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  • UK pays tributes to Indian troops in WW

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    British Culture Secretary Sajid Javid led a multi-faith cultural evening at IWM North, part of Imperial War Museums, to mark the centenary of the second Battle of Neuve Chapelle – the first major engagement of Indian troops on the Western Front. The event, organised by Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) as part of the…

  • Long term unemployment rise among young ethnic minority

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    A large number young people from ethnic minority backgrounds who have been unemployed for more than a year has risen by almost 50% since the coalition came to power, according to figures released by the Labour party. There are now 41,000 16- to 24-year-olds from black, asian and minority ethnic [BAME] communities who are long-term…

  • Jaitley to unveil Gandhi statue

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    Mr Arun Jaitley, the Indian Finance Minister, is set to unveil the new statue of Mahatma Gandhi this Saturday as part of a two day visit to the UK. The unveiling ceremony in London’s Parliament Square ton March 14 will be open to members of the public, who will be the first to see the…

  • Comic Relief raises awareness of FGM in the UK

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      A hard-hitting one-off documentary, ‘Stop Cutting Our Girls: A Comic Relief Special’, will this week shine a light on the issue of female genital mutilation (FGM) in UK communities. The hour-long special will see actress Zawe Ashton leading a compelling investigation across the UK and Kenya. She will uncover what the centuries-old practice, steeped…

  • Punch knocks Clarkson out of Top Gear

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    The British Broadcasting Corporation, which supported a TV host who made racist anti-Indian jibes, has now suspended him over a fight he had with a producer. BBC announced on Tuesday that Jeremy Clarkson, the host of Top Gear programme, was suspended “following a fracas” with a producer. The terse statement said “no one else has…

  • Rushdie to join NYU journalism faculty

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      Indian author Salman Rushdie, who won the Booker Prize for his 1981 novel “Midnight’s Children”, will teach and advise journalism students at New York University as Distinguished Writer in Residence. Rushdie will serve on the faculty of the University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute for five years, Suketu Mehta, associate professor of Journalism at…

  • Holi @ Shree Swaminarayan Temple, Stanmore

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    More than 4000 devotees had attended the festival of colour called Holi at Shree Swaminarayan Temple at Stanmore in London. . The festival which marks and spreads the colour of spring and unity commenced from 6.30pm. Many devotees including young parents attended with their new-borns to seek blessings from the holy fire and from Lord…

  • Minister Honour Bradford Women

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    Communities Minister Stephen Williams presents certificates to 50 women who have taken steps to integrate into British life by learning to speak English. The women have completed a government-funded 10-week English language and integration course at the QED foundation in Bradford. Here they’ve overcome the first barriers to learning English and now feel more confident…

  • Palestinian students honour British MPs

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    Five Palestinian student leaders were in Westminster to show their appreciation for Members of the UK Parliament who voted in favour of recognising the state of Palestine in a debate in the House of Commons. They presented 44 MPs with inscribed commemorative shields made in Bethlehem out of olive wood to thank them for their…

  • Inheritance tax fraudster jailed

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    A woman has been jailed for two years and eight months after she lied to avoid paying more than £500,000 inheritance tax due on her wealthy aunt’s estate. Following the death of her aunt in 2010, Theresa Bunn, 56, told HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) that the estate was worth around £285,000, which is below…

  • The man behind Manchester’s 1st indoor mela festival

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    An actor and producer who’s rubbed shoulders on screen with the likes of Liam Neeson and Robert Carlyle, will soon launch Manchester’s first indoor Mela festival at Stretford Mall. Subash Singh Pall goes back to his Bollywood roots to stage the Vaisakhi Mela 2015, a colourful celebration of Asian music and dance, at Stretford Mall…

  • Many Asian men descendants of 11 dynastic leaders: Study

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    Path-breaking research has revealed that millions of modern Asian men are descended from 11 powerful dynastic leaders – including Mongolian warlord Genghis Khan – who lived up to 4,000 years ago. The findings came to the fore after geneticists from the University of Leicester examined Y chromosomes in more than 5,000 Asian men from 127…

