Photo story: Navratri 29/09/2014 11:31 am Rupanjana Dutta Shree Kutch Leva Patel Community (UK) have organised Europe's largest Navratri in Northolt, from Thursday 25 September till 4th October, followed by Sharad Poonam on 7th October. It has been so far attended by thousands of people. On 6th October they promise to host a special non stop Ramjanyu and Dandiya.
Migrant rules cause lucrative losses 30/09/2014 11:48 am Sunetra Senior Universities are facing a huge drop in overseas students, vice chancellors stated on the 26th of September. The report was conducted by Universities UK (UUK) and showed that the number of Indian students has almost halved in the past two years.
Widow calls for tougher sanctions against guilty manufacturers 30/09/2014 12:02 pm Rupanjana Dutta Widow of the Microsoft consultant Santosh Benjamin, 36 who died while rescuing his two children from a house fire started by a faulty Beko fridge-freezer has called for tougher sanctions against manufacturers guilty of safety breaches. Currently, white goods manufacturers can be fined £5,000.
Manchester-India strategy commended by the Indian High Commissioner 29/09/2014 11:38 am Rupanjana Dutta Manchester’s enhanced focus on strengthening its commercial trade and investment with India has been supported by the Indian High Commissioner on a recent visit to the city.Building on from the successful Manchester-India summit held last month, Manchester welcomed Mr. Ranjan Mathai and showcased the city as an international business destination.
May calls on Muslims to embrace British values 30/09/2014 12:36 pm Rupanjana Dutta During party conference, Home Secretary Theresa May has warned Britain not to 'sleepwalk' into becoming a sectarian society, and called on Muslims to reject extremism, to embrace British values and give their daughters more freedom.
ઈમિગ્રેશન નિયમોથી વિદેશી વિદ્યાર્થી ઘટ્યાં 29/09/2014 12:03 pm Achyut Sanghavi લંડનઃ દરિયાપારના વિદ્યાર્થીઓમાં ભારે ઘટાડાથી યુનિવર્સિટી માટે ભારે ચિંતા સર્જાઈ હોવાનું વાઈસ-ચાન્સેલર્સ રિપોર્ટે જણાવ્યું છે. ગત બે વર્ષમાં ભારતીય વિદ્યાર્થીઓની સંખ્યા લગભગ અડધી થઈ છે અને ઉપખંડના વિદ્યાર્થીઓ અમેરિકા, કેનેડા અને ઓસ્ટ્રેલિયાની સંસ્થાઓમાં જવાનું પસંદ કરે છે. ૨૦૧૧ સુધી યુકેમાં વિદેશી વિદ્યાર્થીની સંખ્યા વધતી રહ્યાં પછી તેમાં ઘટાડો થવા લાગ્યો છે. આ રિપોર્ટ વિદેશી વિદ્યાર્થીને અટકાવતી સરકારની ઈમિગ્રેશન નીતિને દોષિત ગણાવે છે.
English man discovers his great grandfather was the first non-white Cricketer 30/09/2014 12:45 pm Sunetra Senior English descendent Sean Beardmore has recently discovered that his great grandfather was none other than Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji, the first non-white cricketer to play for England. Nicknamed Ranji, his international ancestor wowed his contemporaries with an unusual cricketing technique that later led him to play for the England. Ranji earned his first golden stripe when England played Australia in July 1896, scoring 154 runs, more than half of the side's total of 305.
