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  • Warsi raps Cameron, MCB

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    Baroness Sayeeda Warsi said Cameron is undermining the efforts to stem extremism and the MCB is not reflecting the views of the Brtiish Muslims…reports Asian Lite News Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, the former chairperson of the Conservative party, said Prime Minister David Cameron wrong to target British Muslims over radicalisation, the Guardian reported. She also criticised the…

  • Goodbye ‘Birmingham’, Hello ‘WMCA’

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    Finally the name is out! The Midland’s new combined authority have ended with the adoption of ‘West Midlands Combined Authority’….reports Asian Lite News   Other local authorities who will be joining the proposed new body include the Black Country, Solihull and Coventry. It is believed the WMCA name was favoured by some of the authorities…

  • The US Must Stop Enabling Israel

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    By Dr Alon Ben-Meir No one can deny the close, abiding, and unparalleled friendship between the United States and Israel. This tight bond has served both countries well, especially Israel, which has benefitted politically, economically, and militarily from the US’s unwavering support, helping Israel to become a powerhouse second to none in the Middle East.…

  • MR. MARLBORO’S MILLIONS

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    BY BIKRAM VOHRA Not sure if you have heard of Mokhtar Belmokhtar who was killed in a US airstrike a couple of days ago. He was on the run for the past seven years. After an Algerian court sentenced him to life in absentia he joined several fringe groups.  He became interested in jihad in…

  • AHLAN RAMADAN – Gallery

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    Muslims across the world begin Ramadan fasting yesterday. Asian Lite News capture a selection of images

  • Hillary seeks immigration reforms

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    Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton said here in a speech to a major Hispanic organisation that her commitment to immigration reform includes a path to citizenship for the undocumented…reports Asian Lite News Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton said here in a speech to a major Hispanic organisation that her commitment to immigration reform includes a…

  • CII Team Joins Jaitley Mission in the US

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    CII members join Jaitley in US visit….reports Asian Lite News A business delegation comprising senior members from Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) joined with Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who is on a 10 day visit to the US to foster bilateral ties. The industry body is exploring business opportunities with US-based firms. “The CII delegation to…

  • Cindy Lauds Indian Fashion

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    American supermodel Cindy Crawford visits India to promote Omega….reports Asian Lite News She created a stir with her Playboy magazine covers during initial days of her fashion career, and went on to be a supermodel. On her second visit to India, American celebrity Cindy Crawford, talked about the global visibility of Indian fashion and Bollywood;…

  • Big Ben sends SOS

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    Britain’s historic Parliament House needs immediate restoration work and it cost up to £5.7bn….reports Asian Lite News Major restoration of the Houses of Parliament without moving MPs and peers out would cost £5.7bn and take 32 years, a report said. The 150-year-old Grade I listed building is partly sinking, contains asbestos and has outdated cabling. But the work would…

  • Dhanush’s Maari ready for release on July 17

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    Dhanush and Kajal Aggarwal starrer Maari is written & directed by Balaji Mohan will be released on 17 July 2015. The film is produced by Listin Stephen and Raadhika Sarathkumar under the banner of Magic Frames and co produced by Dhanush himself under the banner Wunderbar Films. Anirudh Ravichander composed the film’s soundtrack and score while…

  • Bradford charity sets an example

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    Bradford-based charity QED (Quest for Economic Development) celebrates 25th years of excellent services to the communities this year. Asian Lite News look into their activities and talks to Mohammed Ali and Adeeba Malik who are spearheading the movement at one of the most deprived areas in the country….reports Asian Lite News Some people see things…

  • Captain Nemo’s Ganesha is for sale

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    One of the most famous cars in the tinsel world will go under the hammers on July 11th.  Captain Nemo’s six-wheeled Nautilus car from Sean Connery/Naseerudhin Shah adventure movie The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen will be sold by international auctioneers Coys at their Blenheim Palace auction on July 11th….reports Asian Lite News This vehicle nicknamed…

  • Tributes to Duke Of Wellington

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    The longest portrait in national portrait gallery– full 67 foot view of Duke of Wellington’s funeral goes on display for first time for Waterloo anniversary….reports Asian Lite News The National Portrait Gallery has displayed for the first time in its entirety the largest portrait in its Collection, a print showing the complete funeral procession of…