  • SHRUTHI HONOURS SOLIHULL MAYOR

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    Mayor of Solihull, Councillor Mrs Kate Wild, was honoured by Shruthi UK as part of International Women’s Day. IF YOU GOT A STORY TO SHARE, PLEASE SEND TO newsdesk@asianlite.asianlite.uk, Attn Pradeep Councillor Wild, who was a special guest at the Birmingham Thyagaraja Festival, was recognised for her invaluable contribution in empowering women of all cultures…

  • Breaking Bad – Manchester Style

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    What Jamshed Javeed showed was these ‘independent self taught revolutionaries’ are nothing but self centered suicidal narcissists hellbent not only on the annihilation of their own life but also of anybody else’s be that their own family and whoever else they’re in contact with…writes YZ Patel What the recent imprisonment of Levenshulme’s very own Walter…

  • Saif to promote ‘Bollywood Britain’ in India

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     VisitBritain, the country’s national tourism agency, has announced actor Saif Ali Khan as the spokesperson for the ‘Bollywood Britain’ tourism campaign in India. He says he shares a deep connect with the country. With over 50 Hindi movies filmed in Britain, mostly themed around romance, the destination provides a perfect setting for couples to celebrate…

  • ‘Marigold Hotel’ opens strong at US box office

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    India-set comedy “The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” opened strong at number three at the US box office with an estimated $8.6 million in its first weekend of release. India-themed films rarely climb this high on the US box office charts, according to data released by its distributor Fox Searchlight. Even Hollywood studio films such…

  • Cameron pledges 500 more free schools

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    New 500 free schools would be opened in England in the next five years under a Conservative government, David Cameron will pledge. He will commit to creating an extra 270,000 school places in free schools, if re-elected, by 2020. The prime minister says these state-funded, start-up schools are “raising standards and restoring discipline”. Shadow Education Secretary…

  • Dal Babu Slams UK’s Anti-Radicalisation Strategy

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    Former senior Muslim police officer has said the Government’s anti- radicalisation ‘Prevent strategy’  is “a toxic brand”. Dal Babu, who was a chief superintendent with the Metropolitan Police before he retired two years ago, told the BBC most Muslims are suspicious of the scheme and see it as something used for spying on them. The strategy…

  • Solar Impulse begins epic journey

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    A world record-breaking attempt to fly around the world in a solar-powered plane has got under way from Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. The aircraft – called Solar Impulse-2 – took off from the capital of Emirate, heading east to Muscat in Oman. Over the next five months, it will skip from continent to…

  • Saina enters All England final

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     Saina Nehwal became the first Indian in 14 years to reach the final of the All England Open Badminton Championships by virtue of a straight games win over China’s Sun Yu here. The third seed became the first Indian woman to enter the summit clash of the prestigious $500,000 tournament by defeating the tall Chinese…

  • Archer flays docu ban

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    British author Jeffrey Archer said the ban on airing of the BBC documentary on the December 16, 2012 gang-rape was not good in a democratic country like India. “It is not a good thing in a democracy (to ban) and things have changed so much…,” Archer told IANS here in response to a question on…

  • Khan Supports Fairtrade Fortnight

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    Labour MEPs have celebrated Fairtrade Fortnight 2015 with a Fairtrade bun and cake sale in the European Parliament. The money raised will go to an international development project aimed at helping girls and women at the Kilima Hewa School in Moshi, Tanzania. They educate up to 200 children aged 3-7 and many pupils walk 6km…

  • Identity Politics & Radicalisation

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    Exploring this issue why someone is ‘radicalised’ gave no one universal answer why a individual decides to take the step into what is now known as ‘jihadism’ in the mainstream media. Investigating what makes a person inhabiting a seemingly comfortable existence with all the trappings and freedoms that are afforded to them, to partake in…

  • Manchester United against racists

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    Veteran labour leader Tony Lloyd, the Greater Manchester’s Police and Crime Commissioner, leading prominent Mancunians to stem the tirade of right-wing English Defence League in the city. About 500 members of the EDL will stage a rally at city centre on Saturday at 1.30.   A vigil will be held at Manchester Cathedral at 3.30pm on Friday 6 March bringing…

  • Portrait of a teacher as a Jihadi

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    Jamshed Javeed, a chemistry teacher in Manchester, had been preparing to leave his home after helping his younger brother Mohammed make the trip to Syria…reports Kaliph Anaz A chemistry teacher in Manchester who was poised to travel to Syria to join ISIS has been jailed for nine years. Jamshed Javeed was “determined to fight jihad” despite…

