London, May 7: Amidst reports of a proliferation of 'babas' and 'tantriks' offering magical cure and luck in India, a UK-based rationalists group has offered 100,000 pounds (approx Rs 85 lakh) prize to any such person who can scientifically prove their claims. The Birmingham-based Asian Rationalist Society of Britain (ARSB) today ...

New Delhi, May 7: India's London-bound female discus thrower Krishna Poonia, Commonwealth Games gold medallist, created a national record by winning the silver medal at the Altius Track Crew Throwdown meet in Maui Island, Hawaii. According to information received here, Krishna Sunday hurled the discuss to 64.76 metres, in her second attempt, ...

London, May 5: An Indian-origin doctor of the Labour party scored a major upset after narrowly winning the Ealing and Hillingdon seat from the former Conservative Deputy Mayor of London in the Assembly Elections here. Labour's Dr Onkar Singh Sahota beat Richard Barnes of the Conservative party by a narrow 3,110 ...

London, May 5:  Philip Abraham, an Indian journalist from Kerala, has been elected as a Councillor in the UK, becoming the first person of Asian origin to be elected to Loughton Town Council. Philip Abraham, Editor of Kerala Link, won the election to the Loughton Town Council. Loughton is a vibrant ...

A Manchester-based fortnightly focussing on issues related to British Asian, has won the top prize in the newspaper category in the How-Do Awards that celebrate the best in the media industry in the north of England. Here,  Kerala-origin managing director of Asian Lite ANASUDHIN AZEEZ speaks to AMIT GUIN about the ...

London, May 4: They lost their second straight match in the four-nation hockey tournament to test facilities for 2012 London Olympics but India seemed to be coming to grips with the elements as well as the blue synthetic turf. They were beaten 2-4 by Britain after losing to Australia 0-3 in ...

London, May 3: A special reception was held at the Bhavan Centre in London on the April 26, to welcome the incoming High Commissioner of India, His Excellency Dr Jaimini Bhagwati. The event was attended by many high profile and eminent figures and was Dr Bhagwati’s first visit to the Bhavan ...

Madhyamgram (West Bengal), May 3: Prince Andrew, the second son of British Queen Elizabeth II, Thursday visited a home for the destitute here in North 24 Parganas district and was overwhelmed by the "amazing" talents of the inmates there. "I thank you all for providing me this opportunity to see the amazing ...

New Delhi, May 2: There is demand for Indian workers of various skill sets such as housemaids and home nurses abroad, including in the Gulf countries, Malaysia, Singapore and in some European nations, Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vyalar Ravi said Wednesday. Replying to questions in Lok Sabha, Ravi said the recruitment of ...

London, May 3:  A woman who hurled racist abuse at an Indian-origin man on the London Underground is likely to be jailed after admitting her offence when a video of the incident went viral on the Internet and the police launched an investigation. Jacqueline Woodhouse, 42, was apparently in an inebirated state ...