  • India lacks system to check Emergency

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    Forces that can crush democracy are stronger…I don’t have the confidence it (Emergency) cannot happen again: BJP leader LK Advani told Indian Express ahead of the 40th anniversary of the Emergency….reports Asian Lite News Veteran BJP leader Advani said India’s political system is still to come to terms with the Emergency and a similar suspension of…

  • Bolly flash mob rocks London

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    A group London-based dancers thrilled the Londoners with Bollywood flash mob…reports Asian Lite News Just like food is the spice of life, dance is the magic, which transcends cultures and brings together people in a way like never before. So whilst watching a dance reality show, a group of dancers, mainly students from the Shiamak…

  • What makes siblings so different

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    Ever wondered what makes siblings so different though they may share a lot of habits? A study finds that the answer lies in the parents’ beliefs about their children — and the comparisons they make may cause differences to be magnified. “Parents’ beliefs about their children, not just their actual parenting, may influence what their…

  • Correa’s inspiration in brick and mortar

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    By Rahul Vaishnavi & Quaid Najmi   In an otherwise crowded world of architects, two names that immediately stand out are Le Corbusier and Charles Correa. Corbusier’s legacy was an entire city – Chandigarh. Correa, who passed away in Mumbai on Tuesday evening aged 84, had that and more. Correa’s demise has left a void that…

  • Takeaways from US Fed projections

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    By Vatsal Srivastava   US Fed chief Janet Yellen was presented with yet another opportunity to prepare financial markets for a September interest rate hike. But Yellen sang in the same old dovish tune, repeatedly emphasising on the fact that market participants should not worry too much about when the monetary tightening will begin but…

  • Pranav & Ameet on Mission Middle East

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    Two prominent members of the British-Asian community visit Israel/West Bank as part of a delegation organised by Conservative Friends of Israel….reports Asian Lite News Community Activist and Lawyer Pranav Bhanot and Stanmore Councillor Ameet Jogia were among the delegates who were selected to participate in a diplomatic relations fact-finding tour of Israel and the West Bank.…

  • Dubai Links with London Tech

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    London Technology Week runs from 15-21 June at Shard in London. Hundreds of international companies and tens of thousands of visitors will come to London to take part in more than 200 events organised as part of London Technology Week….reports Asian Lite News Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO), Dubai’s integrated free zone technology park, and the…

  • Kashmir killings chills ex-militants

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    By Sheikh Qayoom  Panic stricken former militants and sympathizers of separatists have started migrating out of Kashmir’s Sopore town following the killings of former militants and active supporters of separatists by unidentified gunmen. So far, four former militants or active supporters of the separatist movement have been killed in Sopore town during the last six…

  • Expectations are Modi’s challenges

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    By Amit Dasgupta Prime Minister Narendra Modi has started his second year with a reasonably positive track record. He, however, faces four clear challenges that he needs to urgently address if he aspires for a second term. First, the biggest challenge he faces is with regard to the aspirations and expectations of domestic constituencies, business…

  • The ‘mysteries’ of new China

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    By Vikas Datta   Surreptitiously reading translations of Sherlock Holmes and other detective fiction as a student amid the Cultural Revolution’s turbulence, Chinese poet and academician Qiu Xiaolong had no idea that one day he would also be writing a series of ‘whodunit’ mysteries giving a view of his home city Shanghai as memorable yet gritty…

  • SOMETHINGS YOU SHOULD NEVER BE

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    BY BIKRAM VOHRA Whizzkid. Like a meteor you burn brightly and then you burn out. And the party is over. Besides everyone else lays traps for you. The boss. If you cannot be a leader. And that means doing it better than your team. Favourite son. It is wonderful to be the boss’s fav but…

  • What is spooking Indian equities?