  • Manchester terror plot release risked lives

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      A former detective who investigated a plot to blow up a Manchester shopping centre said lives were put at risk by the failure to prosecute the perpetrator in Britain. Retired Detective Allan Donoghue said The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) was wrong not to charge Abid Naseer with plotting a terrorist attack, BBC reported .…

  • Palestinian Students honour British MP

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    Bradford MP, David Ward, joined MPs from across the House of Commons to receive awards from Palestinian Students to mark MPs’ support for voting for the UK Parliament to recognise the Palestinian State.  The General Union of Palestinian Students held a celebration event in the House of Commons to acknowledge the historic vote in the…

  • BBC airs gang-rape documentary

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    Brushing aside Indian protests, the BBC has telecast a documentary on a brutal gang-rape in Delhi that has been banned in India, “given the intense level of interest” in it. The hour-long documentary was then uploaded on YouTube by an individual, effectively making it available to a global audience. Shown on BBC Four, “India’s Daughter”…

  • Edward Garnier visits Cancer Research UK

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    Harborough, Oadby and Wigston MP, Sir Edward Garnier QC, is backing an appeal from Cancer Research UK to help save more lives in his constituency and across the United Kingdom. Sir Edward visited the Cancer Research UK Centre at Leicester University last week (27th February) with Conservative MEP for the East Midlands, Emma McClarkin, to…

  • Step Brother charged in Becky Watts murder

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    Nathan Matthews, the stepbrother of missing 16-year-old Becky Watts, has been charged with her murder, Avon and Somerset Police have said. His girlfriend, Shauna Hoare, 21, also known as Shauna Phillips, has been charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice reported BBC. The pair, of Cotton Mill Lane, Bristol, are due before magistrates…

  • Victory for UK and Single Market

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    An historic verdict by the General Court of the European Court of Justice powerfully reaffirmed the principle that Single Market rules prevent any discrimination against countries outside the Eurozone and that legislation agreed by all 28 member states trumps policy by the European Central bank . The Court found in favour of the first of…

  • Arts consortium to help arts thrive in Leeds

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      Four arts charities in West Yorkshire have joined forces to set up a consortium to help the arts scene in Leeds grow, and they are holding an event next week to showcase the cultural, social and health benefits of getting involved in their programmes. Here to Thrive is a collaboration between Fabric, Chol Theatre,…

  • NEWS IN PICS – Latest pics from world events

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    LATEST PICTURES FROM THE WORLD EVENTS

  • Archer Rocks Bengaluru

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    Author Lord Jeffery Archer interacts with audience during the launch of his new book `Mightier than the Sword` in Bengaluru, the Garden City of India. Mightier than the Sword opens with an IRA bomb exploding during the MVBuckingham‘s maiden voyage across the Atlantic – but how many passengers lose their lives? When Harry Clifton visits his…

  • INTERVIEW:Dev Patel

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    By Sugandha Rawal  His brief visits to India for shooting his international movies help British actor of Indian descent Dev Patel connect to the “astounding” and “inspiring” country as well as revisit his cultural roots. “It is a wonderful way to get in touch with your culture and with your roots. I’m constantly astounded whenever…

  • Delhi rapist interview telecast stopped

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      Home Minister Rajnath Singh  said the government had taken necessary steps to stop the telecast of a documentary based on an interview with a convict in the December 16 Delhi gang-rape case. In statements in both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, the home minister said the government condemns the December 16, 2012, incident…

  • British Sikhs Hail Regiment Plan

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    The bravery of the Sikhs is recorded in the annals of history. The Battle of Saraghiri is one of the most famous where 21 Sikh soldiers kept 10,000 Afghan tribesmen at bay and fought until their last breath in defence of the British realm, rather than desert their posts. The Afghan tribesmen had expected to…

  • Prince William in China

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    The Duke of Cambridge arrived in Beijing for an official visit. This is the highest-profile UK royal visit to China in nearly 30 years. The prince met Chinese President Xi Jinping. The president said the Royal Family had contributed “positively” to co-operation between China and the UK. Prince William presented him with an official invitation from the…

