Thursday July 05, 2012

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By Sam Devraj  ( Assistant Editor )

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FAR RIGHT EXTREMISTS “UNITE” WITH UK SIKHS – White members of a far-right extremist group donned traditional Sikh headscarves in a show of solidarity...

 

BARKER NAMED 'INDIA MINISTER' -  Prime Minister David Cameron has appointed a 'Minister for India' as a dramatic way of demonstrating that he means business when it comes to boosting bilateral trade between the two countries...

 

BUSINESS SENSE – Special report on the UK-India trade summit...

 

WEDDING WOES: Parminder Nagra in divorce fight

 

FILM DOUBLE ACT: Bol Bachchan stars reveal all

 

 

FOREIGN FEES FIASCO – Britain's top universities are worried that the new tougher law for overseas students will lead to a funding crisis of billions of pounds and damage their world class status.

 

ACTING STAR SWAPS SPYING FOR SINGING -  After being a ruthless MI5 agent, Raz Jaffrey, has undergone something of a transformation – and believes it is something to sing and dance about...

 

 

DEEPAANING WORRIES OVER ILLEGAL SALE – An Eastern Eye investigation has shockingly uncovered illegal paan tobacco being sold which may contain lethal chemicals.

 

THE  GREATE WEDDING RUSH – Frantic British Asians are holding last minute weddings and are pleadng for their paperwork to be completed before tougher immigration laws come into force next week.

 

HOCKEY HERO GETS OLYMPIC HONOUR – An exhibition at the Royal Opera House celebrating 16 iconic Olympians features the Indian gold medalist hockey player Balbir Singh.

 

 

ON THE PATHWAY TO PEACE – General JJ Singh, the first Sikh, to be made chief of the Army Staff of India, has compared the Indian and Pakistani armies in an exclusive interview with Eastern Eye.

 

WPP DEAL A MARRIAGE – One of Britain's leading entrepreneurs has revealed plans to tap into the goldmine of India's advertising market.

 

CANCER PATIENTS 'HAVE LOST FAITH IN NURSES' – Nearly half of cancer suffers from an ehtnic minority background don't have full trust in their ward nurses, a leading cancer charity has claimed.

 

AWARD WINNERS ARE ON WRITE ROAD TO SUCCESS – Journalists are the watchdogs of society, the edyes and ears of the public, the ones who feed us the news we consume almost every single day.

 

BANK CHIEF DEFENDS BANGLADESH AID SNUB – The World Bank decision to cancel a $1.2billion (£760m) loan to a Bangladesh on corruption allegations was “appropriate', the new chief of the bank said on Monday (2) in his first day on the job.

 

NORTHEAST INDIA HIT BY MONSOON FLOODS – At least 81 people have died and 2.2 million have forced to leave their homes over the past week as torrential monsoon rains triggered floods across India's northeast, officials said on Tuesday (3).

 

RIGHTS FOR BANGLADESHI HINDU WOMEN OPPOSED: Unlike her Muslim counterparts, Tarulata Rani is unavailable to inherit anything from her family, cannot divorce and cannot claim maintenance from her absent husband – all because she is a Bangladeshi Hindu.

 

BANGING THE DRUMS FOR FREEDOM – In a remote part of India, something big is happening it is loud, creative and edgy.

 

WHAT WILL BECOME OF INDIA IN THE FUTURE? ONE MAN'S VIEW – The cryptic title of Akash Kapur's new book, India Becoming, is deliberately ambiguous. Becoming what?

 

POP DUO RARA LOUD  - The most original breakthrough British-Asian act on the music scene this year has been Rara Loud...

 

THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT SYRENE – One of the greatest things about British-Asian music is that there is a constant supply of exciting newcomers ready to make their mark on the industry.

 

 

LESBIAN AND PROUD – Five real life tales of Asian women coming out to the world...

 

 

FULL SPEED AHEAD FOR INDIA AT BRITISH GP – Paul Di Resta insists he is raring to go ahead of the biggest event on the Formula one calendar – the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.

 

PAES CONFIRMS HIS OLYMPIC PLACE – Leander Paes has finally agreed to play in the Olympics after weeks of uncertainty over who   would partner who in the men's doubles in London.

 

“PEOPLE DON'T REALISE THE FINANCIAL STATE WE WERE IN” - Disgraced Indian cricketer TP Suhindra has used his family's cash problems as the reason for getting involved in the match-fixing scandal that saw him end up with a life ban from the sport.

 

“NIXON PROMISED £5M TO THROW A T20 MATCH” - Former England wicketkeeper Paul Nixon has shocked the cricket world by claiming he was once offered five million pounds by an Indian bookmaker to fix domestic matches.

 

PAKISTANI FIGHTERS CANNOT BOX – THE father and trainer of WBC welterweight  champion Danny Garcia has launched an astonishing attack on Amir Khan ahead of the title clash in Las Vegas next Saturday (14), claiming: “He has never met a Pakistani that can fight in his life”...

 

TAYLOR'S MADE FOR LONDON – Neil Taylor has spoken of his pride at getting the chance to compete in the London Olympics after being selected for Great Britain's football team.

Taylor's mother is from Kolkata and he has visited the country and knows it well. “I have visited my aunts, uncles and cousins several times when when growing up and love the country.”

 

 

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