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    By Rohit Vaid From an all-time high that was touched in the first week of March to the latest trading day, two key equity market indices have taken a beating of around 12 percent. This, at a time when India’s growth forecasts have been upgraded by a host of global financial institutions. On March 4,…

  • We are having a party, just don’t come on time

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    Many years ago I wrote an article about how people never used the RSVP and had no concept of time like if the card says 9.30 pm that does not mean you float in at half eleven. For days after that no one invited us anywhere…writes Bikram Vohra One of my favourite statements is about…

  • Prince Aditya crowned in Mumbai

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    Aditya Thackeray, the elder son of Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray, was virtually anointed the party’s crown prince….reports Quaid Najmi It was not just any political celebrity’s birthday bash. The gathering on Saturday in Matoshree – the traditional residence of the Thackerays, Maharashtra’s numero uno political family – conveyed a clear message of the growing…

  • Yasmin triggers new debate

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    Acclaimed columnist/author Yasmin Alibhai-Brown urged British-Asian communities to come out to expose the ‘sexual hyenas’ roaming amongst them….reports Asian Lite News Yasmin in an article titled ‘These are our daughters’ in the Huffington Post said “Asians must dig deep and recognise that there is something rotten in our cultures, deeper reasons why these men do…

  • Labour finalises London mayor candidates

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     Labour party names Sadiq Khan among six candidates to enter the fray to become the party nominee to contest London mayoral election on May 5, 2016….reports Asian Lite News The frontrunners are MPs Dame Tessa Jowell and Sadiq Khan. Others on the list are MPs David Lammy, Diane Abbott, Gareth Thomas and journalist Christian Wolmar.…

  • From US to Himalayas in search of ….

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    Karan Bajaj, the author of best selling The Seeker, says his journey from New York to Himalayas inspired the book…. Kavita Bajeli-Datt meets Karan  He left his cushy job as a top executive in a New York firm to search for that elusive answer about death and suffering. After a year-long sabbatical through a Buddhist retreat in the…

  • Diabetes Sweeps India

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    Diabetes is sweeping India, enveloping entire generations, ignoring age and setting new global records, as it trebled over the past two decades. In 1995, India had 19.4 million diabetics. But now it is 66.8 million. That makes India, home to 17 percent of the world’s population, also home to 17 percent of the world’s diabetics…. writes Charu…

  • Queen honours Henry, Harry & Munir

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    Actor/charity fund raise Lenny Henry, Professor Harshad Kumar Dharamshi, Professor Munir Hussein Pirmohamed were among honoured in the Queen’s 2015 birthday honours list…reports Asian Lite News In total, 1,163 people are recognised in the 2015 birthday honours, ranging in age from 103-year-old Dr William Frankland, a pioneer in allergy research who receives an MBE, to…

  • Filmi fashionistas on prowl !

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    THE GQ Magazine annual Best Dressed Men event is an important day for Mumbai, the commercial capital of India and the base of Bollywood. Filmi heroes and heroines show their best item in their wardrobe to a battalion of photographers. Asian Lite News capture some of them

  • Asian Business’ Bag Laurels

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    England’s leading Asian businesses were honoured at the fourth annual English Asian Business Awards at Mercure in Manchester….reports Asian Lite News. The classy black tie event acknowledged and celebrated the accomplishments, determination and hard work of professionals and organisations from the Asian business community across England The 2015 English Asian Business Awards presented by Lloyds Banking Group…

  • Moral for Modi in Erdogan’s reversal

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    By Saeed Naqvi  A reduced Tayyip Erdogan will hurt Turkish pride although the pain, as in some forms of sprain, will be a delayed effect. The Turkish election results will also alter the West Asian political dynamics because the Muslim Brotherhood, whose banner Erdogan had begun to flutter to reinforce his regional moves, will now…

  • From Dracula to Saruman

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    By Ankit Sinha   From my earliest childhood memories, one image which remains etched deep within my subconscious is that of the foreboding aura of Dracula. The feared vampire of Bram Stoker’s eponymous novel was brought alive on screen in 1958 by the legendary Christopher Lee – an actor who defined the horror genre in cinema.…

  • The perils of a Kashmiri living outside Kashmir

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    These people view every Kashmiri as an anti-Indian, and call them names. And countered with the other side of the Kashmir story, they call it a propaganda of separatists, a hoax and fraud by Pakistan and its acolytes. There are quite a few of this kind.    By Aadil Mir  As a young journalist working…

