Indian businesses create 19,000 new jobs in Britain in past 12 months
Indian businesses have created at least 19,000 new jobs in Britain in the past 12 months and helped save some 14,000 existing ones, British Deputy High Commissioner Mike Connor says.
what's to declassify? a young officer took matters into his own hands to 'help' his beloved troopsG Subramaniam wrote:Has the UK declassified the role of the british in handing over Gilgit to TSP in 1947
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Tue, Jul 8 11:44 AM
More than 200 people danced together to the tune of a hit Indian song in the city's Trafalgar square to set a world record for 'Bollywood dancing' by most number of people.
Hosted by Strictly Come Dancing's Erin Boag, the event encouraged young people to break several world records including largest number of football freestyle tricks in one minute.
LONDON: British Muslims are part of the Taliban force fighting against the country's troops deployed under the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, a British General said in an interview with a newspaper published on Saturday.
General Ed Butler, a former commander of Britain's force in Afghanistan, was quoted by the Daily Telegraph as saying that British forces "have uncovered evidence that British Muslims are actively supporting the Taliban and al-Qaida in attacks on coalition forces in southern Afghanistan".
"There are British passport holders who live in Britain, who are being found in places like Kandahar," said Butler, a former head of the Special Air Service (SAS) troops in Afghanistan.
Fearing the possibility of terrorist activity being hatched against Britain in Afghanistan, he said: "There is a link between Kandahar and urban conurbations in the UK". It was revealed earlier this year that RAF Nimrod spy planes monitoring Taliban radio signals in the war-ravaged country had intercepted militants speaking among themselves with Yorkshire and Midlands accents.
According to the newspaper, British intelligence is aware of the radical British Muslims participating in the Afghan conflict. The officials have also warned that the west faces a "long haul" in Afghanistan.
Butler, widely regarded as one of the best British officers of his generation, also recommended the long stay of British forces in southern Afghanistan despite the heavy casualties because of the continued presence of the radical British Muslims in the region.
"This is a highly significant mission. If we do not win against the protagonists of the 9/11 attacks then those who are against us will take great succour from it," he told the newspaper.
In 2006, when British forces deployed to Helmand province, Butler had warned the government that there was a strong possibility that British soldiers would end up killing Muslims who held British passports and were fighting with the Taliban and al-Qaida. Butler has announced his decision to retire from the army earlier this year.
Fri, Aug 8 06:05 PM
London : Taxpayers will splash a whopping seven million pounds to send around 600 public workers to Beijing for Olympics.
The public workers include politicians, press officers, policemen, and BBC staff, who are heading to China for an Olympics junket.
While Gordon Brown is taking 20 aides, that costs 114,000 pounds, a whole bunch of ministers and officials are also going.
London Mayor Boris Johnson is taking 13 staff for 167,000 pounds, and the BBC is sending a team of 437 to cover the events.
As this totals up to a bill of around 3million pounds, it is believed that Met Police's fact-finding trip for London 2012 will cost around 240,000 pounds.
Besides, the London Development Agency has already dished out 3million pounds for hiring a private members' club in Beijing.
The London Book Fair has announced that the focus for the next year's fair will be on India with the theme: 'India Through Fresh Eyes'.
The programme in April 2009 will cover linguistic, economic, geographic and demographic issues.
A spokesperson for Federation of Indian Publishers said: "The London Book Fair will provide great opportunity to our publishers, and also to old and new emerging authors, to showcase their latest titles and highlight the progress made in India in the book publishing industry."
14 Aug 2008
LONDON: Large numbers of people from across Britain are thronging to the ‘yoga camps’ of the yoga guru Baba Ramdev in London as he teaches the basics of pranayam on his week-long visit to the country.
Baba Ramdev, who enjoys a considerable following among Britain's Asian population through his daily telecast and DVDs, is on a six-day visit during which he is scheduled to hold camps in eight cities.
The largest gathering has been reported from Leicester, which has a large minority of Indian origin. The camp was also attended by Leicester’s Lord Mayor, Manjula Sood.
She said: “Health includes not only the physical body but also spiritual, mental, and self-discipline. Swami's mission and message for the entire world is everyone can achieve a healthy lifestyle through yoga”.
Devotees queued up to register at his camp from early in the morning. People from the US, Canada, India and Africa were among those who enrolled for the Leicester yoga session, which ran from 7 am to 9.30 am.
Speaking at the Guru Panth Prakash Gurdwara, Ramdev said: “Yoga is the way of life. Yoga is an ancient medicine. Make yoga your future, your life”.
Priti Raichura, organiser of the Leicester event, said: “We had a huge turnout. It just shows that there's a real interest out there in people who wanted to learn more about how they can live healthier lives”.
“What was so nice to see was there were people from different backgrounds, all walks of life. We had Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and Christians all coming together to practice these ancient techniques”.
M. Ramesh
Chennai, Aug. 15 Here’s an ode to our former colonial masters. In 2007-08, India made 75 investments in the UK, which created 19,000 jobs in the country, according to the UK Inward Investment Report 2007-08.
The British High Commission in India sees this as an example of the growing ties between India and the UK — a growth that extends well beyond commerce, into education and collaboration in science.
Mr Mike Connor, British Deputy High Commissioner in Southern India, points out that the London Stock Exchange hosts 52 Indian companies with a combined market cap of £9 billion. Indian firms have raised a total of £3 billion, he says.
