Amritsar: Aiming to celebrate and preserve cultural heritage, UK-based Essex Cultural Diversity Project (ECDP) launched a 30-day exhibition titled ‘After the Partition: A Shared Cultural Heritage’, highlighting the journey of the Punjabi diaspora in the UK.Developed in collaboration with elderly Punjabi community members living in East England, the exhibition presents powerful memories of the 1947…
Mohali: A gang involved in a series of mobile phone snatchings in the city has been busted with the arrest of three suspects. Police have recovered 20 mobile phones and a motorcycle used in the crimes from their possession. They were produced in court Sunday, which sent them on police remand.The arrested accused were identified…
Shimla: The president of the Indian Overseas Congress (IOC) United Kingdom, Kamal Dhaliwal, along with vice president Gurminder Randhawa and other IOC UK members, met Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu in London on Wednesday evening.During the meeting, the chief minister highlighted key initiatives of the Himachal Pradesh govt in sectors, including health, education,…
Chandigarh: The 11th UK National Gatka Championship concluded in Cardiff, with players from across the country competing in the traditional Sikh martial art. The event brought together seven prominent gatka akharas, or clubs, for a showcase of skill and sportsmanship.The championship was inaugurated by Harjeet Singh Grewal, president of the World Gatka Federation and the…
A man has been arrested on suspicion of rape after a British Sikh woman was physically attacked and sexually assaulted in broad daylight in Oldbury last week. Police are describing the rape as “racially-motivated.“West Midlands Police arrested the man, in his 30s, on Sunday night. He remains in custody. The woman in her 20s told…
Sikh woman raped in UK (AI Image) A British-born Sikh woman in her 20s was sexually assaulted, raped and beaten in a racially motivated attack on Tuesday in Oldbury near Birmingham, UK, by two white men.West Midlands Police confirmed to TOI they are investigating the rape, which the woman says happened between 8.00 and 8.30am…
Jalandhar: UK MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi on Friday met Punjab NRI affairs minister Sanjeev Arora. The hour-long meeting covered various issues of importance to NRIs, especially land dispute and seizure matters.The issue of extortion calls also figured in the discussion. It was underlined that the matter needed to be dealt with to ensure the people’s…
Bathinda: In a parallel effort to the campaign against the drug abuse by the Punjab govt – Yudh Nashia Virudh, Ransih Kalan village in Moga district has been running its own anti-drug crusade for nearly two months, titled ‘Nasha Mukti da Abhiyan, Ransih Kalan Banu Punjab di Shan’.The aim is to sensitise all 452 families…