leading newspaper in UK for British Asians. It will fly to the USA using the state-of-the-art aircraft. The airlines plans to begin operating an…

  • Solicitor jailed for duping elderly clients

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    A senior solicitor in Manchester has been jailed for four years for duping 13 elderly clients by misusing the Power of Attorney…reports Asian lite, best newspaper for British Asians A solicitor has been convicted of defrauding his clients of more than £600,000. Andrew Taylor, 58 years, from Cheadle, Stockport, appeared at Minshull Street Crown Court and he was sentenced…

  • Criminals to pay legal costs in the UK

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    Britain has amended rules to make criminals, rather than taxpayers, to pay their legal bills…reports Asian Lite, Best newspaper for British Asians Legal Aid Minister Shailesh Vara said the new measures have been created by changes through the Crime and Courts Act 2013 and then enabled by a statutory instrument updating the relevant legal aid…

  • Death of a Decent Man

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    British Muslims join other communities and politicians to mourn the death of polite and gentle Charles Kennedy, the first Leader to oppose the Iraq War. He was the man behind the Lib Dem success in the 2010 elections after winning by-election after by-election during the Blair-Brown era Former Liberal Democrat Party leader Charles Kennedy has…

  • London Mayor Favours Brexit

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     London Mayor Boris Johnson said there is a “glorious” future for Britain outside the 28-nation trading bloc. He is indicating the new emerging economic super powers India and China…writes Asian lite, Best newspaper for British Asians London Mayor Boris Johnson took a tough stand on EU and signalled he may lead the ‘No’ campaign in…

  • Cheshire to host UK’s biggest racing series

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    Cheshire’s  Oulton Park will host the 2015 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship on 6 & 7 the June….reports Asian Lite, Best newspaper for British Asians The 2015 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship is heading to the north west this weekend (6/7 June) for rounds 10, 11 and 12 at Oulton Park in Cheshire. The…

  • Join Chandni & Solmaz to dance

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    Manchester is gearing up a spectacular street dance performance. Boy Blue Entertainment is seeking dancers to join Chandni Patel (24) and Solmaz Rohani (33) from Salford and one hundred other dancers in a mass-participation ‘street dance’ as part of the Mini Burblefinale on Saturday 18 July at MediaCityUK…reports Asian Lite, Best newspaper for British Asians…

  • Cobra to Combat Skilled Chef Shortage

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    Cobra Beer of Lord Bilimoria is launching a nationwide campaign to allow chefs from 7000 restaurants to share their skills with one another in an effort to combat the increasing shortage of skilled chefs. This initiative will be launched on Monday 15th June at the Cinnamon Kitchen in London, reports Asian Lite best newspaper for British…

  • Cameron firm on HS2, Northern Powerhouse

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    Patrick McLoughlin, the Transport Secretary, said the general election result was a massive vote of confidence in favour of HS2. The government will “not waste a moment” on working with regional leaders to create a Northern Powerhouse of jobs, prosperity, bright futures and closing the gap between south and north…reports Asian Lite, Best newspaper for…

  • ‘Intrinsic Beauty’ at Birmingham

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    Sulakshana Monga, India’s most celebrated Couture Designer, unveils her “Intrinsic Beauty” collection at Birmingham Stalwart of India’s high fashion landscape, celebrated couture designer, Sulakshana Monga, unveiled her Autumn/ Winter 2015 collection from her sought after label, Soltee by Sulakshana Monga at Edgbaston Stadium, the County Ground, Edgbaston, Birmingham. Sulakshana Monga presented the collection for the…

  • Uncertainty clouds RBI rate hikes

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    Biswajit Choudhury writes in UK’s largest Asian newspaper Asian Lite about the uncertainty of rate hike by RBI As the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) prepares for its bi-monthly monetary policy update here, uncertainty remains over Governor Raghuram Rajan cutting interest rates, despite requests to do so from stakeholders — right from the government to…

  • Who Is Snatching Our Rights?

