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No compensation package involved, says Force India chief FORCE India have released driverGiancarlo Fisichella to join rivals Ferrari for the remaining 2009 F1 season. The 36-year-old will join Ferrari as a replacement for Luca Badoer who was drafted in...

PCB agree $18m compensation package with ICCTHE PAKISTAN Cricket Board has hit out at criticisms levied against it after a financial agreement was made with the ICC over its expulsion as part hosts of the 2011 World Cup. Pakistan was...

British Muslims take part in new studyMANY young British Muslims feel demonised by the police and the media and say they have come under pressure to prove their loyalty since the September 11 attacks and the 2005 London bombings,...

Victim shot twice in the bodyTHREE Sheffield brothers have been charged with murdering a takeaway delivery driver who was shot dead in South Yorkshire. Safrajur Rahman Jahingir, 23, was hit twice in the body as he sat at the...

Contest looks to launch winner Reena Patel into BollywoodA BRITISH Asian beauty will be whisked off for a Bollywood role after being crowned the first ever Miss Bollywood UK at a gala event in Birmingham. Reena Patel, from London, beat...

Munshur Ali sentenced to 14 years in jailA MAN has been sentenced to 14 years in jail for raping two 13-year-old girls. Munshur Ali, 22, was convicted of three counts of rape at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court following an...

Munshur Ali sentenced to 14 years in jailA MAN has been sentenced to 14 years in jail for raping two 13-year-old girls. Munshur Ali, 22, was convicted of three counts of rape at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court following an...

£10,000 reward as Detectives step up hunt for Shahid MohammedCRIMESTOPPERS is appealing to British Muslims during the holy month of Ramadan for help in catching a man wanted by police for the murder of eight members of the same...

25-minute drama Adha Cup is first for broadcasterCHANNEL 4 will screen its first Urdu film next week. The black and white comedy, called Adha Cup, is written and directed by Nottingham filmmakerSarmad Masud – a Leeds International Film Festival...

Adil Ray accused over Kirpan remarkTHE BBC has defended a Muslim radio presenter after he was accused of being insensitive towards the Sikh religion. Adil Ray, presenter on the BBC Asian Network, incurred the wrath of his Sikh listeners...

Supporters club look to raise funds for charityAN Asian footballer supporters club are hoping to raise funds for a number of charities when they host a charity night in Wolverhampton in October. Punjabi Wolves, the Asian football supporters club...

Parliamentary hopeful, Shazia Awan on her trip to war torn SrebreniciaPROSPECTIVE Parliamentary candidate, Shazia Awan this month returned from an eye-opening trip from war torn Srebrenicia, which saw one of the worst genocides of recent history.  She was part...