London's lush Gunnersbury Park will transform into a colourful, festive and fun-filled venue on Sunday, September 6th as it hosts Europe's biggest Mela – the London Mela 2015 – a celebration inspired by South Asian culture. This will be the year when London Mela becomes a ticketed event and not a free event. Read more
It is dubbed as the biggest Janmashtami celebrations outside of India and this year too UK's Bhaktivedanta Manor in Watford, Hertfordshire, hosted around 70,000 pilgrims to celebrate Krishna Jayanthi 2015 on September 5th and 6th. Read more
Hrithik Roshan and Sonam Kapoor are recreating the magic of 1990s popular song Dheere Dheere Se Meri Zindagi Mein Aana in a music album sung by Yo Yo Honey Singh as a tribute to Gulshan Kumar. The YouTube video has crossed 5 million views in a couple of days since release. Read more
India's economy grew at a slower annual rate of 7% for three months between April and June 2015, revealed figures released by the Government of India. It is lower than the 7.5% Indian GDP growth rate recorded in the last quarter (three months ending March). Read more
Raksha Bandhan – the Indian festival of Brother-sister bonding and protection - was celebrated with equal pomp and enthusiasm by UK Indians. The Armed Forces Hindu network hosted Raksha Bandhan events in temples across London, Birmingham, Bradford and Edinburgh to allow local youths to tie Rakhis on the wrists of British troops personnel. Read more
Contemporary actresses including Kareena Kapoor, Nandita Das, Madhuri Dixit-Nene, Parineeti Chopra, Sushmita Sen, and Alia Bhatt set their differences aside to come together and support Priyanka Chopra in the India Girl Rising Campaign - Woh Padegi Woh Udegi. Read more
The UK police has found more than 9000 indecent pictures of women - including women breastfeeding, using the toilet and even 'upskirt pictures' on the tube station escalators – stored in the smartphone of an Indian-origin man Saleem Patel. The UK Indian who secretly clicked these obscene pics has pleaded guilty at Hammersmith Magistrates Court. Read more
India celebrated its 69th Independence Day on Saturday, August 15, 2015 and UK Indians had a host of traditional Independence Day celebratory events to attend in Britain as well as get close to India with music maestro AR Rahman's live concert at the O2 Arena on August 15th. Read more
50-year-old Indian 'godwoman' Radhe Maa - who is always seen in bright red and gold sarees is being investigated for her connection in a dowry harassment case. Another controversy surrounding her involves images of her dressed in red short skirt and dancing provocatively to a Bollywood song leaked on social media. Read more
The India and UK air and ground exercise saw IAF contingent operating Sukhois take off from UK's Royal Air Force (RAF) bases. It marked IAF's successful completion of the fourth Indo-UK bilateral air exercise – Ex-Indradhanush (Rainbow). Read more
