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  • White supremacist attack Asian dentist

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    An Asian dentist who had gone to Tesco to buy his lunch was attacked by a white supremacist shouted ‘this is for Lee Rigby’ as he brandished a machete and started hacking him, a court has heard. Zack Davies, 26, told police he had singled out Dr Sarandev Bhambra because of his skin colour, yelling ‘white…

  • Small firms back PM’s bid to reform EU

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    Britain’s biggest business organisations will today urge David Cameron to secure EU reform. Mr Cameron rejected Tory calls to publish his demands for reform as he prepares to open negotiations with European leaders this week. And the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) will today come out in support of the Prime Minister’s strategy reports Daily…

  • Britains oldest man, is dead

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    Nazar Singh, Britain’s and Europe’s oldest man, died in India, barely a fortnight after celebrating his 111th birthday, a media report said. Nazar Singh, who had nine children, 34 grandchildren and 63 great-grandchildren, died in the early hours of Saturday in India, Daily Mail reported. He was born in Punjab in 1904 and was a…

  • Britons jailed in France for smuggling migrants

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    At least 100 Britons have been jailed in France in the last year for trying to smuggle migrants through the port town of Calais to Britain, media reported. According to prosecutors, most of them had hidden the migrants in their own cars, BBC reported. The deputy prosecutor for the Calais region’s main court, Julie Colaert…

  • Vulnerable children locked up in adult detention centres

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    Children fleeing the horrors of war in countries such as Syria and Afghanistan are being wrongly classified as over-18 and locked up by immigration officers in adult detention centres in breach of Government policies and legal guidelines. The Bureau of Investigative Journalism has found that UK border and asylum officers are sending teenagers as young as 14 straight to adult…

  • Cameron reassures better opportunities

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    Prime Minister David Cameron renewed his pledge to provide better opportunities for working people….reports Asian Lite News “Whoever you are, wherever you live, whatever your background, whatever stage of life you are at, I believe this government can help you fulfil your aspirations.  And let me be clear, when I say whoever you are, I…

  • The day Yoga ruled the world

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    The International Day of Yoga (IDY) celebrations here sought to symbolize the unity of humanity as people from around the world gathered in unique observance of an Indian proposal sponsored by 177 nations and endorsed by all 193 UN members.

  • Black Country celebrates Asian biz success

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    Veteran British Asian business leader Jindy Khera, the MD of KTC Edibles, disclosed his secret for success – Lean, capacity to innovate and succession planning….reports Asian Lite News Jindy Khera, the MD of KTC Edibles, the chief guest at the Black Country Asian Business Awards held at the Wolverhampton Racecourse, said lean, capacity to innovate and succession…

  • Police recruitment scheme for pros goes cold

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    The police superintendent direct-entry scheme has failed to attract large numbers …reports Asian Lite News. If reports have the believed then critics point out that the new recruitment scheme to attract professionals into the police force is   being driven by ideology and is failing to deliver the diversity it promised. The government scheme is aimed…

  • Angela looks forward to meet Queen

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    The world will soon witness the meeting of two of Europe’s most powerful woman who will hold a private meeting in Berlin, as Germany’s Angela Merkel will meet Her Majesty – Queen of Great Britain…reports Asian Lite News. Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she is looking forward to Queen Elizabeth’s state visit to Germany. It is…

  • 55% of children bullied online in UK

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    The Cybersmile Foundation have released their annual Stop Cyberbullying Day Poll with a teen magazine Sugarscape which reveals that  55%  had been cyberbullied while 35 % admitted to have suffered up to 5 seperate incidents of online abuse…reports Asian Lite News. Of those 28,000 children and teens polled on how cyberbullying affects them 55% had…

  • TV licence could be replaced with ‘household tax’

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    A’household tax’ could replace BBC licence fee in the next ten years, the corporation’s chief Tony Hall has revealed . Lord Hall, the BBC director-general, defended the £145.50 a year charge and insisted families would have to pay more if it was replaced with Sky-TV style subscription model. But he admitted it could be replaced…

