“I’m realising my dreams”

Navin Kundra talks to The Asian TodayCOVENTRY'S Navin Kundra is living his dream. The singer-songwriter-composer is one of the hottest talents around on the Asian music scene and he’s loving every minute of it. With fans from Southall to South...

Indian trio jailed over multi-million pound visa scam

Gang jailed for total of 19 yearsTHREE people have been jailed for a total of 19 years following the largest ever immigration crime investigation by the UK Border Agency and police. Jatinder Sharma, 44, and two women who both claimed to...

Swat Valley: The People’s Disaster

Oxfam’s Jonaid Jilani reports from PakistanJonaid Jilani from Oxfam has just returned from the Swat Valley in Pakistan where a humanitarian disaster is playing out. It is estimated nearly 1 million people have fled the war zone following fighting...

Kaminey

What’s On Bollywood with BBC’s Manish GajjarKaminey Directed by: Vishal Bhardwaj Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Amol Gupte   Twin brothers, Guddu and Charlie are in their early twenties. They were born and bred in Dharavi, the world's largest slum dwelling in...

Teen sentenced to life for murder

Victim lay undiscovered in flat for almost a monthA TEENAGER who brutally murdered his friend has been jailed for life. Ziarab Nawaz, 18, pleaded guilty at Bradford Crown Court to murdering Mohammed Ali. The 23-year-old was knifed to death...

Trio guilty of record £36m cannabis haul

Leicester men aided international drugs ringTHREE Leicester men who helped to smuggle cannabis worth more than £36m into the UK have been convicted. Baljinder Singh Rai, 41, of Huntsman Way in Leicester, Mohinder Singh Rai, 45, of Portsdown Road...

World champs India on fire

‘IPL has made us winners’, says Captain DhoniINDIA enter the World Twenty20 this month hoping the benefits of playing regularly in the Indian Premier League can help them retain their crown as the best Twenty20 side in the world. The...

Khan: Star in the Making

Bolton Ace dreams of Hollywood as he gears up for World Title showdownAMIR Khan loves Tinseltown so much that he says he may move there permanently after his boxing career has ended - to become an actor. Khan is spending...

‘We’ve moved on from Lahore’

Sri Lanka prepare for return post-Lahore terror attackSRI Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara said his team were looking forward to getting back onto the cricket pitch just months after they were targeted in a terrorist attack in the Pakistan city...

Yousuf quits ICL for second time

‘I’m not going back’, says Pakistan batsmanMOHAMMAD Yousuf has returned back to the Pakistan fold after quitting the unofficial Indian Cricket League for the second time. The record-making batsman could return to first team cricket for Pakistan who had...

Eastenders’ Gay Muslim shocker

“We need to reflect multicultural Britain’, say soap bossesBBC bosses will embark on their most explosive storyline for a Muslim Walford resident later this month when newcomer Syed Masood embarks on a gay love affair with neighbour Christian Clarke....

‘Monster’ guilty of murdering sisters

Family hit out at ‘barbaric killer’ after guilty verdictA BIRMINGHAM man who butchered his girlfriend and her sister to death in their city apartment has today been found guilty of murder. Mohammed Ali, 29, of Old Snow Hill, was convicted...