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All the fun without the fair

15.10.09

If being crushed inside the Frieze tent makes you hyperventilate, don't despair - some of the best one-off shows are in other parts of town... more

London groom held after his Indian wedding turns into riot

07.10.09

London man and eight of his relatives arrested and jailed in India after his wedding descended into a riot... more

WORLD: Bomb kills 30 at Pakistan spy HQ

27.05.09

More than 30 people were killed and 300 injured in a car bomb attack which caused a huge explosion outside a spy HQ and police station in the Pakistani city of Lahore... more

I will wish my babies a long life … in Britain with their parents

21.05.09

Wombs for hire: first interview with Indian mother paid by a London couple to carry their child... more

Andrew Strauss calls for action to keep Tests at the top

05.05.09

Cricket: Andrew Strauss has called on the world cricketing authorities to stop the Indian Premier League from devaluing the international game following West Indies captain Chris Gayle’s late arrival for the First Test at Lord’s... more

Ravi Bopara out to seek sage advice from guru Graham Gooch

01.05.09

Cricket: Ravi Bopara will seek help from Graham Gooch as he aims to cement his place as England's first-choice No3 for The Ashes... more

Commandos end police siege in Pakistan

30.03.09

Pakistani special forces overpowered a gang of Islamic miltants who had stormed a police academy... more

Indian boy dumped in London to return home within weeks

27.03.09

A boy abandoned in London by his mother a year ago could return to his family in India within weeks... more

Mass arrests ahead of rally in Pakistan

11.03.09

Pakistan arrested hundreds of opposition activists and banned protests in two regions before a planned rally outside parliament in Islamabad... more

Radical secret of cricket hero

05.03.09

The driver of the Sri Lanka cricketers' bus, who averted a massacre after driving them to safety under a hail of bullets, is the brother of an extremist killed fighting for a jihadist militant group... more

‘They were obviously trained, it’s the same pattern as in Mumbai’

03.03.09

The Islamist extremist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba was immediately identified as the prime suspect in the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team... more

I hope my Indian spring will lead to an Australian summer

17.02.09

Cricket: In his first diary entry for Standard Sport, Ravi Bopara outlines his ambitions . . . ... more

Abandoned Sikh boy's uncle found

09.01.09

The mystery surrounding the abandoned 11-year-old boy found wandering the streets of Southall last March appeared closer to being solved today... more

Riddle over identity of 'baby face' killer

04.12.08

Police in India and Pakistan are at loggerheads over the identity of the only surviving terrorist of the Mumbai attacks... more

Retail

08.10.08

These are the people who will steer London’s vital retail world through what looks like difficult trading ahead ... more

They're bringing bhangra back

22.09.08

The Bhangra Latina project brought salsa and bhangra to the table and created a fabulous hybrid at Queen Elizabeth Hall.... more

Police probe death plunge at embassy

21.07.08

An investigation is under way after a senior defence official plunged to his death from the window of the Pakistan High Commission in central London... more

Revealed: the turmoil of Tarique Ghaffur

01.07.08

Britain's highest-ranking Asian officer is at the centre of rumours over the state of his marriage and faces a backlash from his former supporters... more

Battle inflamed by attack on Golden Temple is at a turning point ... in Britain

21.04.08

For a time in the 1980s, Sikh militants occupied the same place in the international terrorist pantheon as Muslim fundamentalists do now.... more

Ken's adviser is linked to terror group

21.04.08

Ken Livingstone has appointed a former member of a banned terrorist organisation to the board of Transport for London.... more

Police close to solving riddle of Sikh boy, 9, left in London

04.04.08

Police in India believe they are closer to solving the mystery of a nine-year-old Sikh boy abandoned in London... more

Where to curry flavour

20.02.08

There may be a crisis over the shortage of chefs, but London still has a wealth of good-value Indian restaurants. Here's 10 where you can find a good curry.... more

London's teenage crisis

07.08.07

Tanika Gupta's new play is inspired by the stabbing of 16-year-old black footballer Kiyan Prince near her home last year. 'If you come out shocked, I've done my job,' she says.... more

Princess Diana told me to hold my head high

03.04.07

At a film premiere in Leicester Square tonight, a woman who killed her own husband after years of horrific abuse will be hailed an unlikely heroine. This is her remarkable story. ... more

A portrait of cultural diversity

12.03.07

The National Portrait Gallery's Between Worlds exhibition is divided into nine sections, each devoted to the story of a foreign visitor to Britain from a colonised continent.... more

Magnum force

23.11.06

Magnum Photos was set up in 1947 to 'feel the pulse' of the times. And a new exhibition of the agency's work shows it has done just that, says Fisun Guner.... more