  • Bradford family to meet Vaz

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    Home Affairs Committee chairman Keith Vaz is due to meet the husbands of two of three Bradford women thought to be in Syria with their nine children. It is claimed they were encouraged to contact their brother – thought to be fighting with extremists in Syria. West Yorkshire Police said it rejected the suggestion officers…

  • GPs deserve a better dose

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    Dr Kailash Chand, one of the senior most GPs in the country and the deputy chairman of the British Medical Association, raps Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt’s vision for a ‘new deal’ for a seven-day general practice is big on rhetoric, but does not offer enough support to a struggling profession. Visit asianlite.com for regular comments…

  • Britain to scale down migrant rescue

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     Britain is to send in elite forces to smash the trafficking gangs and  significantly scale back its efforts to rescue desperate migrants taking boats from Libya to Europe . EU ministers are expected to launch the next phase of the mission to stop the migrant crisis following high-level talks on Monday in Luxembourg, it has…

  • Cameron to talk on deep welfare cuts

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    David Cameron ordered an end to the ‘merry-go-round’ of Britain’s welfare state. Benefits paid to be people in work face deep cuts The Prime Minister will single out tax credits for criticism, with workers taxed and then handed back benefits to top up low pay packets. In a major speech on reforming the benefits system, Mr…

  • Why do they fly to Isis?

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    Nazir Afzal OBE, former Chief Crown Prosecutor, exploring the reasons behind the radicalisation of young British Muslims. An Exclusive for Asian Lite News Boys and girls immersed in Britishness, playing Xbox games or listening to One Direction  join whole families with infant children on flights that ultimately end in the misery that is the so…

  • Salary rule to hit migrant nurses

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    The new Home Office rule to put salary criteria for overseas nurses to remain in the country will hit thousand nurses working in the NHS….reports Asian Lite News Overseas nurses working in junior posts could be forced to return home under new immigration rules, nursing union leaders have warned. The new pay threshold for migrants…

  • India Celebrates Yoga Day

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    Millions in India, thousands abroad mark International Yoga Day….reports Asian Lite News. It was an unprecedented demonstration of India’s soft power as tens of thousands across the world, besides millions in India, performed yoga on Sunday to mark the inaugural International Day of Yoga (IDY). A record-breaking nearly 36,000 people, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi,…

  • Honey How the Kids Have Grown

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    Bikram Vohra provides some parenting tips on World Father’s Day You know your kids have grown up when: @Their music and yours has nothing in common. @ You find yourself telling your daughter she can’t possibly be serious about going out dressed like that!! You say, ‘No, sorry, you can’t, you are too young’ and that…

  • Hamilton takes pole at Austrian GP

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    Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton will start Austrian Grand Prix Formula One race from pole position despite spinning off in the dying seconds of qualifying, thanks to teammate Nico Rosberg also making an error on the very last turn of his final flying lap here. Both Mercedes drivers were pushing so hard that they went off…

  • Baby dies after being bitten by dog

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    A three-week-old baby boy has died after being bitten by a dog in Sunderland. The mother of a three-week-old boy who died after being bitten by a small terrier at his house is said to be devastated. Reggie Blacklin was taken to hospital after officers were called to the property in Sunderland. But the infant later…

  • Cameron draws flak from MP, MCB

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    The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), Britain’ largest Islamic forum, Yasmin Qureshi, Labour MP from Bolton, slammed Prime Minister David Cameron for  claiming Muslims ‘quietly condone’ terrorism’….reports Asian Lite News Mrs Qureshi said ‘white population’ is never asked to apologise for atrocities carried out by racists, the Daily Mail reported. The Labour leader said she…

  • Nav Pe Yoga in Paris

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    After Nav Pe Charcha, it is Nav Pe Yoga in Paris….reports Ranvir Nayar  Tourists visiting the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Friday were in a for a surprise view, not mentioned anywhere in the tourist guides on the sights visible from the most famous observatory in the world. Over 300 metres below in the Seine river, bathed…

  • Stowaway body found on London rooftop

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    British authorities have been investigating the case of a man found dead on the roof of a shop in Richmond, west London, after he supposedly fell from a plane from South Africa, according to police. The British Airways flight from Johannesburg was preparing to land at London’s Heathrow Airport after a 13,000-km flight, police said.…

