UK Sikh MP Backs British Politician’s Tweet Criticizing Indian Govt.
Though many Indian origins denounced the British politician Jeremy Corbyn’s tweet on Sunday in which he described the actions of the Indian government in Kashmir as “deeply disturbing” and “unacceptable”, a British Sikh Member of Parliament (MP) has endorsed leader of the opposition.
A labor Party MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi...
Whaley Bridge Flooding: Indian Pharmacist Provides Vital Medication
Derbyshire town, which was evacuated amid fears a flood-damaged dam collapse, is under intense scrutiny. In the time when it is turning tough for Whaley Bridge residents to receive necessary aid, an Indian origin pharmacist manager comes as a savior, working around-the-clock.
Rajesh Modi, pharmacist manager at Well Pharmacy, served...
Women Attire Burqa to Steal Food from UK’s ASDA Supermarket
A viral video of two women wearing burqa and stealing food in the Asda Supermarket in Dagenham, East London, is doing rounds on social media.
Reportedly the women were non-Muslims and they only used the clothes to hide the stolen items. The video in no time amassed international attention, with...
Indian High Commission in UK Sets up Response Unit for Diaspora
To provide instant service to the Indian diaspora in the UK, a public response unit with ten-members has been set up in the Indian High Commission in London.
India’s High Commissioner to the UK Ruchi Ghanashyam, speaking as a chief guest at the 72nd Independence Day celebrations at the Bharatiya...
UK’s Indian Origin Counter-Terror Chief Calls for Social Inclusion
Neil Basu, UK’s Indian origin Assistant Commissioner and the senior-most counter-terrorism officer, has called for greater social mobility and religious inclusivity in order to help security forces tackle terrorism.
Basu, in an interview that was widely reported across the British media, said no community should be expected to "assimilate" because...
Kins of Indians Killed in Iraq Recalls Sushma Swaraj’s ‘Courteousness’
Former External Affairs Minister of India Sushma Swaraj was ‘just a phone call away’, recalled Davinder, whose elder brother Gobinder from Murar village in Kapurthala was among those killed in Iraq and the family was able to find his whereabouts only with the help of Swaraj.
In the year 2014,...
UK Minister Alok Sharma Prompts Nigeria to Issue ‘Masala Bonds’
An Indian origin international development secretary in the United Kingdom, Alok Sharma, has encouraged Nigeria to issue bonds on the lines of India’s so-called ‘masala bonds’ on the London Stock Exchange to raise funds for infrastructure development.
Introduced in November 2015, Masala bonds are rupee-dominated borrowings issued by Indian bodies...
Scottish-Indian Entrepreneur Poonam Gupta to Help Clean up Yamuna River
An Indian entrepreneur and well-known philanthropist Poonam Gupta based in Scotland is lending a helping hand to clean up the Yamuna river in India to save precious heritage assets like the Taj Mahal.
Talking to IANS, Poonam Gupta (OBE), who is popularly known as Paper Queen, said that she still...
Indian Man Found Guilty of Molesting Air Stewardess on Board Flight to Singapore
An Indian man Vijayan Mathan Gopal, 39, was found guilty on Monday of molesting an air hostess on a flight from Cochin to Singapore in 2017.
The Singapore permanent resident was convicted of three counts of outraging the modesty of the 22-year-old Scoot air stewardess on November 2, 2017, Channel...
Gupta Family’s Mining Operations in South Africa to Be Sold off
Controversial Indian origin Gupta family’s coal and mining operations in South Africa are to be sold off after its proprietors left the country amid increasing allegations of their irregular dealings with state departments.
GoIndustry Dovebid, the business rescue practitioners of the Gupta-owned Optimum Coal Mine, Optimum Coal Terminal and Koornfontein...
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