  • British girls lured by attractive jihadis

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    Attractive jihadi fighters can be “eye candy” to lure British Muslim girls, a former female extremist has said. The former extremist said she was taught to see Britain as a “kuffar (non-Islam) nation” that had killed many Muslims and was “our enemy”, BBC reported on Tuesday. “As a teenager, I wanted to get my piece…

  • UKIP names Sikh shopkeeper as candidate for British polls

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    A Sikh man has been unveiled as the UK Independence Party’s (UKIP) candidate for Hull North in the British county of Yorkshire in the upcoming general election, media reported Monday. Sergi Singh, a shopkeeper and the party’s Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire branch vice-president, stood unsuccessfully as a councillor for the Holderness ward in 2014. As…

  • Mr Cage, please get out of the box

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    Cage’s research director Asim Qureshi told the media that the Jihadi John was in fact ‘beautiful and kind’ and it was the intimidation by the spooks that unhinged him, making him the callous, bloodthirsty butcher that we know of today …writes YZ Patel ‘Victim culture’. A recent inception where the onus of responsibility for any actions…

  • Colors unveils new family drama – Swaragini

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     The new emotional drama to showcase conflicts between Swara and Ragini’s feuding families. Swaragini to go on-air starting 2nd March, 2015 every Monday to Friday at 9:30 PM Some relationships bring joy; some bring sadness and some bring anger just by the virtue of being broken beyond repair. This March, COLORS joins hands with Rashmi Sharma Telefilms to present…

  • UKIBC pins hopes on budget

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    Richard Heald, Chief Executive of the UK-India Business Council, comments on India’s budget I never really understand the hoopla which accompanies the Union Budget 2015. Of course, this Budget is the first chance for Minister Jaitley and the NDA Coalition to articulate their vison of the direction of travel for India. But even that does…

  • Durban to host 2022 Commonwealth Games

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    South African city Durban is set to be the host city of the 2022 Commonwealth Games (CWG) as the lone contender for the quadrennial, 71-member multisport event. The 600-page bid book will be handed to Commonwealth Games Federation officials during a brief mid-day ceremony on Monday at the official residence of the London Lord Mayor,…

  • British schoolgirls reach Syria to join ISIS

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    British schoolgirls as young as 15-16 years are believed to have fled to Syria via Turkey to join the Islamic State (IS) jihadi group, media reported. CCTV images captured last month showed three Bethnal Green Academy girls — Shamima Begum and Amira Abase, both 15, and Kadiza Sultana, 16 — on the Turkish leg of…

  • Yusuffali praises Modi’s 2015 budget

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    “Instead of offering soaps, the budget shows maturity of a growing nation which aims to become the next global super power,” Yusuffali, the winner of Prvasi Bharatiya Puraskar, told Anasudhin Azeez Prominent NRI businessman MA Yusuffali, the richest Indian in the Gulf, praised 2015 budget presented by Finance Minister Arun Jailtley and said the budget will…

  • BJP buries ‘big bang’ reforms

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    Jaitley’s budget aims to end an era of “scam, scandal and corruption” ….writes Arvind Padmanabhan Falling just short of big bang reforms called for by his own economic survey, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented a Rs.17.78 lakh crore (nearly £200 billion) national budget for the next fiscal that seeks to put more money in the hands…

  • ‘Jihadi John’ had anger therapy at school

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      The Islamic State (ISIS) militant known as ‘Jihadi John’ received anger management therapy in his first year of secondary school after getting into fights, a former teacher has said. The militant, pictured in the videos of the beheadings of Western hostages, has been named as Mohammed Emwazi, a Kuwaiti-born Briton from west London. Emwazi…

  • Website to help parents protect kids from extremism

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    A new website, aimed at giving parents the tools and information they need to be able to spot the signs that their child is being targeted by extremists, has been launched. The website, www.familiesmatter.org.uk, has been developed by UK-based organisation Families Against Stress and Trauma (FAST), which provides support to vulnerable families and individuals at…

  • Exhibition tells story of Indian soldiers

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    A new travelling exhibition will tell the story of the vital role played by Indian soldiers in the First World War. Empire, Faith and War explains the contribution made by the relatively small community of Sikh soldiers to a global-scale war. The exhibition, presented by the UK Punjab Heritage Association (UKPHA) tells the forgotten story…