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Bollywood Singer Jazzy B and Hard Kaur pose during the song shoot of their upcoming movie 'Zaalim Dilli'
When questioned as to why he doesn’t do much work in Bollywood, he said, “Bollywood to me is very unprofessional. Everything is last minute here. ‘Abhi gana chahiye, kal banake doge?’ is what people want here. That is not how a song is made.” He went on to add: “Sometimes my team and I take two or three months to...
Heard the latest? Hrithik Roshan, the Greek god of Bollywood who plays main lead in upcoming biggie ‘Mohenjo Daro’ from renowned filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker, is expected to go nude for a sequence, a la Aamir Khan in Raj Kumar Hirani’s ‘PK’. The buzz doing the rounds in the industry is that Hrithik Roshan’s act of going for bare minimum may...
After the huge global impact of his debut single 'Sarkara' produced by musical maestro Dr Zeus, Sukhi Sivia is back with his second installment, this time a more mellow approach with 'Canada'. Sarkara remained in the Asian Download Chart for over 25 weeks and firmly placed Sukhi on the musical map. Originally from Punjab but now living in the UK, he...
Birmingham Reggae artist Apache Indian is preparing to release his sensational new tune 'Election Crisis'. The song is creating ripples across the country and has caught the ears of many people as it raises issues regarding the upcoming General Election in May and the importance of making the right choices when voting! Apache who is famously known for his huge...
BIKES: Anticipation for the inaugural Tour de Yorkshire is ever-growing with more details released every week
Tour de Yorkshire official timings announced The highly anticipated start and finish times for the Tour de Yorkshire were finally announced last week, along with the precise location details of the race starts and finishes. The major international cycling race will be held between 1st and 3rd May with the routes for the three days taking the event through some of...
WINNERS: Subhaan Ahmed and Callum Grace clinched victory in the 46kg and 48kg junior Yorkshire Championships last weekend
Young boxers cement their place at top of sport Two up-and-coming boxers from Bradford were officially recognised as the county’s ‘best’ this past week after clinching the Yorkshire Championships in their respected categories. Subhaan Ahmed and Callum Grace, both fighting out of Dewsbury-based KBW boxing club, picked up the titles in the 46kg and 48kg events, overcoming all who stood in...
TRAINING: Harleen currently trains three times a week with Jason Murray’s Martial Arts
Karate ace wants greater female participation A teenage karate enthusiast from Bradford is calling on more girls to get involved with the sport she loves after earning her Second Dan Black Belt last year. At just 16-years-old, Harleen Kaur is the youngest member at Jason Murray’s Martial Arts to achieve the accreditation adding to her already impressive collection of belts and...
Carl Frampton is a super bantamweight boxer from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He is 28 years old, 5ft 5inches in height and is currently the undefeated IBF world champion. Frampton boxing record consists of 20 impressive wins with 14 knockout victories and no loses. Frampton has been in the ring with some very good fighters and beaten them all in a...
VICTORY: Qais Ashfaq defeated Brian Gonzalez with judges scoring 48:47, 49:46, 48:47
Leeds’ Qais Ashfaq continued his impressive career as a British Lionheart last week as he overcame Mexico Guerrero’s Brian Gonzalez with a unanimous point’s decision. The bantamweight competitor was on top form in a closely fought contest yet edged out his opponent to take his career record as a Lionheart to two wins and a single defeat. Writing on social media...
Rolls Royce plans to launch high four-wheel drive vehicle by 2018… but don’t call it a SUV! It seems that Rolls Royce is joining rivals Bentley and Jaguar in catering to demand for upmarket 4x4 models. The 111-year-old marque, owned by German car firm BMW, said customers had asked it to add the as-yet unnamed vehicle to its existing saloon models...
TEAM: BARA will face off against an Italy international side during their tour and compete for the White Ribbon Trophy, pictured (l-r): Qari Asim, Garry Schofield, Ikram Butt
White Ribbon Trophy to be contested in Italy Rugby League legend Garry Schofield OBE has accepted the challenge of becoming Director of Rugby for a forthcoming BARA (British Asian Rugby Association) tour of Italy which could involve a meeting with the Pope. The BARA team will take on a Federation Italian Rugby Football League (FIRFL) XIII in Rome on the 16th...
