An Indian-origin coach driver has pleaded guilty to causing the deaths of two men in a horrific motorway crash in 2012 after he parked his vehicle on a carriageway and a lorry ploughed into it. Jasminder Singh Dhesi, 50, who will be sentenced in February, 2013, was arrested in March last year after a coach carrying fruit-pickers was struck by a lorry on the M5 near Birmingham. ...
04:28 PM, Jan 16, 2013
The bravery and courage of young Pakistani education activist Malala Yousufzai, is an inspiration for all, the US said on Friday lauding the teenager who is to undergo a cranial surgery in the UK. ...
02:26 AM, Jan 05, 2013
A Pakistani girl shot in the head by the Taliban for advocating girls' education has been discharged from a specialist British hospital after doctors said she was well enough to spend some time recovering with her family. Fifteen-year-old Malala Yousufzai, who was shot by the Taliban in October, 2012 and brought to Britain for treatment, was discharged on Thursday but is due to be re-admitted in late January or early...
03:58 PM, Jan 04, 2013
Pakistani teenage activist Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban for advocating education for girls, will undergo cranial reconstructive surgery within weeks as part of her long-term recovery, doctors treating her at a United Kingdom hospital have said. Yousafzai, 15, was shot in Pakistan in October, 2012 and was later transferred to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham for specialist treatment and where she is currently...
11:24 AM, Jan 04, 2013
London: Malala Yousafzai, teenage Pakistani rights activist recovering in a UK hospital after being shot by Taliban in her country, today thanked millions of her well-wishers for their inspiring and humbling support. The Hospital in Birmingham, where 15-year-old Malala is undergoing treatment after being shot in the head by Taliban on October 9 for advocating girls' education in northwest Pakistan's Swat valley, today released her picture sitting and reading a...
11:16 PM, Nov 09, 2012
London: Birmingham City have become the latest second flight English soccer team to attract potential buyers, the club's Hong Kong-based parent company said on Tuesday. No binding agreements have been entered into on the sale of the club, and discussions were still at an early stage, Birmingham International said in a statement posted on the Hong Kong bourse. "The company has been approached by two prospective buyers to explore the...
05:45 PM, Oct 09, 2012
London: A top British University is planning to undertake a new research study looking at ethics, policy and practice concerning polio immunisation in India. University of Birmingham is working with Ravenshaw University in the eastern Indian state of Orissa on the new research project, a press release by the University said. Although India has been removed from the list of polio endemic countries, misconceptions still remain around polio vaccination within...
03:19 AM, Jul 14, 2012
New Delhi: Star Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal will look to gather some valuable experience for her London Olympics preparation when she starts her campaign at the All England Championship, which begins with the qualifiers in Birmingham on Monday. The National Indoor Arena at Birmingham will also host the badminton competition during the London Games, which start from July 27, and Saina will look to get a feel of the conditions....
05:37 PM, Mar 05, 2012
London: Under-fire Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas declared he doesn't need the support of the entire squad as long as he is backed by owner Roman Abramovich. A 2-0 loss at Everton on Saturday left Chelsea fifth in the Premier League and out of the Champions League qualification places. Villas-Boas hauled his under-performing players into the training ground on their day off on Sunday to discuss the team's misfortunes. Questioned on...
01:24 PM, Feb 17, 2012
London: Indian-origin Avtar Singh Kolar and his wife Carole Kolar were bludgeoned to death in a lump hammer attack in their Birmingham home earlier in January for just two mobile phones and two watches, a media report said on Thursday. Suspect Rimvydas Liorancas, 37, who was found dead in his prison cell on Saturday, is believed to have left a suicide note referring to the murders of Avtar and Carole,...
05:20 PM, Feb 02, 2012
London: A Lithuanian national arrested for the twin murders of Indian-origin Avtar Singh Kolar and his English wife in Birmingham has been found hanging in his prison cell, where was he lodged since early this month. Rimvydas Liorancas, 37, was charged with murdering Avtar and Carole Kolar, whose bodies were found at their Handsworth Wood home by their son, an officer with the West Midlands Police. Liorancas was found hanging...
04:35 PM, Jan 31, 2012
London: A 37-year-old Lithuanian national, who was arrested on Monday, has been charged with the murders of Indian-origin Avtar Singh Kolar and and his wife Carole Kolar in Birmingham last week. The West Midlands Police said that the suspect, named as Rimvydas Liorancas, will appear before magistrates in Birmingham tomorrow morning. The bodies of Avtar Singh, 62, and Carlole, 59, were found by their police officer son, Jason, from their...
08:44 AM, Jan 19, 2012
London: A man has been arrested in connection with the twin murder of Indian-origin Avtar Singh Kolar and his English wife in Birmingham. The confirmation about the arrest was made by the West Midlands police. Officers working as part of Operation Tiler executed a warrant at a house in Birmingham on Friday night, and arrested a 24-year-old man as part of their investigation. The suspect was taken to a police...
07:24 PM, Jan 14, 2012
New Delhi: There has been no headway yet in the probe into the murder of Indian origin man Avtar Singh Kolar in the UK. The 62-year old and his English wife Carole were found killed in Birmingham on Wednesday. 60 detectives are involved in the investigation. Kolar is the third Indian to die an unnatural death in the UK in two weeks. The couple's children appealed to the public to...
10:27 AM, Jan 13, 2012
British police have launched a murder probe after a CCTV footage of Birmingham riot shows unarmed officers and a police helicopter being shot at by rioters. ...
08:56 AM, Aug 21, 2011
London: Police say they have arrested 1,051 people in London over Britain's deadly riots, and 591 have been charged. More than 1,500 people have been arrested nationwide. Courts in London, Birmingham and Manchester stayed open through a second night and into Friday to deal with alleged offenders. Hundreds of stores were looted, buildings were set ablaze and several people died amid the mayhem that broke out Saturday in London and...
01:12 PM, Aug 12, 2011
London: Britain is calm after no major incidents of rioting were reported since Wednesday night, mainly due to heavy police deployment and the vigil mounted by local communities. The country is now counting its losses with the economic loss from four days of rioting, looting and arson pegged at about 100 million. Analysts add that the cost to Britain's reputation and its lucrative tourist trade in the run-up to the...
10:24 AM, Aug 11, 2011
New Delhi: A massive police presence and hundreds of arrests have helped calm the situation in London where riots have raged for the past four days. However, other cities like Birmingham and Manchester are now seeing similar chaos, with mobs looting stores, burning property and attacking police stations. Britain is going through its worst mob violence in decades and now people are coming out on the streets to protect their...
08:12 PM, Aug 10, 2011
Asif Ali Zardari was addressing a gathering of PPP workers in Birmingham on Saturday. ...
07:15 AM, Aug 08, 2010
