- Saturday, March 01, 2025
A FORMER Birmingham councillor, found guilty of electoral malpractice, has joined the Labour campaign trail in local elections to canvass for his son. Ayaz Khan and five other Labour councillors were found guilty of corrupt and illegal practice in the 2004 elections. The councillors and a party worker were all…
THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND said on Saturday (23) it held “fruitful technical discussions” with Sri Lanka on its loan request, while the World Bank said it was preparing an emergency aid package for the crisis-stricken country. Sri Lanka, an island country of 22 million people, is struggling to pay for…
BRITISH prime minister Boris Johnson visited Swaminarayan Akshardham in Gandhinagar, Gujarat as part of his India tour. He was greeted on Thursday (21) by Pujya Ishwarcharandas Swami, International Convenor of BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS), on behalf of His Holiness Mahant Swami Maharaj, the inspirer of Swaminarayan Akshardham and spiritual head…
INDIA’s Hero Motors Company firm will add a new e-cycle assembly line within its manufacturing facility in Manchester to produce high-end, IoT enabled electric cycles for the UK and EU, the company said in a statement. The new line by Hero International in Trafford Park is part of a £150 million…
START-UP banks in the UK have been found to lack checks on financial crime risk, including getting around the kind of sanctions recently imposed on Russia, British regulators said. The Financial Conduct Authority published the findings of a 2021 review into so-called challenger banks that rely heavily on technology and…
OSCAR-WINNING Hollywood actor Will Smith was spotted at a private airport in Mumbai on Saturday (23). He created controversy when he slapped comedian Chris Rock at the Academy Awards last month. The actor was seen dressed in an oversized white T-shirt that he teamed with the same coloured pants over which he…
SEVEN-TIME Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton said that being part of a consortium bidding to take over English Premier League club Chelsea was too great an opportunity to pass by. Hamilton, along with American tennis star Serena Williams, could each invest up to £10 million, according to Sky News, as…
BRITISH researchers believe they have documented the longest-known Covid-19 infection, in a patient who tested positive for a total of 505 days before their death. The previous record for persistent infection — rather than repeated bouts of Covid — is thought to be 335 days, the team from King’s College…
Rwandan President Paul Kagame said Kigali was not “trading in human beings” when it agreed to a controversial deal allowing Britain to send migrants and asylum seekers to his country. The agreement announced last week has attracted a chorus of criticism from rights groups, opposition figures in Britain and Rwanda…
A state lawmaker in India was arrested for criticising prime minister Narendra Modi in a tweet, officials said Friday, raising concerns over freedom of speech in the world’s largest democracy. Jignesh Mevani, a prominent campaigner for India’s marginalised low-caste Dalit community, accused Modi of idolising Nathuram Godse, the assassin of…
