Whether you’re a loved up couple planning your wedding day, a group of friends who wish to travel in style, or want to travel in luxury to the airport, Platinum Limousines is the number one destination for you.
Based in the heart of Bradford, the chauffeur hire company is now the largest in Yorkshire with 16 vehicles currently rented out...
Much has been spoken about the actress, Preity Zinta, and her drooping stardom lately.
The actress apparently is in much financial debt after the failure of her last production which was made on a lavish budget.
Multiple leading Indian newspapers and magazines have reported elaborate descriptions of how Zinta is finding it hard to make ends meet, so to say.
A visibly...
A music video by one of the world’s most popular artists has been forced to be edited after tens of thousands of signatures were gathered via an online petition, arguing that the clip was blasphemous.
Katy Perry’s ‘Dark Horse’ music video has received more than 30million views on YouTube yet it was the burning of jewellery, which appeared to show...
Following the death of a Pakistani prisoner, in a prison in occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan has demanded of India to release, on humanitarian grounds, all such prisoners who have completed their sentences, foreign office spokesperson Tasneem Aslam told Dawn.com on Saturday.
A Pakistani prisoner, Shaukat Ali, who was arrested by authorities in India for trespassing more than two years...
India regional parties met on Tuesday to declare a political alternative to the two main national parties, the ruling Congress and the main opposition Bharatiya Janata (BJP), ahead of national elections due by May.
Congress has led coalition governments in the world's largest democracy for the past decade but may struggle to win re-election this year due to a string...
US regulators have fined Asiana Airlines $500,000 (£300,000) for failing to help victims of a flight crash last year at San Francisco's airport.
Three people died and dozens were injured when Asiana Flight 214 crashed on 6th July 2012.
The Department of Transportation said Asiana took up to five days to notify the families of all 291 passengers.
Regulators also said the...
Prospective Muslim homebuyers will now be able to use a Shari’a compliant alternative to mortgages following an announcement made by the Treasury.
Paying interest to a lender under a traditional mortgage arrangement is prohibited by Shari’a law. Islamic banks instead offer Home Purchase Plans (“HPPs”), under which ownership of a home is split between the customer and the bank. The...
Pakistan this week unveiled its first ever counter-terrorism policy after battling a home-grown Islamist insurgency for more than a decade, announcing that every act of militant violence would be met with retaliation on their bases.
Interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan announced the "national security policy" before parliament a day after it was formally approved by the cabinet, ending years...
Vauxhall to unveil turbo-engined street-legal race sibling
With over 300PS generated from its 2.0-litre turbo engine, the Astra VXR Extreme will be the most powerful front-wheel drive Vauxhall ever when it’s unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show next month.
Derived from last year’s Astra Cup race car that competed in the Nürburgring Endurance Championship, the Extreme is the lighter, more powerful...
A former Guantanamo Bay prisoner was among four Britons arrested on Tuesday 25th February on suspected terrorism offences related to Syria, police said.
Moazzam Begg, 45, who was released without charge from Guantanamo Bay in 2005, was detained at his home in Birmingham on suspicion of attending a terrorist training camp and facilitating terrorism overseas.
Begg was held by the US...
The Bradford-based organisation, QED-UK, has been praised by a European Commission Ambassador for its work delivering English language classes to third country national women, who are mainly from Pakistan.
QED tackles grass-root problems by offering services in health, education and employment to disadvantaged sections of Britain’s eight million ethnic minorities.
Its flagship ‘English for Work’ ‘Unity Through Diversity’ and ‘Living in...
A 17-year-old published writer from Cambridge is getting ready to launch his latest book which will include a special poem about his Asian background.
Aukash Zahid has been writing poetry professionally for more than a year now and has already been published in 15 books, available in reputable outlets such as Waterstones and WHSmith.
His poetry is specifically targeted at bringing...
Serious discontent has grown among students of the University of Bradford over the constant absence of its vice chancellor Imran Khan.
Khan has been so embroiled in Pakistani politics that he hasn't attended a single graduation ceremony since 2010.
The University's student union has now floated a motion to drop the cricketing legend turned politician in Pakistan from the highest post....
A team of fundraisers from across England took on a mammoth challenge earlier this week as they conquered the hilly route from Halifax to Bradford – on foot.
The runners, and walkers, took on the 12km route in hope of raising money for the national charity, Islamic Relief, with all members completing the trek and in turn raising thousands for...
Plans for a new high-end hotel project in central Leeds could spell the end for one of the city’s most well-known curry houses.
Akbar’s Restaurants have become some of the most recognisable establishments in the county, yet it seems their Greek Street premises may not be running much longer if the proposed 90-bedroom hotel receives planning permission.
The work will require...
A Leeds-based imam has been awarded for his outstanding contribution to the welfare and integration of minority communities into mainstream British society.
Imam of Makkah Masjid, Qari Asim MBE, was awarded the British Community Honours Award last week in front of esteemed guests and personnel in the capital.
The award was presented by the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Rowan Williams,...
The Balochistan government has decided to establish a 2,000 capacity girls schools across the province with the technical and financial support of the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (Unicef) and Global Partnership.
Girls schools would be established in Balochistan's backward and far-flung areas.
“Global Partnership has already decided to provide 34 million dollars in this regard,” Sanaullah Panezai, Unicef's Balochistan...
Dreamworks Animation's green ogre Shrek will star in a family entertainment attraction that will open in London in the summer of 2015, the first of six attractions based on the blockbuster movie franchise that will be built over nine years.
Dreamworks licensed Shrek and other characters to Madame Tussauds and Legoland owner Merlin Entertainment, which will build and operate the...
