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BBC to shut down Asian Network radio

The BBC confirmed on Mondaythat it will go ahead to close down the Asian Network radio station, which is targeted at people with origins in the Indian sub-continent, by the end of 2011. The BBC......

Canadian top cop urges Sikh community to 'speak out'

The head of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has urged the Sikh community in Ottawa to speak out as they continue to investigate allegations linking the Indian government to a campaign......

Curry, bhangra to feature in BBC radio drama!

Curry houses, fabric shops and bhangra music are all set to be part of a radio drama planned by the BBC to give Britain's primetime TV soaps a run for their money.Set in Birmingham, 'Silver Street'......

BBC in trouble for mocking Sikhism

A race row has erupted at BBC's flagship Asian station, which has been accused of being insensitive towards Sikhs and encouraging a Muslim presenter to mock Sikhism. "We should not be paying a......

Mangalyaan enters last leg: Will India win Asian race to Mars?

Mangalyaan is scheduled to enter the Mars orbit on September 24. Photograph: ISRO On Monday, ISRO scientists will run a test of the Mars orbiter satellite's main engine and make a small course......

BBC to shut down Asian Network

The British Broadcasting Corporation confirmed on Monday that it would close down the Asian Network radio station, which is targeted at people with origins in the Indian sub-continent, by the end......

BBC Asian Network closure was inevitable: Scribes

Senior Britain-based Indian journalists who worked for the BBC believe that given the multi-choice media environment, diversity of languages within the Asian community and stiff competition from......

UK's Asian radio plans US debut

The head of Britain's best-known and privately owned Asian radio network says he is planning to expand his operations to the United States and Canada.Avtar Lit, whose personal wealth was recently......

Surina Narula is UK's 'Asian of the Year 2005'

Surina Narula, a London-based businesswoman and fundraiser for charitable causes, particularly for street children in India, has been declared as the 'Asian of the Year 2005' for her outstanding......

HT Media, Virgin tune into radio

HT Media Limited, the company that owns the Hindustan Times, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Richard Branson's Virgin Radio Asia to explore the possibility of setting up FM radio......

The Indian Film Making Global Waves

'I thought of a suppressed country and a free world.''If we travel from one to another, what will that road look like?''What colours, music there will be? What kind of people would you see?'......

British Asians find voice on BBC Asia

A lot of money and hype is involved in BBC Asian Network's radio series, Silver Street.The programme, with a budget of more than $1.8 million, will go on air on May 24.What's SilverStreet all about......

Get to meet Sonu, or Shezad

Now, there are sweepstakes to meet your favourite singers. The Dish Network in the United States is offering its US-based viewers a chance to meet Sonu Nigam in Mumbai or Shezad Roy in Karachi.......

Karan Johar says no to Channel 4

Britain's Channel Four television network has confirmed that filmmaker Karan Johar has pulled out of its reality television show to select a British Asian for a forthcoming Bollywood film.The......

Meet the Bin Laughin of comedy!

Azhar Usman, a US-Chicago-born Muslim comedian, worked as a lawyer for not too long. But he decided his calling was standup comedy and he had followed the acts of several good standup comics when......

Imposter posing as ex-Pakistan cricketer appears on BBC

Imposter Nadeem Alam. Photograph: BBC An imposter posing as a former Pakistani cricketer has duped the BBC into paying him to appear as an expert on cricket shows and even took part in a......

BBC bags radio rights in India

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has secured exclusive radio rights for all international cricket matches in India for the next four years.The BBC was awarded the rights by Nimbus......

Snubbed by BCCI, Srinivasan is 2nd most influential man in Asian Sport

Indian administrators are ruling the roost in Asian sports. Although, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) barred Narayanaswami Srinivasan from attending any meeting but he is still at......

Hijab ban driving women away from soccer

Muslim women are being driven away from soccer by FIFA's ban of the hijab, with more likely to follow if rulemakers fail to reverse the decision at a meeting next month, Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein......

Shorts: FIS president warns FIFA over clash with 2022 Winter Games

Silver medalist Staale Sandbech of Norway receives his flowers from President of the International Ski Federation (FIS) Gian-Franco Kasper. Photograph: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images International Ski......

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