Tata-Corus
While only big ticket investments such as of Tata-Corus come into the limelight, there are a number of small and medium investments that keep happening. For example, in June 2007, Bangalore-based Dynamatic Technologies, Asia’s largest producer of hydraulic gear pumps, acquired the assets of Sauer-Danfoss in Swindon.
But officials of the High Commission stress that the Indo-UK relations are not just about trade and investment, examples for which abound. Only a couple of days ago, there was one marquee investment by an UK company – Tesco – which has committed to invest Rs 480 crore in the Indian retail sector in two years.
The point really is that, quietly behind the scenes, a whole lot of collaborative work is going on, says Ms Jane Owen, Director, UK Trade and Investments, British High Commission, New Delhi.
For example, following a visit of the Hull and Humber Chamber to Chandigarh in March 2006, the British Agrifood Consortium signed a contract for technology transfer and marketing assistance with the Punjab Agro Industries Corporation. The assistance is worth £250,000. The Consortium provides recommendations and solutions for the agri-food business worldwide.
Following the agreement, Samskip of UK, a cola-chain logistics company, is in the process of setting up shop in India. Satnam Overseas of Amritsar (which owns the ‘kohinoor’ brand of rice) has set up a plant in the east of England, from where it exports to the rest of Europe.
A paki whose brother teaches 'islamic banking' to arab states attends a conference were death threats are made against the country's president and former ministers. this whole business of 'islamic banking' is another way to cover the money trail.The Lal Masjid conference was graced by such panjandrums of Pakistan’s world of clerical extremism as Grand Mufti Rafi Usmani – brother of the internationally renowned Taqi Usmani advising the Arab states on Islamic banking – although the Constitution of Pakistan doesn’t mention the post of a grand mufti.
Resolutions were passed demanding death sentence for President Pervez Musharraf and the banning of ex-Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao and ex-Religion Minister Ijazul Haq from entering any seminary in Pakistan.
in strict conformity with the precepts of Islamic Shari‘ah.London, Aug.20 (ANI): Funds collected by the BBC's Children in Need charity could have been used to recruit and train homegrown terrorists involved in the 7/7 terror attacks on London.
Children in Need's chief Executive David Ramsden was quoted as telling Newsnight: I'm incredibly concerned that we did make an award to Leeds Community School over nine years ago."
"Any allegation that any funding we've given to any project has been misused and not used to change the lives of disadvantaged children and young people makes me concerned and very sad.
"We take the trust that the public puts in BBC Children In Need and the fact that they provide us with their finding extremely seriously and I'm incredibly concerned.
The program reported that 20,000 pounds was handed over to the Leeds Community School in Beeston, Yorkshire between 1999 and 2002. The school was run from premises behind the Iqra Islamic bookshop, which the gang used as a meeting place and an opportunity to radicalise others.
Some of the cash could also have been used to fund the propaganda activities of the suicide bombers who killed 52 people in July 2005, according to an investigation by BBC 2's Newsnight.
Both Mohammed Sidique Khan, the leader of the bombers, and Shehzad Tanweer, the Aldgate bomber, were trustees of the bookshop and Sidique Khan also worked for a Saturday club at the associated Leeds Community School.
Both the bookshop and the school were registered charities - the bookshop claimed, on Charity Commission submissions, that its aim was "the advancement of the Islamic faith", while the school's aim was said to be to "advance the education...of Pakistani and Bangladeshi" pupils.
The Conservatives said that charities and other public bodies had to be careful that potential terrorists trying to raise money did not exploit them.
Their hidden interest rates are probably much higher than with a typical loan. It is a captive, financially uneducated, and gullible market.It will be nice to take loans from Islamic banks if they really did not charge interest
Saturday August 23 2008
Three men arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences have been linked to an investigation into threats to kill Gordon Brown, it emerged last night.
The suspects were detained on August 14 in a joint operation between Lancashire Police and the Greater Manchester police counter-terrorism unit.
Police confirmed that the arrests are linked to a posting on the al-Ekhlaas website in January calling for the deaths of Brown and his predecessor Tony Blair.
The group making the threats called itself "al-Qaeda in Britain" and demanded the withdrawal of British forces from Iraq and Afghanistan. It also demanded the release of Muslim inmates from the high-security Belmarsh prison.
Two of the suspects were arrested at Manchester airport as they were about to board a flight to Finland. The third was arrested in Accrington, Lancashire.
Counter-terrorist officers are in Scandinavia continuing their investigations amid fears that British groups are establishing terror links in Denmark.
Police have until Thursday to charge the men - aged 21, 22 and 23, and from Blackburn - release them, or seek an extension to their custody.
The internet statement was posted in Arabic and has since been translated.
It warns that if the group's demands are not met "then the Martyrdom seekers of the organisation of al-Qaeda in Britain will target all the political leaders especially Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, and we will also target all Embassies, Crusaders Centers and their Interests through out the country, with the help of Allah."
"This is not to tell you to start killing people," she continues. "There must be a Muslim leader, when the Muslim army becomes stronger, when Islam has grown enough."
Friendship with non-Muslims is discouraged because "loyalty is only to the Muslim, not to the kaffir [disbeliever]".
Many of the sisters had the idea of living as a separate community - a concept alien to me and many other Muslims I know.