  • Modi can transform education in India

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    By Amit Dasgupta  The front page news that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has personally directed that the feasibility of foreign universities entering the education space in India be urgently examined has come as good news for the higher education sector, which is currently reeling under burgeoning demand, limited supply and the mushrooming of poor quality…

  • African leaders urged to stem migration

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    African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma urged African leaders to do everything they can to stop the migrant crisis as a new wave of African migration to Europe has made international headlines. Failure to do so would risk reversing the gains the continent has made in the past decade, Dlamini-Zuma said at the 25th…

  • EU thaws ties with Latin America

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    European Commission (EC) president Jean-Claude Juncker, the European Council chief Donald Tusk and Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa concluded a “fruitfull” summit that brought together the leaders the European Union and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac), Efe news agency reported. Correa, whose country chairs the pro-tempore presidency of Celac for this year,…

  • DRACULA IS DEAD;Lee dies at 93

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    Legendary Hollywood Star Sir Christopher Lee, who scared the world by playing Dracula in 60s died at 93… reports Asian Lite leading newspaper among British Asians. Legendary Hollywood Star Sir Christopher Lee, who scared the world by playing Dracula in 60s died at 93. The 1958 film, ‘Dracula Has Risen From The Grave’ made him…

  • One Direction sends Alton Towers victim ‘get well ‘ msg

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    Alton Towers crash victim, is a huge fan of One Direction band who will receive backstage tickets to meet them… reports Asian Lite leading newspaper in UK.   Victim Leah Washington is reported being sent a personal video message from One Direction wishing her well in her recovery. The band will also be giving her backstage passes…

  • Leicester to host Bands in the Parks 2015

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    MUSIC will fill the air at Leicester city parks this Summer, beginning Sunday June 14 as part of a popular annual event… reports Asian Lite,  popular newspaper among British Asians. Bands in the Parks, which is now in it’s 19th year, sees local brass bands take turns to perform traditional music along with some modern…

  • LITTLE GURKHA, JOANNA LUMLEY FIGHT CANCER

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    A Gurkha sergeant, whose four year old son is facing his third bone marrow transplant, is calling on fellow Gurkhas and South Asian people to join the Anthony Nolan bone marrow register to give his ‘little soldier’ Shreenik a fighting chance… reports Asian Lite leading newspaper among British Asians. Actress Joanna Lumley, keen campaigner for…

  • Summer Sales Begin

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    The chancellor rush to sell the state assets rekindled the memories of former Conservative majority governments. Political pundits say the summer sale is just on and more to come…reports Kaliph Anaz Chancellor George Osborne announced the sale of 80% stake in the Royal Bank of Scotland in his annual Mansion House speech in London. This…

  • Labour Urged to Learn Lessons

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    It is wrong to think of the BAME vote as a block homogeneous group and Labour needs to be sophisticated and specific in its response to different communities. Labour mustn’t take Black and Asian voters for granted….writes  Virendra Sharma, MP for Ealing Southall The lessons for the Labour Party from the 2015 general election are…

  • Why Screening is bad for Men?

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    Human beings are not cars. Plugging ourselves into a machine and running a few tests “just in case” can cause more harm than good….writes Dr Kailash Chand,  deputy chair of the British Medical Association (BMA) Identifying illnesses before they happen or at an earlier stage of their progression must be good – and that screening for,…

  • The necessity of Iraqi Sunni independence

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    The Sunni Iraqis do not view Iran’s involvement as transient, and learning from their past experience, they will under no circumstances surrender their future to the whims of Tehran, which they consider a staunch enemy. Dr Alon Ben-Meir writes on the necessity of Iraqi Sunni independence that is is needed in Britain’s leading Asian newspaper…

  • London Glitterati Support Indian Charity

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    The creamy layer of London’s elite British Asians arrive at St James’ Court, a Taj Hotel, to celebrate Indian Art Week in partnership with charity Arts For India….reports Asian Lite News Several new generation artists showcase their work at an auction event organised to raise funds for underprivileged art students studying at the Institute of…

  • Falcon Hearing the Falconer

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    Dr Zubair Medammal is the first Indian to get research degree  in the study of falcons. The enthusiastic falconologist from south Indian state of Kerala has not only established himself in the trade and done research on the subject but has also shot a documentary on the rare species of bird in the Middle East…reports…