The UK Border Agency has arrested six people including two Indian men and one Nepalese man working illegally at Jin Go Gae restaurant in New Malden, south-west London. The restaurant faces a potential fine of up to £60,000 for employing workers without checking their visas. Read more
People of Asian origin are more likely to be examined at UK borders as compared to other ethnic communities, an experimental analysis by Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has found. Read more
All UK visa applicants in India will have to pay their visa fees online using credit or debit cards or via e-wallet services as part of their application process from 16 December 2013. The UK visa application centres in India will stop accepting the visa fees either in cash or demand draft. Read more
Leicester residents can now apply for an Indian visa locally after the first Indian Visa Centre opened its door for the public at the city’s popular community services hub, Peepul Centre in Belgrave. Leicester’s own Indian visa service agency is seen as a triumph of a 20-year campaign for the same. Read more
Indian tourists, students and business travellers can now buy post-paid Lyca roaming SIM card to make one-rupee phone calls to India back from abroad. The service, launched by Lycamobile’s Indian subsidiary Lyca telecom, allows Desi travellers to purchase Lyca SIM ahead of their travel and avoid expensive international tariff. Read more
Quality Foods Store -- the Asian food and grocery chain in Southall, Hounslow, Ilford, Hayes and Upton Park -- can be convenient and wearisome at the same time. It is delightful to see one store stock up on all Indian/Asian goodies under one roof but sometimes the quality, pricing and shopping experience can leave you a bit underwhelmed. Read more
Wednesday, October 2, 2013 marks the 144th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi (Gandhi Jayanthi) and Indians in the UK are paying their tributes to Babu through artwork exhibitions, inspirational play on non-violence and with lectures on Gandhi’s legacy and ideologies. Read more
An investigation into hospital jobs by British Medical Journal (BMJ) has revealed that white doctors are three times more successful in securing NHS hospital jobs than doctors from ethnic minority backgrounds. Read more
A row has emerged among the UK medical societies after a publication of an independent research that subjective bias and racial discrimination in the clinical skills assessment may be a cause of failure among NHS trainee doctors from ethnic minority groups. Read more
In an immigration offence crackdown operation, UK border control authorities have arrested ten illegal workers of Indian and Pakistani origin in Northern Ireland earlier this week. Read more
