Tendulkar dismisses retirement reports
“I want to play for as long as I can”, says starINDIAN batsman Sachin Tendulkar has denied reports he is set to retire from one-day cricket.
Reports had suggested the 34-year-old would call an end to his illustrious one-day...
Nine years for toddler death couple
THE STEP MOTHER and father of a 17-month-old boy tortured to death have been jailed for nine years.
Sumairia Parveen and Abid Ikram were found guilty last month following the death of Tahla Ikram.
The youngster was burnt with...
“After this book nobody will give me a film role”
Rahul Bajaj: An inside view of BollywoodFrom a student at London School of Economics to an investment banker on Wall Street, and a Bollywood actor in Mumbai; Rahul Bajaj is a man of many talents. After achieving success as...
What is happening with the PCB?
The Cricketer with Mansoor AhmedOver the years we have seen army generals, diplomats and now a doctor trying to run one of the most important organizations in Pakistan, the Pakistan Cricket Board.
For a short while, we saw Ramiz...
Combatting Forced Marriages
The Asian View with Bushra IrfanForced marriages is a subject which has been a topic of discussion for communities and government alike for many years now without much progress on any part.
A few years ago the government engaged...
Dhamaal
Bollywood Film Review with Manish GajjarDirector: Indra Kumar
Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Javed Jaffrey, Ritesh Deshmukh, Aashish Chaudhary, Asrani, Tiku Talsania, Aftab Shivdasani, Sohail Khan
This comic caper revolving around four friends includes Roy (Riteish Deshmukh), who believes he was...
Man arrested in widow’s death
A MAN has been arrested in connection with the murder of elderly widow Mohinder Kaur.
The frail 81-year-old was found gagged in her Kings Heath home on 25 August. A post mortem revealed she had suffocated.
Detectives leading the investigation...
‘I couldn’t say no to David’ – Harish Patel
Getting the fitness bug in 'Run Fat Boy Run'Larger than life actor Harish Patel was always first choice for the role of Landlord - come- fitness guru 'Mr Ghoshdashtidar' in David 'Friends' Schwimmer's directorial debut 'Run Fat Boy Run'....
Escaping Culture
How one woman refused to be caged by her cultureEverybody looks back on their childhood with great fondness. Everybody that is except Ferzanna Riley.
In her debut autobiographical book, ‘Unbroken Spirit’ the Pakistani-born author and journalist describes a harrowing story...
Family torn apart by detention
THE DAUGHTER of a Wolverhampton grandfather on trial for terrorism offences in India has described the torment her family are going through as they try to secure his release.
53-year-old Paramjit Singh has spent nearly eight months in an...
Son’s of murdered gran: ‘Find Shanti’s killers’
THE DEVASTATED family of a frail 81-year-old woman found dead in her home have appealed for information leading to her killers.
Mother-of-five Mohinder Kaur, who was known to family and friends as Shanti, was found dead in her Kings...
CCTV released in Birmingham bus assault
POLICE in Birmingham have appealed for witnesses to come forward after a 19-year-old woman was indecently assaulted on a Birmingham bus.
The woman was travelling on a bus on the Alcester Road in Moseley on Tuesday July 17 when...
