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Insiders abuzz over Shah Rukh’s new screen outingLAST Friday saw Aditya Chopra's Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi hit UK cinema screens. After the success of Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge and Mohabbatein, and eight years since Chopra last directed, expectations...

Bilal Abdulla jailed for minimum of 32 yearsA NHS doctor was today jailed for a minimum of 32 years after being found guilty of planting two car bombs in the heart of London and an attempted suicide attack at...

Atia Ashraf jailed for four yearsA WOMAN who was caught taking drugs worth more than £18,000 into Leeds Prison has been jailed for four years. Atia Ashraf, aged 24, of Mount Trinity, Blackburn, was found with heroin, crack cocaine and...

‘Team performance is key’, stresses MalikPAKISTAN’S Shoaib Malik has shrugged off rumours surrounding his future as captain. Malik has come under scrutiny following Pakistan’s dip in form since he was appointed captain after the team’s first-round exit from the...

Indian hero leads team to victory over EnglandINDIAN hero Sachin Tendulkar dedicated his match-winning century to the victims of the Mumbai atrocities as India capped a remarkable last-day performance to beat England in the first Test in Chennai. Tendulkar...

‘I forgive my parents’, says London doctorA LONDON doctor who was allegedly held captive by her parents in Bangladesh after refusing a marriage proposal has said she forgives them. Dr Humayra Abedin landed in the UK this morning bringing...

Mohammed Rafiq jailed for 22 yearsA BIRMINGHAM man who assassinated a father-of-two shooting him 16 times at point blank range with an Uzi sub machine gun has been jailed. Mohammed Rafiq, 42, was found guilty of shooting dead Mohammed Sabir...

Family in India bid to re-open Surjit Athwal caseTHE daughter of a woman who was murdered in India has demanded her killers be brought to justice. Twenty-seven-year-old Surjit Athwal died in 1998 during a trip to India. Last year her husband,...

But India hint they will pull outTHE PAKISTAN Cricket Board are hopeful India will tour the country despite a Government official hinting it may not go ahead. India are scheduled to tour Pakistan from January 6 to February 19...

Brit film still on course to be worldwide hitBRITISH director Danny Boyle’s film Slumdog Millionaire has scooped four Golden Globe Awards. The film, which will be released across the UK next month, has already won a host of international...

Animal charity mends ties with TempleTHE RSPCA has apologised to the Hindu community over the killing of a sacred cow at a Watford temple a year ago. The animal welfare charity apologised for the “hurt and offence” it caused when...

IPCC hearing closes after witness pulls outTWO police officers who “let down” honour-killing victim Banaz Mahmod weeks before she was brutally murdered will not face a disciplinary hearing, the police watchdog have said. The two officers – a police...