- Tuesday, February 25, 2025
THE Metropolitan Police arrested three people in Central London on Monday (9) involved in demonstrations following the attack in Israel and the escalation of conflict along the border with Gaza. Three arrests have been made for assault on an emergency worker, racially-motivated criminal damage and possession of an offensive weapon,…
An interfaith service was held at Manchester Cathedral in celebration of Mahatma Gandhi’s 154th Birth Anniversary on October 2, uniting people from diverse backgrounds in the spirit of love, peace, and unity. More than 350 delegates from various faith-based organisations including Afro-Caribbean, Christian, Hindu, Jain, Jewish, Muslim, and Sikh communities…
Three men have been jailed for kidnapping a woman who got into their car after a night out, believing it was a taxi. Ajay Doppalapudi, Vahar Manchala, and Rana Yallambai coerced their victim into their Audi in Leicester in the early hours of Sunday 16 January last year. They then…
A DELHI-BASED Catholic priest uncle of UK home secretary Suella Braverman has cautioned her about some of her language around immigration and urged her not to forget that she is a child of migrants herself. According to a report in The Times on Saturday (7), Father Ayres Fernandes told the newspaper from…
Pakistani film In Flames won the Best Feature award at the International South Asian Film Festival Canada. In partnership with Zarrar Kahn and Mohammad Ali Hashmi, the official Instagram account of the film shared the news with fans. The caption on the post read, “We won Best Feature! Thank you ISAFF Canada…
A CYBER-TERRORIST jailed after creating a ‘one-stop’ online “library for terrorists” has been refused parole. Samata Ullah operated from his bedroom in Cardiff and hid extremist material on a computer memory stick disguised as cufflinks. The 34-year-old IT expert, 34 at the time, offered a range of guidance on how…
Prominent Indian Americans, including two Republican presidential hopefuls Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy, have expressed solidarity with Israel after it faced unprecedented attacks from the Hamas militant group, resulting in hundreds of casualties. Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a barrage of rocket attacks in southern Israel on Saturday (7), killing…
Renowned Punjabi singer Gurdas Maan’s Canada tour has been postponed in the wake of the India-Canada diplomatic row, the promoters of the show have announced. As part of the ‘Akhiyaan Udeekdiyan’ tour, Mann was supposed to perform four shows on October 22, October 28, October 29, and October 31 in…
Producer Siddharth Roy Kapur believes it is the right time to bring author William Dalrymple’s The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company on screen as the world today is evaluating the effect of colonisation. His banner Roy Kapur Films and American studio Wiip officially announced the series in April…
The recently appointed free speech chief, professor Arif Ahmed at the Office for Students (OfS), which regulates the higher education system in England, has expressed “serious” concerns about the stifling of free speech in English universities. He emphasised his commitment to defending all views and addressing the issue of academic…
