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July 31st Update: Londoners can celebrate the 2017 Indian Independence Day at The Bhavan in London on Thursday, August 3rd 2017 from 6:30pm onwards. The Chief Guest for the celebrations will be His Excellency Mr Yashvardhana Kumar Sinha, the High Commissioner of India. The event includes speeches, cultural programmes and snacks. The address is: 4a Castletown Road, West Kensington, London. Read more
UK Indian citizen Archana Dave has launched a petition to allow retired dependent parents of British citizens in the UK. Ms Dave’s petition, opened on February 20th 2017 has gathered more than 20,400 signatures in 5 days, requiring a government response. Read more
Chennai-born Cambridge University professor Prof Shankar Balasubramanian is among the extraordinary people in the UK honoured in the New Year’s Honours List 2017. Read more
36-year-old Indian-origin man Navinder Singh Sarao who was billed as the 'Hound of Hounslow' for manipulating the US stockmarkets has now admitted his crimes. The Indian-origin trader who pocketed $40m (£27m) was arrested in April 2015 for being partly responsible for the 'Flash crash' of May 2010. He has now pleaded guilty to fraud in a US court. Read more
The smog in Delhi on November 2, 2016, just days after Diwali celebrations has been rated as the ‘worst smog case in 17 years’ by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). Visibility continues to remain poor and people including children are choking as pollution peaks in the capital as Delhiites share photos on Twitter. Read more
The UK government has made a number of changes to the immigration rules such as increasing salary thresholds and toughening English language requirements for parents and partners. The changes, affecting the popular Tier 2 visas, will apply to applications from 24 November 2016. Read more
In a surprise move, Irish Indian industrialist Cyrus Mistry has been removed from the post of Tata chairman. The board of Tata Sons took the unexpected decision to replace Mistry and naming Ratan Tata as the interim chief. Read more
James Bond is quintessentially British and is synonymous with machoism, style and posh accent! So when Bond actor Pierce Brosnan endorsed Pan Bahar mouth freshener in an ad, it prompted mixed reaction from viewers and some jokes and memes. Read more
Navratri 2016 is here - so glam up in traditional colourful ghaghras and pull out those dandiya sticks! Celebrated from October 1st to 10th, this year too UK Indians are reveling in the magic of garba and dandiya in London. The UK's most traditional (and colorful) garba event – Navrangi Navratri 2016 - has kicked off at Brent Civic Centre, opposite Wembley stadium. In addition, Harrow, Watford, Kingsbury and Bethnel Green are also hosting dandiya nights from October 1st. Read more
Greater Manchester Police has launched an investigation into Coronation Street actor Marc Anwar for hate crime following his tweets against India. Many on Twitter billed Anwar’s tweets against India on recent Kashmir attacks as offensive, anti-racial and abusive triggering the police probe. Read more