CHAMP: Gymnast Rebecca Downie won Gold in both the European and Commonwealth Games last year, and picked up the Sporting Equals Sportswoman of the Year Award
BEDSAs hailed a huge success The inaugural British Ethnic Diversity Sports Awards (BEDSA) finally took place last weekend in Coventry, as some of the country’s top sporting talents premiered on the red carpet. Amongst them, was Leeds’ own, Ali Jawad, who was nominated for the Inspirational Sports Performance of the Year award, alongside fellow Yorkshireman, Qais Ahfaq, and sitting volleyball star,...
CHARITY: InTouch Foundation founder and board member, Osman Gondal, helped deliver meals to young and old in some of Pakistan’s slums
The founder of a Bradford charity, which feeds the homeless across West Yorkshire every week, flew his charitable arm around the world last month as he landed in Pakistan. Osman Gondal, from Allerton, helped establish the InTouch Foundation in December 2012 with a mobile soup kitchen set up in Bradford. Since then, the portable kitchens have also launched in Keighley and...
HEATED: Philip Hollobone MP led the debate on religious slaughter in Westminster Hall where speakers from across the political spectrum gave their views
MP argues that there was antisemitism and Islamophobia "lurking" behind some arguments against religious slaughter without stunning the animal “Religious minorities rightly feel picked on and scrutinised, as if to say their way of life was cruel. It’s an unfair characterisation” Labour MP Shabana Mahmood "The government have no plans at all to ban religious slaughter. The Prime Minister has been...
Uncle and nephew jailed for huge drugs network Two men who oversaw a cannabis farm network across the Midlands - netting them a multi-million pound fortune - are now behind bars after West Midlands Police brought their drugs empire to an immediate halt. Nirmal and Darryl Saund posed as respected businessmen - operating out of a Birmingham company called The Cayman...
EXCLUSIVE: Editor Andleeb Hanif speaks with Prime Minister David Cameron at Asian Express offices in Leeds
“We need to unite to make a clear and loud definition between Islam - a religion of peace and Islamist extremism” says Prime Minister The now much-criticised letter that communities secretary Eric Pickles sent to mosques, telling Muslims they to face the “challenges of integration and radicalisation”, has been supported by the Prime Minister. In a one-to-one interview at the Asian...
FOOTBALL: Kai Petty, Haleema Hassan and Madia Sadiq all took part in the school’s penalty shootout competition, organised in line with the 30th anniversary of the Valley parade fire
Penalty shoot-out remembers Valley Parade tragedy Budding football stars from a Bradford school shot past the goal of raising £600 for a local charity last month, marking the 30-year anniversary of the city’s worst sporting disaster. Boys and girls from St Matthews CE Primary laced up their football boots in February to take part in a sponsored penalty shoot-out in aid...
REPRESENTATIVE: Respect MP, George Galloway, labelled the Labour party as ‘in shambles’
Bradford West prospective MP pulls out of race The contest to hold the parliamentary seat in Bradford West took a bizarre twist last week as Labour’s newly selected candidate announced her decision to step down, four days after being chosen. Amina Ali, a councillor currently in Tower Hamlets, London, made the announcement via Twitter on Wednesday 26th February tweeting: “I...
RUNNERS: Around 30 people took part in the challenging 10km run last week in aid of the Islamic Relief charity
Fundraisers defeat the elements to conquer 10km challenge A group of fundraisers, aged from six to seventy-six-years-old, battled wind, rain and snow last weekend to complete the 10km challenge from Halifax to Bradford. Raising funds for the Islamic Relief charity, the group gathered in Halifax town centre on Sunday morning before running up the daunting ‘Queensbury Mountain’ and into the neighbouring...
EXPENSIVE: Local cabbies and operators have said the rise in fees will have a big effect on their trade (l-r) Mohammed Sajaad, Emily Halliday, Simon Bull and Naveed Ahmed
Parking costs rise at local airport The cost of parking at Yorkshire’s largest airport increased 50 per cent last week leaving drivers ‘disappointed’ with the new ‘kiss and fly’ charges. Parking outside Leeds Bradford Airport’s main terminal building will now cost drivers £3 for up to thirty minutes instead of the previous price of £2. One-hundred free parking spaces have been allocated...

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