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British-Indian Lawmaker Tables Motion Against Anti-Hindu Hate Crimes In UK
A British-Indian London Assembly member tabled a motion this week calling on the Metropolitan Police to include the breakdown of hate crimes by religion to tackle growing instances of anti-Hindu hate.
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"Need To Set Record Straight": India Slams UK Lawmakers' Farm Row Debate
A debate held in British Parliament on Monday on "safety of farmers" and "press freedom" in India has evoked a sharp response from the Indian High Commission in London
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COVID-19: Indian-Origin British MP Discharged From Hospital
Veteran Indian-origin British lawmaker Virendra Sharma on Tuesday urged everyone to strictly follow the government's social distancing advice to help control the coronavirus pandemic as he revealed his own COVID-19 diagnosis and discharge from hospital.
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British Lawmakers Campaign For Separate Sikh Ethnicity In UK Census
A group of British lawmakers have launched a year-long campaign to lobby for Sikhism to be added as a separate ethnicity tick-box in the next UK census in 2021 after the country's statistical authority concluded it was not required.
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Indian-Origin Lawmaker Calls For Action In Temple Burglaries In London
A veteran Indian-origin MP in the UK has urged the British government to take a decisive action against the recent burglaries at two temples in London and treat them as a hate crime.
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Indian-Origin Lawmaker Joins Theresa May's Opposition As Challenge Mounts
Indian-origin lawmaker Priti Patel, one of the most outspoken British politicians in favour of Brexit, joined fellow Brexiteers today to mount a further challenge to Prime Minister Theresa May's plans for a future trading arrangement with the European Union (EU).
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"We're Sponsoring Indian Moon Launch": British MPs Question Financial Aid
Some of Britain's lawmakers from the ruling Conservative party on Monday questioned the British government's financial assistance programme for India, which will involve 52 million pounds for 2018-19 and 46 million pounds for 2019-20.
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Indian-Origin UK Lawmaker Challenges Theresa May's Brexit Strategy
Indian-origin Conservative party lawmaker and former UK Cabinet minister Priti Patel is among 20 party rebels who are challenging British Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit strategy with a 'Stand Up 4 Brexit' campaign.
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British Lawmakers Want 9-Year-Old Indian Chess Prodigy To Stay In UK
Two British MPs have intervened in the visa battle of a nine-year-old Indian boy who has the potential to be the future world chess champion but must leave the country by next month when his father's work visa expires.
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Indian-Origin Lawmakers Ask UK PM To Intervene In British Sikhs Arrest
Indian-origin lawmakers are among 70 lawmakers in Britain lobbying Prime Minister Theresa May to intervene at the "highest levels" with the Indian government over allegations of torture against a British Sikh murder suspect lodged in a Punjab jail.
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British-Indian Lawmaker Tables Motion Against Anti-Hindu Hate Crimes In UK
A British-Indian London Assembly member tabled a motion this week calling on the Metropolitan Police to include the breakdown of hate crimes by religion to tackle growing instances of anti-Hindu hate.
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"Need To Set Record Straight": India Slams UK Lawmakers' Farm Row Debate
A debate held in British Parliament on Monday on "safety of farmers" and "press freedom" in India has evoked a sharp response from the Indian High Commission in London
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COVID-19: Indian-Origin British MP Discharged From Hospital
Veteran Indian-origin British lawmaker Virendra Sharma on Tuesday urged everyone to strictly follow the government's social distancing advice to help control the coronavirus pandemic as he revealed his own COVID-19 diagnosis and discharge from hospital.
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British Lawmakers Campaign For Separate Sikh Ethnicity In UK Census
A group of British lawmakers have launched a year-long campaign to lobby for Sikhism to be added as a separate ethnicity tick-box in the next UK census in 2021 after the country's statistical authority concluded it was not required.
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Indian-Origin Lawmaker Calls For Action In Temple Burglaries In London
A veteran Indian-origin MP in the UK has urged the British government to take a decisive action against the recent burglaries at two temples in London and treat them as a hate crime.
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Indian-Origin Lawmaker Joins Theresa May's Opposition As Challenge Mounts
Indian-origin lawmaker Priti Patel, one of the most outspoken British politicians in favour of Brexit, joined fellow Brexiteers today to mount a further challenge to Prime Minister Theresa May's plans for a future trading arrangement with the European Union (EU).
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"We're Sponsoring Indian Moon Launch": British MPs Question Financial Aid
Some of Britain's lawmakers from the ruling Conservative party on Monday questioned the British government's financial assistance programme for India, which will involve 52 million pounds for 2018-19 and 46 million pounds for 2019-20.
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Indian-Origin UK Lawmaker Challenges Theresa May's Brexit Strategy
Indian-origin Conservative party lawmaker and former UK Cabinet minister Priti Patel is among 20 party rebels who are challenging British Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit strategy with a 'Stand Up 4 Brexit' campaign.
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British Lawmakers Want 9-Year-Old Indian Chess Prodigy To Stay In UK
Two British MPs have intervened in the visa battle of a nine-year-old Indian boy who has the potential to be the future world chess champion but must leave the country by next month when his father's work visa expires.
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Indian-Origin Lawmakers Ask UK PM To Intervene In British Sikhs Arrest
Indian-origin lawmakers are among 70 lawmakers in Britain lobbying Prime Minister Theresa May to intervene at the "highest levels" with the Indian government over allegations of torture against a British Sikh murder suspect lodged in a Punjab jail.
