- Saturday, March 01, 2025
A British female pilot has used her scholarship towards a special flying mission to recreate the deadly mission behind enemy lines undertaken by British Indian spy, Noor Inayat Khan, during the World War II. Fiona Smith, who won the British women pilots’ association scholarship in 2021 inviting an aviation enthusiast…
Asim Hasan, a 34-year-old traffic warden, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife, Aisha Hasan, 32. The Old Bailey heard that Asim stabbed Aisha 26 times with a large kitchen knife in their home on Burrard Road in Canning Town while their young children were…
NURSERIES will receive £204 million to support the expansion of childcare places in the largest ever investment in the sector, a statement said on Friday (7). Sixteen local authorities were selected to deliver the primary school childcare provision for every family between 8am and 6pm to support more parents to…
A tri-services contingent consisting of 269 members from the Indian armed forces left for Paris on Thursday (06) to participate in the upcoming Bastille Day parade, which will be graced by Indian prime minister Narendra Modi as the guest of honour. Adding to the spectacle, three Rafale fighter jets from…
AN INDIAN investigating agency will send formal requests to the UK, the UAE and South Korea in relation to an alleged bribery case against lobbyist Sanjay Bhandari, accused of influencing a contract for a plant in Gujarat, officials said on Tuesday (4). The contract was for a dual feed cracker…
BRITISH house prices fell last month in annual terms at the fastest rate in 12 years and soaring interest rates are likely to herald more weakness in the housing market, mortgage lender Halifax said on Friday (7). House prices dropped 2.6 per cent year-on-year in June, after a 1.1 per…
PAKISTAN’S former prime minister Imran Khan has been named in six cases of violence, including attacks on the Army’s installations this year, a media report said on Thursday (6). Three of the cases were registered under the tough Anti-Terrorism Act. Khan’s supporters breached the gates of the Army’s General Headquarters…
A minimum of 50 people, including eight children, have lost their lives due to floods and landslides caused by the ongoing monsoon rains in Pakistan, officials said Friday (07). The country has been battered by these heavy rains since last month. South Asia heavily relies on the summer monsoon, which…
SOUTH ASIAN cuisine is going more green during the cost of living crisis, with restaurants turning away from charcoal and gas ovens. More eateries are using large combination electric cookers, rather than a tandoor oven, which can cook chicken, lamb and naan together, according to owners. The industry has largely…
THE Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in the Hague rejected on Thursday (6) India’s objections to a Pakistan-initiated procedure over water use in the Indus River basin, reopening a procedure that had been blocked for many years. India called the arbitration proceeding illegal as a neutral expert was also looking…
