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| Top Asian police officer threatens suit on racism grounds |
 The
Metropolitan Police of London is facing its worst ever race crisis
with a top-ranking officer, an Asian Muslim, threatening to sue the
force for racial discrimination. Assistant Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur
has found support from the powerful National Black Police Association
(NBPA) which has decided to back him and asked the government to intervene
in the matter. 
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| 'BBC controlled by white cultural elite' |
 A
senior Indian-origin director at the BBC has accused the corporation
of packing the television screen with black and Asian faces while
reserving positions of “real power” for a white cultural
elite. Shah told an audience of television insiders that black and
Asian people were embarrassed by the “tick-box” approach
of BBC bosses.
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| Vaz launches probe into Britain's proposed migration system |
 Keith
Vaz, chairman of the British parliament's home affairs committee,
Friday launched an inquiry into plans for sweeping changes to the
migration system, saying there are concerns about their impact on
the catering industry. The British government plans to introduce a
points-based system that will give preference to high-earning, English-speaking,
young applicants to live and work in Britain.
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| Caste discrimination does not exist in Britain |
 A
report released by the Hindu Forum of Britain (HFB), 'Caste in the
UK' has found that caste discrimination is not endemic in British
society. The report exposes MPs who have failed to declare in the
Members Register that they sit on the Board of lobbying organisations
on whose behalf they have run campaigns in the House of Commons.
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| Watermans wins judicial review of Arts Council decision |
 Watermans
has won its case for a judicial review of the Arts Council decision
to withdraw its £500,000 funding grant. Following the Court’s
Notification, the Arts Council has now asked Watermans to withdraw
its legal action in return for a new funding recommendation being
taken to the Arts Council’s next London Regional Council Meeting.
The matter is to be now settled out of court.
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| IT to improve literacy rates in rural India |
 India
has one of the world’s fastest growing economies yet over one
third of the population is still illiterate and more than 35% of children
don’t attend secondary school, according to UNICEF. However,
a revolutionary initiative has been designed to improve the quality
of education in rural India by taking new technology into remote villages.
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| Bhumi Puja for Britain's first state funded Hindu School |
 The
holy ceremony of Bhumi Puja (ground-breaking) ceremony of the first
ever state-funded Hindu School in Britain took place on Saturday 7th
June 2008 and marked the start of building works to be completed in
August 2009 . The Krishna Avanti Primary School is situated in the
London Borough of Harrow which has one of the highest concentration
of Hindus in the country.
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| Asian Women of Achievement Award Winners 2008 |
 Wasfi
Kani, who founded Grange Park Opera in 1998 and created an opera festival
that today rivals Glyndebourne, was last night named 'Asian Woman
of the Year' 2008. She was among nine other winners at the annual
Asian Women of Achievement Awards event where guests included Her
Royal Highness Princess Badiya of Jordan, and actress Elizabeth Hurley
and Awards patron Cherie Blair.
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| Asian Rich List 2008: Mittal tops Britain's rich list again |
 Indian
steel tycoon Lakshmi Niwas Mittal has once again topped the Sunday
Times Rich List - the definitive rundown of Britain's wealthiest people.
Mittal and the Hinduja brothers Srichand and Gopichand are the two
Indian business conglomerates that dominated the list for 2008 in
the midst of a global credit crunch.
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| Prime Minister attends Labour Friends of India Annual Luncheon 2008 |
 The
Prime Minister, Gordon Brown presented Lord Neil Kinnock with the
Fenner Brockway Medal for the services of the British Council in India
at the Labour Friends of India ‘Annual Luncheon’, on Tuesday
22 April 2008 in London. The Prime Minister, in his speech said "I
want India and Britain to work in even closer relationships".
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