Indian Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping and Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation Nitin Gadkari flagged off Bharat Symphony – the final major event in the India-UK Year of Culture calendar in the UK.
Category: UK
NRIs, PIOs in UK take up USD 5 billion projects for Ganga development
Indian corporates, Non-Resident Indians and Persons of Indian Origin have committed more than USD5 billion for the development of ghats, fronts, crematoriums and parks along the banks of River Ganga.
Liberal UK leader calls for ‘vindaloo visas’ to boost curry industry
Highlighting the problems faced by the Indian food industry post-Brexit, Britain’s Liberal Democrat party leader Sir Vince Cable has called on the government to introduce temporary “vindaloo” visas.
Non-profit forum to gather views of Indian professionals about Brexit
Taking measures to ensure a smoother transition, a new forum has been launched in London to ensure that the voice of Indian professionals based in the UK is heard as the British government proceeds with Brexit..
UK High Commission organises 350th birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh in Belfast
A first-ever Indian community event ‘350th Birth Anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh’ was organised by the High Commission of India in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
UK-India Week to be held in June 2018 at London, Buckinghamshire
The UK-based India Inc has announced it will be holding the UK-India Week from June 2018 19 to 22, packed with a series of events that will see the participation of key players within the UK-India bilateral relationship.
Modi’s policy implementation not going as fast as he liked: GP Hinduja
Leading NRI industrialist GP Hinduja has said that the speed of policy implementation in the Indian economy has failed to keep pace with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision.
After Tata and ArcelorMittal, Liberty House looks to India to acquire stressed assets
As part of its expansion plans, Liberty House Group, which acquired the speciality steel business of Tata Steel in the UK for £100 million, has evinced interest to buy out stressed assets being put on the block.
Indian-origin store worker in UK jailed for rape
In another criminal case involving an Indian in the UK, a 30-year-old Indian-origin store worker in the UK has been jailed for nearly eight years for raping a woman who visited his shop to charge her mobile phone, according to media reports.
Punjab CM’s wife Preneet Kaur asks NRIs in UK to invest in the state
Encouraging foreign investment for Punjab, former Union minister of state for external affairs Preneet Kaur, who is on a 10-day tour to Britain, on Sunday asked non-resident Indians, especially Punjabis, to invest in the state.