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    The ruling Conservative Party in Britain is planning to pull out of the convention as part of plans to replace the Human Rights Act, passed by Tony Blair, with a British Bill of Rights. The move was dropped at the last moment as thousands joined the campaign against repealing it. Prime Minister David Cameron tactically…

  • Yes Mr Patel…The Diaspora in Fiction

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    Politicians, business magnates, sports stars – the Indian diaspora has done well for itself in its new homes around the world and, on a literary basis, crossed another test of acceptance with their depiction in fiction as regular, non-stereotypical characters. From police inspectors to businessmen to cooks in nearly half a dozen countries across four…

  • ASIAN FASHION – New Trends

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    India andd China are setting new trends in Asian fashion. Former Misss World charmed the Cannes venues while students in China experimenting with new designs. Here is a gallery to showcase the trends

  • World No Tobacco Day- The Kick of Hukkah

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    Rupesh Dutta looks in to the tobacco addiction in India – a country with a huge number of youngsters. Asian Lite features this article to mark May 31 – the World No Tobacco Day Recent studies show that in India the percentage of students who initiate hukkah smoking before 10 years of age has increased from 26…

  • Shishas 100 times dangerous than cigarettes

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    May 31 is World No Tobacco Day.  Asian Lite looks into the new trends in the market. More and more youngsters are using Shishas (also called hookah, narghile, waterpipe, or hubble bubble smoking) thinking they are harmless than cigarettes. The average shisha-smoking session lasts an hour and research has shown that in this time you…

  • Tech Talk – Honor 4C handset

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    Anirban Ghoshal analyses Honor 4C handset -Higher RAM, better camera. Asian Lite, best newspaper for the Asian diaspora, reviews latest brands appearing in the market  Huawei’s e-brand Honor has launched its second lot of devices – Honor 4C, Honor Bee and a powerbank. Here we take a close look at its mobile handset Honor 4C . Design and…

  • Heatwave hits more Indian states

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    Heatwave continued unabated in many parts of India on Saturday while showers brought some respite to Andhra Pradsh and Telangana, where nearly 2,000 people have died in last two weeks. There was no relief from the heatwave in Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra and other states. Neither was there any relief from the heatwave sweeping parts of Vidarbha…

  • Regional cuisines come to the fore

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    Global cuisine is only touching the tip. Increasingly, you’ll be seeing more and more of regional cuisines from specific regions of countries like China and France… India’s ace Chef Sanjay Thomas talks to Vishnu Makhijani  Regional cuisines and Indian fusion dishes will be the flavour of the coming year, as will the effort to wean…

  • France Launches Green Revolution

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    The French lower house of parliament approved a ‘Royal’ bill, pushed patiently but vigorously by France’s Ecology Minister Segolene Royal. The bill, called ‘the energy transition for green growth Act’, passed by 308 votes for and 217 against, heralds the beginning of the French ecological revolution. The first step is banning all plastic bags….writes Rajendra…

  • INTL. Students add £2.3 bn to UK coffers

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      International students are a boon to the UK economy, reveals a new report from London First and PwC.  The research shows that international students in London bring a net benefit of £2.3 billion to the UK economy…reports Asian Lite, Best Newspaper for Asian Diaspora They support nearly 70,000 jobs in London because of the…

  • One Year of Modi Sarkar

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    Amit Kapoor & Sankalp Sharma  assessing one-year’s performance of the Modi government for Asian lite, best newspaper for the Asian Diaspora The Narendra Modi Modi government, which completed a year in office on May 26, had won last year’s general elections on the plank of development and its promise to bring in ‘Acche Din’. Here…

  • Poland welcomes ‘Piku’

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    By Surender Bhutani   The worldwide success of Shoojit Sircar’s “Piku” now has Poland within its ambit. The film is a runaway success in this Polish capital since its May 20 joint released by Yashraj Films and Anuj Sharma’s Images & Worlds. It will soon be screened in other major Polish cities like Krakow, Lodz, Lublin,…

  • Modi puts India on right track

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    After a period of policy paralysis, India is again open for foreign business – and it is reaping encouraging results…writes Vijay Goel, chairman of the Asian Business Association of the London Chamber of Commerce Business people generally welcomed the result, the democratically-minded everywhere applauded the process, but what is the reality one year on from…

  • A new French revolution begins

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    By Rajendra Shende  In month of May in 1789, the simmering debate between the bourgeoisie and the aristocracy on the proposed royal reforms sparked the French revolution. It quickly spilled all over the country. The ‘commons’ or so called ‘Third Estate’ started holding their own assembly. Within a space of six months, by December, prison…

  • Why no due credit for Manmohan from Congress

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    Amulya Ganguli writes in Britain’s leading Asian newspaper, Asian Lite on the lack of credit due for the former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh from his won party. The Narendra Modi government’s chief economic advisor, Arvind Subramanian, has said that the rate of poverty reduction from 2005-06 to 2011-12 was the fastest in the country’s history.…

  • Economist Snubs Modi

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    In a cover story, the Economist said Modi’s one year in government is dotted with many hits and misses…reports Asian Lite, Best newspaper for British Asians  The weekly newspaper also concerned about the concentration of too much power in one person. “Mr Modi acts as if a lot of small improvements add up to transformative…

