London: Tributes were paid to the memory of Indian student Anuj Bidve at Lancaster University, where he was enrolled for a post-graduate qualification before being killed in an unprovoked attack in Salford on December 26. Over 200 students and staff gathered at the memorial service at the Lancaster University Chaplaincy Centre on Saturday. The university is discussing with Anuj's family what sort of tribute would be a fitting way to...
09:22 AM, Jan 22, 2012
London: A high-level British delegation will visit India in the next couple of months to assure parents of Indian students planning to study in the UK that the killing of Anuj Bidve in Manchester is a one-off incident. Professor Eric Thomas, President, Universities UK who will head the delegation told members of the Indian Journalists' Association today: "UK remains one of the best locations for higher education in the world...
07:54 PM, Jan 20, 2012
Bhopal: Demanding immediate release of the Bhopal gas tragedy victims arrested by the police for allegedly indulging in violence here on December 3, the organisations fighting for the rights of the gas victims on Monday alleged that even the old and those not present on the spot had been arrested. "Old and innocent persons and even those who were not present where violent incidents took place on the 27th anniversary...
10:05 AM, Jan 17, 2012
New Delhi: Diplomat and writer Pavan K Varma, the author of 16 books, is campaigning for literature in the mother tongue. And his debut fiction, set in India and Bhutan, also offers a dialogue between Hinduism and Buddhism. "Any writing becomes bad if it is derivative - and not rooted in culture," Varma, the Indian ambassador to Bhutan, told IANS in an interview. "Ideally, people should write in their own...
02:10 PM, Jan 13, 2012
New Delhi: An Indian origin man and his English wife have been murdered in Birmingham, weeks after an Indian student was killed in an apparent hate crime in Manchester. The local police named the victim as Avatar Singh Kolar, 62, and Carole Kolar, 58. The police added that their son is a police officer, who found the bodies. The case comes at a sensitive time when less than a month...
06:22 AM, Jan 12, 2012
Indian Student Anuj Bidve's murder in Manchester has brought the focus back on racially motivated crimes in the UK. ...
10:00 AM, Jan 10, 2012
London: The Greater Manchester Police looking for a 20-year-old Indian-origin man, who has been missing since January 2, on Monday said that a taxi driver may hold vital information about him. Concern is growing for Gurdeep Hayer who has gone missing from a place in Manchester, which is less than 16 kilometres from where Anuj Bidve was killed on December 26. Based in West Bromwich, Gurdeep was last seen in...
10:25 AM, Jan 09, 2012
London: Concern is growing for a 20-year-old Indian-origin man who has gone missing since the early hours of January 2 from a place in Manchester, which is less than 16 kilometres from where Anuj Bidve was killed on December 26. Gurdeep Hayer, who is based in West Bormwich, travelled to Manchester on December 31 to celebrate New Year's Eve with friends. He stayed with friends in the Fallowfield area of...
05:43 PM, Jan 08, 2012
Pune: Anuj Bidve's friends and family paid their final tribute and cremated him in Pune on Saturday. But their fight for justice, they say, will continue for their son, an innocent 23-year-old, who was shot dead in UK on Boxing Day. Anuj's friends and family paid their last tribute to him on Saturday after his body was brought back to India from the UK where he was shot dead in...
07:33 AM, Jan 08, 2012
New Delhi: The last rites of murdered student Anuj Bidve were performed in Pune on Saturday evening. Bidve's body was brought back earlier in the day by his parents from the UK. The Bidves had flown to the UK to bring back his body. Twenty three-year-old Bidve was shot dead in Salford in Manchester on Boxing Day. Bidve's parents visited the spot where he was shot dead, in Salford, on...
09:11 PM, Jan 07, 2012
Bidve's parents visited the spot where he was shot dead, in Salford, on Friday. His father has appealed for justice. ...
05:30 PM, Jan 07, 2012
Mumbai: Anuj Bidve's body was brought back on Saturday morning by his parents from the UK. The last rites of the 23-year old will be performed in Pune on Saturday evening. Bidve was shot dead in Salford in Manchester on Boxing Day. Bidve's parents visited the spot where he was shot dead, in Salford, on Friday. His father has appealed for justice. One local, a 20-year old man, who calls...
01:14 PM, Jan 07, 2012
New Delhi: The family of Pune's Anuj Bidve, who was killed in Manchester on Boxing Day, is bringing the 23-year old's body home. They are expected to arrive in Mumbai via a British Airways flight on Saturday morning. His last rites will be held on Saturday evening in Pune. Bidve's parents visited the spot where he was shot dead, in Salford, on Friday. His father has appealed for justice. One...
08:45 AM, Jan 07, 2012
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11:40 PM, Jan 06, 2012
New Delhi: Demanding justice for his son Anuj Bidve, the family of the slain Indian student on Friday visited the spot where he was killed and thanked the British government for its support. "We have made the journey from India to see the place where Anuj died and take his body back to India. This was a difficult journey to make. When Anuj left India last year he was full...
04:50 PM, Jan 06, 2012
London: Anuj Bidve's family has been making a desperate plea for justice in the UK for their 23-year-old son who was killed on December 26. The family will visit the spot where Bidve was shot dead, and is expected to fly back home with his body on Saturday. On Thursday Anuj Bidve's parents went to the UK Parliament to discuss concerns over the investigation into his murder. A 20-year-old has...
06:11 AM, Jan 06, 2012
London: A fund will be set up in memory of the murdered Indian student Anuj Bidve, British lawmaker of Indian origin Keith Vaz announced in London on Thursday, as he promised full investigation into the gruesome killing. Vaz, the Labour party MP and Chairman of House of Commons Home Affairs Parliamentary Committee, met Subhash Bidve, father of the slain student, his mother Yogini Bidve and brother-in-law Rakesh Sonawane in Parliament....
08:37 PM, Jan 05, 2012
New Delhi: Family of slain Indian student Anuj Bidve on Thursday visited the UK Parliament. Anuj's father Subhash Bidve said that justice is yet to come and at this point he can't say that he is satisfied with the progress. "I humbly request to make sure that students who come here can study here and go back to their countries. I am very thankful and obliged to everyone. Justice is...
05:55 PM, Jan 05, 2012
The Bidve family will leave for Manchester later on Thursday and will visit the site of the gruesome incident in Salford on Friday. ...
04:28 PM, Jan 05, 2012
New Delhi: Anuj Bidve's family has reached the UK to bring his body home. The family is expected to return to Pune on Saturday. The 23-year-old micro-electronics student was shot dead in Manchester on Boxing Day, December 26; in what police say was an assault without a motive. Bidve's body was handed over to the Indian High Commission after the second post-mortem was conducted. One local 20-year-old Kiara Stapleton who...
06:05 AM, Jan 05, 2012
