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UK to have two new Sikh schools

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:09:51 GMT

The British government has approved applications for 15 new faith schools, including two Sikh schools. UK education secretary Michael Gove cleared the applications as part of 102 new 'free schools' which are to be opened from 2014 and beyond. Free schools are state-funded schools, independent of the local authority's control. As per rules, faith schools under the category are able to select a maximum of 50% of pupils on the basis of religion.

Finland Sikh fights for right to wear turban

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:26:32 GMT

A Sikh bus driver in Finland is fighting for his right to wear a turban while at work. Gill Sukhdarshan Singh, who works at the Veolia bus company at Vantaa near the Finnish capital of Helsinki, is trying to set a precedent by making the authorities allow him to wear a turban at work.

Fracas near gurdwara in UK three arrested

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:27:01 GMT

Three men have been arrested on public disorder and assault offences after a brawl outside a gurdwara in England. Witnesses reported that about 10 worshippers at a weekly Sunday service at Gurdwara Shri Guru Ram Das Prakash on the Old Palace Road in Norwich were involved in the fracas. Local police in the Norfolk county town have ruled out any racist motivation behind the incident.

Kin yet to get organs UK politician protests

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:11:07 GMT

The British politician campaigning on behalf of an Indian-origin girl whose organs were removed at a hospital in Patiala on Sunday expressed shock and outrage that the organs were yet to be returned to the girl's parents, more than 45 days after her sudden death. Dipankar De Sarkar reports.

UK girl death Rajindra Hospital refutes organharvest allegation

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:09:17 GMT

Refuting the allegations of the parents of a British Sikh schoolgirl, 8, authorities at Government Rajindra Hospital here have denied that it was for harvesting that her organs were extracted during autopsy.

Parents seek answers in British Sikh schoolgirls deathnbsp

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:42:57 GMT

The parents of an eight-year-old British Sikh school girl have alleged that their daughter was killed by health workers in India in a failed attempt to harvest her organs.

Ludhiana girl part of UK research team

Wed, 01 May 2013 19:17:53 GMT

Ludhiana's Sanya Aggarwal has made the country proud by being part of a global team involved in a groundbreaking research in the UK. The young research scientist was a crucial member of a team of world experts that has successfully inseminated the UK's only female giant panda through artificial means. The research was carried out at Edinburgh Zoo. The research was supported by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, the conservation charity that owns and manages Edinburgh Zoo, and was part of a global panda conservation effort.

UK Indianorigin nurse on trial for poisoning boss

Wed, 01 May 2013 08:55:13 GMT

An Indian-origin nurse is on trial in the UK over charges that she attempted to "poison" her boss by spiking her coffee with mercury amalgam used in dental fillings.

Indianorigin Asha Patel gets the best job in world

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:11:03 GMT

One for the taste buds! An Indian-origin woman in the UK has been shortlisted out of 600,000 applicants for the post of Western Australia taste master, described as one of the "best jobs in the world". VIDEO INSIDE

Nurse Jacintha blamed radio DJs in her suicide note

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 14:09:52 GMT

The Indian nurse who hanged herself last year after passing on a hoax call to Princess Kate in a London hospital last year has apparently blamed the two Australian radio DJs who played the prank on the hospital.

Royal nod for bill to outlaw caste in Britain

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:53:57 GMT

In a major victory for 4 lakh Dalits in the UK, a bill that will outlaw discrimination on the basis of caste in Britain has received the royal assent from the queen. The enterprise and regulatory reform bill made history in the British Parliament this week when the House of Commons bowed to reassure from the House of Lords to include caste as an aspect of race as part of the Equality Act 2010.

Online payment for UK visa fee

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:15:01 GMT

From May 1, United Kingdom visa applicants in India will have the option of paying visa fee online through credit or debit cards. Other methods of payment, including payment at the visa application centre by demand draft or in cash, will continue to be accepted.

Indian woman raped enslaved for years in three London households

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 14:51:25 GMT

Three people have been found guilty of abusing a 39-year-old Indian woman, who was kept as 'slave' in a multi-million pound luxury home in London and was raped while being passed between three families.

Amnesty wants death penalty moratorium amid Sikh protests

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:23:16 GMT

Amid protests by UK-based Sikhs against the death sentence of Delhi bomb blast accused Devinderpal Singh Bhullar, a prominent human rights group has called on the Indian government to establish a "moratorium" on capital punishment.

Britains Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher dies at 87

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:05:50 GMT

Britain's only woman PM, the tough, outspoken Margaret Thatcher, led the Conservatives to 3 poll victories, governing from 1979 to 1990, the longest continuous period in office by a British PM. Social media divided over legacy | She changed Britain, and divided it | When Margaret, Indira talked about grandkids

Sikhs protest in London over death penalty for four community members in India

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 05:26:32 GMT

A group of Sikhs in UK protested outside the Houses of Parliament as part of a campaign to end the death penalty in India.

Foetus not mother was focus Savitas death report

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 04:32:12 GMT

Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar, who died in Ireland in 2012 after being denied abortion, may have been saved had the hospital staff not paid "overemphasis" on the welfare of the unviable foetus and "underemphasis" on her deteriorating health, according to an inquiry report.

British author shares horrific gangrape tale

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:00:36 GMT

Stirred by recent events, a British writer has come out with a frank and harrowing account of how she was gang-raped in India — nearly 40 years after the brutal attack Dipankar De Sarkar reports.

Three NRIs honoured for promoting Hindi in UK

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 04:53:20 GMT

Three NRIs and a Nottingham-based organisation have been honoured by the Indian High Commission here for their outstanding work in promoting Hindi in the UK. High commissioner Jaimini Bhagwati presented them with shields, shawls and citations last evening in connection with World Hindi Day 2013.

British woman to leave India after rape attack

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 08:05:17 GMT

Police said on Wednesday that a British tourist who jumped off her hotel balcony to escape a feared sex attack would return home, as two men were set to appear in court over the incident.

Pervert Indianorigin doc used watch to record sexual abuse

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 12:04:10 GMT

An Indian-origin doctor, branded as "sex predator" for sexually assaulting women and teenage girls and secretly filming the acts, has pleaded guilty to 39 sexual offences at a UK court.

Indian-origin-scientist-gives-gift-of-eyesight-to-visually-challenged

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 09:29:47 GMT

An Indian-origin eye surgeon has announced what is being described as a major advance in efforts to help the blind see. Dr Lyndon da Cruz said on Wednesday that clinical trials he had conducted over several years with a bionic eye had enabled his blind patients to read simple letters and words.

UK-trust-to-build-two-cancer-hospitals-in-state

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:24:56 GMT

Roko Cancer, a charitable trust based in the United Kingdom, will install a mammography machine each at Guru Kashi University in Talwandi Sabbo, Babeke Hospital in Daudhar (Moga), and the Majitha Civil Hospital (Amritsar).

British-PM-offers-to-cooperate-with-India-on-graft-probe

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 08:55:25 GMT

British Prime Minister David Cameron promised full cooperation with India and its police as a probe into alleged kickbacks in a helicopter deal clouded his meetings on Tuesday with leaders in New Delhi.

British-PM-Cameron-arrives-in-India

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 06:48:43 GMT

British Prime Minister David Cameron arrived in India on Monday to try to win new investment in the face of fierce global competition as a scandal engulfs an Anglo-Italian helicopter deal.