  • Leicester to improve children lives

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    Leicester will be the second UK city to host Life Study to improve lives of UK children, reports Asian Lite, best newspaper for British Asians. Life Study, a unique research study designed to understand and improve the lives of UK children and their families, has announced its partnership with Leicester’s Hospitals which will host the…

  • Win tickets to attend IIFA in Malaysia

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    Colors offering UK viewers a chance to win ticket to this year’s International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards. In a celebration of the awards ceremony moving to Colors for the first time, it will be giving away three pairs of tickets. Not only that, viewers will be flown over to Malaysia, where this year’s event…

  • 1933 ROLLS-ROYCE on sale at £90,000

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    Indian prince, Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji who played cricket for England and first commissioned the car Windovers-bodied 1933 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Sedanca De Ville will be on sale. The sale will take place on Saturday, 20 June 2015 at the Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts’ Club Annual Concours & Rally, Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, reports Asian Lite, best newspaper…

  • REVIEW: ‘Welcome 2 Karachi’

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    ‘Welcome 2 Karachi’ – troublesome two-some in the Bollywood remake of Dumb and Dumber. Troy Ribeiro reviews the movie for sian Lite, britain’s best newspaper for British Asians. Rating:  ** Film: “Welcome 2 Karachi”; Cast: Arshad Warsi, Jackky Bhagnani, Lauren Gottlieb, Dalip Tahil and Ayub Khosa; Director: Ashish R. Mohan; Rating: ** “Welcome 2 Karachi” aka welcome to…

  • Taylors run for a cause

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    A British-Asian from Oldham, Greater Manchester, raised £155 at the MCR 10k this year for the Christie cancer hospital. While his daughter Dr Nita Taylor and her husband Dr Arif Rahaman raised over £500 for dialysis unit at Dewsbury Hospital Yorkshire, reports Asian Lite , best newspaper for British Asians.  Manhar Taylor, father of 3…

  • Housing registrations are rising

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    A number of new homes registered across the UK continue to outperform 2014 levels, reports Asian Lite best newspaper for British Asian families. According to NHBC report, for the rolling quarter (February – April), registrations increased by 20% compared to the same period last year (41,307 in 2015; 34,451 in 2014). This follows the strong…

  • Aid poorest people first, says ONE

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      A focus on girls and women is crucial, both to address the additional deprivation they face and because smart investments in women are more effective at lifting communities out of poverty….charity One said on the report The global drive to end extreme poverty will not succeed without a shift in focus to the very poorest.…

  • Shakespeare Congress in London

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      Based on the theme ‘Creating and Re-Creating Shakespeare’, The International Shakespeare Association is all geared up to host at Stratford-upon-Avon and London for its Tenth World Shakespeare Congress to be held during the summer of 2016 between 31July -6August… reports Asian Lite, best newspaper for British Asians The 2016 World Shakespeare Congress – four…

  • India can’t do without coal

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    Amit Bhandari writes in Asian Lite, Britain’s leading Asian newspaper on India’s addiction with coal.  Coal generates over 75 percent of India’s electricity and is among the cheapest energy sources available. Its main advantage over other feasible alternatives is that it is largely immune to interference from nature — quakes, floods, droughts-economic vagaries and artificial accidents. India…

  • The undernet takes children away

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    The internet is a force for good and we must never blame the technology for the human beings who abuse it. It is the undernet that I am wary of. The private places where pain and harm are delivered in the guise of communication. We have to challenge the narrative of jihadism. We must encourage…

  • Uni Honours Lord Swraj Paul

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       The University of Wolverhampton to name the new business building after Lord Paul The University of Wolverhampton’s new business school development is to be named the Lord Swraj Paul Building. The £18 million project is a six-storey facility located in Molineux Street, Wolverhampton and will provide teaching and social learning space for The University…

  • RAHUL ROCKS KERALA

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    He may be snubbed as the Crown Prince of Congress. But now the bearded Crown Prince of Congress is a Warrior Prince after the meditation session in Thailand. The Congress leader is garnering support where ever he go. In Kerala he visited a fisherman village to get a first-hand experience of the common man. He…

  • Prof. Sen Defends Marxism

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    Nobel Prize winning economist Amartya Sen delivered a passionate defence of the importance of free thought, in Hay’s annual lecture in honour of the festival’s former president Eric Hobsbawm. Challenged by a questioner who asked him how he could respect a philosophy whose practitioners had created the Gulag and the Cultural Revolution, Sen said ideas need…

  • NEWS N PICS: Paper Pandas Roar

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    Latest news pictures from across the world. Visit Asian Lite, Best Newspaper for Britisih Asians, for latest news, views and news pictures