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Driving Test Changes From Dec 2017

The driving test changed from Monday 4 December 2017 to include following directions from a sat nav and testing different manoeuvres. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) announced that the driving test in England, Scotland and Wales will change from Monday 4 December 2017. The driving test works differently in Northern Ireland. The changes […]

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PM Theresa May wishes all Indians across the UK a Happy Diwali

Prime Minister Theresa May’s Diwali message to all Indians living across the UK. “I want to send my very best wishes to everyone celebrating Diwali here in Britain and all around the world. The Festival of Lights is a special time for families and friends to come together, to share wonderful gifts and sweets, and […]

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India@70 marks the culmination of UK – India 2017 Year of Culture with a joyous celebration of British and Indian music and dance

The deep cultural ties, partnership and the long relationship between India and the UK over the past 70 years was marked last night with a richly diverse showcase of the very finest dance and music from both nations. A succession of spectacular performances and multi-art form collaborations,highlighted the unique aspects of each distinct genre while using […]

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#BabySteps – Saudi Arabia to allow women behind the wheel.

Saudi King Salman on Tuesday ordered that women be allowed to drive cars, ending a conservative tradition seen by rights activists as an emblem of the Islamic kingdom’s repression of women. The kingdom, the birthplace of Islam, has been widely criticized for being the only country in the world that bans women from driving, despite […]

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India Bazaar in Pictures

Indian Ladies UK organised the INDIA BAZAAR at the Camden Centre on the 16 Sept 2017. The event’s chief guests were the Mayor of Camden Cllr. Cotton as well as Poonam Patnaik, the wife of the Deputy High Commissioner Mr. Dinesh Patnaik. India Bazaar was attended by a large number of community members that showcased […]

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Young Ojas Tiwari joins exclusive club by achieving maximum score in Mensa IQ test.

A young British Indian boy from Kent has achieved the highest possible score in the IQ test conducted by Mensa, the world’s oldest and largest IQ society. Ojas Tiwari’s score of 162 puts him in the top 1% of those who sit Mensa’s IQ test paper, joining luminaries such as Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein. […]

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Home Office vows to crackdown on abuse of women on dependent visas.

“The day I was abandoned in India by my husband would be the start of the darkest period of my life. It has left permanent mental and emotional scars. But I was one of the luckier ones a I was able to rebuild my life. Most are not so lucky and that’s why I’m here.” […]

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Indian Ladies in UK protest for freedom as India celebrates 70 years of independence

Members of Britain’s largest Indian women’s group is to stage a silent demonstration outside the Home Office headquarters in London ( 40 Wellesley Rd, Lunar House, Croydon, CR9 2BY) to protest against the exploitation of Indian women on spousal visas. The demonstration, planned for 16th August, between 3pm – 5pm, is organized by Indian Ladies in UK CIC, a 21,000-strong not-for-profit […]

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Official vs Private parking fines

Unfair parking tickets seem to be the bane of many of our day-to-day existence, be it parking for a paltry few minutes more than the allocated time, unwittingly parking in a controlled zone on a weekend or stopping somewhere where the signage is unintelligible or ambiguous. Worse still are those handed out with unbridled zeal […]

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