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Decision angers female playersA DECISION by the International Football Association Board (IFAB) to ban the Hijab from the game has been met with dismay by two British Muslim players. Aisha Ahmad and Ayesha Abdeen who play for the British Muslim...

A BIRMINGHAM woman has admitted she is still shaking two weeks after slicing open an aubergine to find the Arabic word for ‘Allah’ inscribed within the seeds of the vegetable. Mother-of-two Najma Mahmood told The Asian Today she was...

A WOMAN who was killed and buried in a suitcase in a garden in Birmingham accused her father and uncle of trying to kill her in a chilling video recorded on her mobile phone, the Old Bailey heard. Banaz...

Captain Inzamam admits team under pressurePAKISTAN looked a team million miles away from one tipped to take the World Cup crown after they were comprehensively beaten by hosts West Indies on the opening day of the cricketing showpiece. On...

THE DETECTIVE who led the investigation that convicted a taxi driver for the brutal murder of his wife and three children admitted the reasons for the horrendous crime may never be known. Detective Supt Martin Bottomley spoke just moments...

A MUSLIM women’s organisation based in Birmingham is to hold a conference inviting women from other religions to find out what life is really like for Muslim women in the city. The Shahadah organisation will host the special conference...

Film ReviewA romantic comedy dealing with the lives and loves of second generation Indians in the UK   Director: Vipul Amrutlal Shah Cast: Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Upen Patel, Rishi Kapoor, Javed Sheikh   Small pockets of Asian communities are present all over the...

Writer Jessica Hines on what drew her to AmitabhHe is Indian cinema’s biggest star, she is a UK writer with a love of all things Bollywood, but Jessica Hines has accomplished what many a Bollywood movie buff has only...

THE head of the family team at a Birmingham law firm says it is dealing with an increasing number of Asian couples whose marriages are failing. Baldish Khatkar who heads up the family team at Young and Lee says that...

‘The Namesake’ gears up for UK releaseA MAJOR international bestseller and chosen by The New York Times, USA Today and Entertainment Weekly among many others as one of the Best Books of the Year, Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel The Namesake...

Akshay Kumar on 'Namastey London'For so long actor Akshay Kumar was the typical Bollywood action hero. So what's made him want to swap his boxing gloves for romantic poetry? In his latest film Namastey London he plays Arjun, a...

Holly meets Bolly in Mira Nair's 'Shantaram'We've been asking the question for years, just when will two major stars from Hollywood and Bollywood come together in the same film? Drum roll please because we can reveal that time has...