UK
The Usurpation of Free Speech
The notion that the far right is being muzzled despite the inordinate media attention it has garnered — from print, television, radio and digital — is one that it has managed to project with great […]
2 Indian-origin Ministers quit British govt.
LONDON(TIP): Two Indian-origin Ministers on Thursday, November 15 resigned their positions in protest at the draft withdrawal agreement passed by the British Cabinet, while a Pakistani-origin politician resigned from his role as trade envoy to […]
Indian-Origin Man in UK Ordered to Forfeit Funds
LONDON(TIP): Indian-origin former bank employee who has been jailed was ordered on October 21 by the court to forfeit 62,000 pounds by a UK court for his role in a money laundering scam to help […]
Indian-Origin Man and 16 other Gang Members Jailed for Sex Abuse in UK
LONDON(TIP): An Indian-origin ringleader is one of the 16 men jailed for a combined period of over 200 years for being part of a grooming gang which sexually abused vulnerable young girls in the West […]
Indian-Origin Chirag Patel Jailed in UK for 19 High Value Stolen Vehicles
LONDON (TIP): Indian-origin Chirag Patel has been sentenced to eight years in jail by a UK court for handling of 19 stolen high-value vehicles worth over 7,00,000 pounds. Patel, 39, was found guilty of conspiracy […]
Indian-Origin Man suffering from a Degenerative Eye Condition first to get Guide Horse in UK
LONDON(TIP): An Indian-origin man, who suffers from a degenerative eye condition, is set to become the first person in the UK to get a guide horse to assist him with daily tasks once he loses […]
Indian-Origin Bus Driver Who Killed 2 in UK Crash was Suffering from Dementia
LONDON(TIP): Indian-origin bus driver, suffering from dementia was found by a UK court to have caused the deaths of two people with his dangerous driving in the city of Coventry nearly three years ago. Kailash […]
Indian-Origin Family Faces Hate Crime Attack in UK
LONDON (TIP): An Indian-origin family of four faces hate crime according to police in the UK. They had a lucky escape when their house was targeted in an “unprovoked” arson attack. Mayur Karlekar, called as […]
Indian-Origin British Businessman First Person to get top Royal Navy Post
LONDON(TIP): Wales-based Indian- origin businessman has become the first ever Indian origin person to be appointed Honorary Lieutenant Commander in the UK’s Royal Navy. Raj Aggarwal, who is India‘s Honorary Consul in Wales, was appointed […]
Indian-Origin Man Killed by Underage for Refusing to Sell Cigarette Paper to Him
LONDON (TIP): An Indian-origin shopkeeper, who refused to sell cigarette paper to a 16-year old, was murdered by the underage. The teen has been sentenced to four years of imprisonment. The shopkeeper, Vijaykumar Patel sustained […]
Indian-Origin British Lawmaker Challenges Theresa May’s Brexit Strategy with a ‘Stand Up 4 Brexit’ campaign
LONDON (TIP): Indian-origin Conservative party lawmaker and former UK Cabinet minister Priti Patel has joined the race along with 20 other party rebels who are challenging British Prime Minister Theresa May‘s Brexit strategy with a […]
Indian-Origin Pathologist Accused of Bungling Post-Mortem Reports in UK
LONDON(TIP): Indian-origin pathologist, Khalid Ahmed, has been accused of mis handling some post-mortems at a UK hospital and is under police investigation to establish if any criminal charges need to be brought against him. Ahmed, […]
Indian-Origin student group in UK calls for action on fake calls scam
LONDON (TIP): An Indian-origin student group in London called for action to support members who had been subjected to a fake calls scam, which involves fraudsters claiming to be from the UK Home Office and […]
Indian Origin Businessman Jailed for Hitting War Veteran with Sports Car in UK
LONDON(TIP): Indian-origin businessman Ravi Ruparelia has been jailed for a year and two months for crashing his luxury sports car into a 68-year-old war veteran on the streets of London and then fleeing the scene in […]
Indian Origin Sikh Teen Shot Dead Outside Home in Canada
TORONTO(TIP): Indian Origin 19-year-old Sikh teen was shot dead outside his home and his cousin was injured by so far unidentified persons in an apparent targeted shooting in Canada, police said. Gagandeep Singh Dhaliwal, who […]
Indian-Origin man sentenced for 6 years in UK
LONDON(TIP): An Indian-origin man has been sentenced to six years of imprisonment for the death of two women in a road accident in northern England in 2016. He was checking his mobile while driving. The […]
UK Based Indian Entrepreneur’s Start-Up Set to Combat Fake News
LONDON (TIP): UK based entrepreneur Lyric Jain, a Cambridge University engineering student originally from Mysore, developed the start-up that uses a machine-learning algorithm to sift fact from fiction is set to combat fake news around the […]
INDIAN ORIGIN YOGA CHAMPION NAMED ‘BRITISH INDIAN OF THE YEAR’
LONDON(TIP): Indian-origin schoolboy who is the under-11 UK national yoga champion has been named the British Indian of the Year for his achievements in the field. Ishwar Sharma, 8, has won a string of titles […]