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Who is the Lord Mayor of UK’s Birmingham, who said ‘Kashmir is Pakistan’s’

In a video clip from Pakistani I-Day celebrations in Birmingham last week, the mayor can be heard urging Pakistan govt & the people of Kashmir to sit down for 'peaceful dialogue'.

By order of the Peaky Blinders—Who will be carrying on Tommy Shelby’s legacy?

Following the hit 2026 film 'The Immortal Man', a brand-new sequel series will track Tommy Shelby’s sons fighting for Birmingham.

Makeshift gym, no money for chicken, odd jobs—What’s behind Achinta Sheuli’s CWG gold

In West Bengal’s Deulpur village, Achinta Sheuli’s mother is happy people are finally ‘enquiring about us’. Brother Alok wants Achinta to ‘win Olympics gold next’.

Birmingham 2022 scripts a new Commonwealth Games story for India—fewer medals, more diversity

More than a week into the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra's absence hasn't really been felt with India raking up 26 medals so far.

What is lawn bowls, the outdoor sport that gave India its historic gold at Commonwealth Games

The Indian women’s team, consisting of Rupa Rani Tirkey, Pinki, Nayamoni Saikia and Lovely Choubey, won by beating South Africa in the finals Tuesday.

Hima Das’ ‘gold’ in CWG exposes ignorance about all things not cricket

The ace sprinter’s phenomenal win at the junior world championships in Finland in 2018 is being lapped up as a ‘gold’ in the ongoing CWG.

27-year-old man charged with murder in connection with Birmingham stabbings

Zephaniah McLeod has been charged with the murder of Jacob Billington, one of the eight stabbed Sunday and also accused of the attempted murder of the seven other victims.

Social media claims this video is of people fighting on Eid. Here’s the fact

Social media users, including one belonging to a verified Twitter handle, shared the video claiming members of a family were engaged in a fight on Eid.

Research at Birmingham University Guru Nanak Chair will benefit wider world: Hardeep Puri

Here is the full text of Union minister Hardeep Puri's lecture at the launch of Guru Nanak Chair at the University of Birmingham.

The Indian behind the swing, seam and spin that left India short at Edgbaston

Dilip Jajodia, 73, owns the Dukes brand, which is behind the ball credited for the cracking Test match between India and England at Edgbaston.

On Camera

Zaira Wasim calls I-Day events ‘irrelevant’. Muslim values are not at odds with patriotism

What kind of value system is it that is bothered only when girls become visible in public? Kashmir’s daughters do not need to disappear from public spaces in order to be respected.

NITI Aayog wants India to reimagine skilling, pitches ‘skills not degree’, training from Class 6

Federal think tank in its latest report maps India’s workforce and learners across five segments, reveals that fewer than one in 12 secondary schools currently offer vocational subjects.

India, Japan look at joint naval shipbuilding, technology transfer with pact to deepen defence ties

Maritime security agreement opens avenues for joint development of naval ships and design, greater use of Indian shipbuilding and repair facilities by Japan.

Gen Vaidya won 2 Maha Vir Chakras, fell to assassins’ bullets 40 yrs ago. India forgot a great soldier

Forty years ago this week, ‘Khalistan Commando Force’ assassins were closing in on Gen Vaidya. So callous was the security of the just-retired Army chief that he was given a solitary police gunman