A hate-crime awareness programme which gave alleged offenders an opportunity to avert persecution has been scrapped by a police chief after it came under fire following the arrest of an army veteran for ‘causing anxiety’ by retweeting a picture of a swastika made out of four Pride flags on social…
Vice President Kamala Harris will meet leaders from U.S. colleges and universities on Monday to discuss challenges students are facing after the recent Supreme Court decision to end the nationwide constitutional right to abortion. Harris, who has now held over half a dozen meetings on reproductive rights with key stakeholders,…
Seventy-five years of the independent polity have been tumultuous and turbulent for the state of Pakistan. Oscillating between military rule and civilian governments, the country to date has failed to witness even one complete five-year tenure of any of its Prime Ministers. This offbeat political tug of war has raised…
Heartbroken after a gold medal slipped out of their hands, India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur harped on the need to stop repeating the same mistakes in ‘title clashes’, saying the “mental block” has to be broken, going forward. The Indian team came to close winning coveted gold on women’s cricket’s CWG…
India all-rounder Hardik Pandya said he is open to assuming the captaincy on a full-time basis after leading the side to a comprehensive victory in the final match of their Twenty20 series against West Indies. India, who rested regular skipper Rohit Sharma, cruised to an 88-run win on the back…
The race to be the next leader of Britain’s ruling-Conservative Party and the country’s prime minister is into its final leg, with the September outcome likely to shape the fortunes of sterling, gilts and UK stocks in coming months. The contest between foreign minister Liz Truss and former finance minister…
A teenager fatally stabbed outside a pizza restaurant reportedly pleaded for help as he was dying. Ghulam Sadiq, 18, suffered stab wounds during an incident outside a pizzeria in Leytonstone High Road, east London, at 2.15pm on Saturday (6). Officers attended and gave urgent first aid until the arrival of…
Britain’s newest Hindu temple has been officially opened and it is located in Oldham in Greater Manchester. The Shree Swaminarayan Mandir, which cost £7 million with the local Hindu community donating all the funds, features an entranced gate which is hand-carved in marble that has been imported from India. Construction…
Metropolitan Police strip-searched 650 children between 2018 and 2020, according to new data which also revealed the ethnic disproportionality of the action. The data, analysed by the Children’s Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza, showed that almost three out of five (58 per cent) children subjected to strip searches…
Theresa Fredenburg-Hinds, 36, was told by doctors that her huge legs were “just fat.” However, it turns out that she actually has a condition called lipoedema, which is an abnormal build-up of fat in the legs, and sometimes arms. What’s surprising is that Theresa learnt this fact from a stranger,…