  • WHO to link global health with Yoga

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    The World Health Organisation is researching how to integrate yoga with universal health care needs, according to Nata Menabde, the agency’s executive director at the UN office….reports Asian Lite News It was a struggle to standardise yoga for use around the world as part of health care systems because of its many different schools of…

  • Dark Days of Indian Democracy

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    Saeed Naqvi looks in to Indira Gandhi’s Emergency regime which has changed the landscape of Indian politics. Visit asianlite.com for latest news and comments  Of course there was an Indian, regional and global context in which Indira Gandhi declared a state of Emergency on June 25, 1975? The 70s were a decade of fierce contest between…

  • Emirates Goes Blue in UK’s Burj

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    Emirates Airlines plan to brand the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth, the 170-metre tall sail structure similar to Burj Al Arab of Dubai, was forced to abandon after the local football fans see RED – the colour of arch rival neighbouring Southampton…reports Asian Lite News The Dubai-based airlines agreed to change its colour to blue.Blue is…

  • 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…

  • Shruthi Launches Carnatic Choir

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    For the first-time ever in the UK, a pioneering concept, the British Carnatic Choir, was launched in Birmingham…reports Asian Lite News The British Carnatic Choir is the brainchild of Dr Chithra Ramakrishnan, one of the country’s finest Carnatic vocalists and Artistic Director of Shruthi UK, the Solihull-based South Asian arts and culture organisation. It aims to…

  • ‘Missing’ British women and children in Syria

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    Three sisters from Britain’s Bradford city, who along with their nine minor children were reported missing after a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia, have entered Syria, a media report said , citing an Islamic State (IS) smuggler. Khadija, Sugra and Zohra Dawood — all in their 30s — and their nine children were split into two…

  • GPs offered ‘new deal’ with a catch

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    A “new deal” will be promised by the government for GPs in England – if they sign up to seven-day opening. In a speech , Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt will promise extra investment and help for under-pressure services. The package includes plans to recruit 5,000 new GPs and another 5,000 support staff, including practice nurses reports BBC.…

  • Thatcher’s children donate ‘Iron Lady’ documents

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    The children of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher donated personal documents of some of the most important moments of her mandate to a foundation based at the University of Cambridge to reduce inheritance taxes, according to the Daily Telegraph newspaper. The newspaper noted on that the “Iron Lady’s” estate is valued at 4.7 million sterling…

  • AHLAN RAMADAN – Gallery

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

  • EU Summit Over Greece

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    European Council President Donald Tusk announced that an emergency Euro zone summit over Greece would be held on Monday….reports Asian Lite News “In light of the outcome of the Eurogroup meeting today (Thursday), I have decided to convene a Euro summit on Monday. It is time to urgently discuss the situation of Greece at the…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • World News In Pictures

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    For the best news pictures from around the world visit asianlite.com

  • Merkel urges EU to ‘seriously’ consider British request

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    German Chancellor Angela Merkel reiterated  her confidence that Britain will opt to stay in the European Union (EU), and called for “seriously and conscientiously” considering its wishes regarding the European Council, Efe news agency reported. In an appearance in the Bundestag or the lower house of the German parliament, ahead of the European Council meeting…

  • Church Shooting Suspect Arrested

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    The man suspected of shooting nine worshippers dead during a prayer meeting at a historic black church in South Carolina has been arrested. Dylann Roof, 21, was taken into custody in Shelby, North Carolina, during a traffic stop after a member of the public called the police. A manhunt was launched for the suspect, who…

  • 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…

  • UK appeals to Ramadan Donors

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    Britain’s Charity Commission encourages donors to give safely this Ramadan…reports Asian Lite News The Charity Commission is encouraging people to make checks before they give to charity this Ramadan. The regulator recognises that many people give generously to good causes at this time of year, and urges those doing so to take some simple steps to…

  • Manchester celebrates contribution of refugees

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    Greater Manchester’s Police and Crime Commissioner has praised the valuable contribution and resilience of those who seek refuge in the UK. Speaking during Refugee Week, Tony has also called on communities to stand up to hatred, promote tolerance and respect and celebrate the region’s diversity. Tony said: “Refugees have contributed so much to this country’s…

  • 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…