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Blast rocks UK temple; worshippers trapped inside

An explosion on Friday ripped through a Hare Krishna temple in Leicester in central England, causing fire inside the complex and trapping several worshippers. The cause of the blast was not......

Pump attendant scams UK village to fund LTTE

A Sri Lankan petrol-pump cashier was jailed on Tuesday in Leicestershire, England,for fleecing an entire village. Abdul Samad Mohamed Raik was convicted for cloning more than 500 credit cards to......

UK: Indian origin MP's record

Indian-origin British parliamentarian Keith Vaz has been chosen as Labour Party candidate from Leicester-East for the next general election.He has been chosen for a record sixth term. The general......

UK: 18 NRIs to be honoured by the Queen

Leading Non-Resident Indian entrepreneur Raj Loomba, a campaigner of widows' rights, Surina Narula, champion of street children in India and 16 others have been chosen for the Queen's Birthday......

UK: Indian-origin men convicted for Viagra racket

Two Indian-origin people were among four found guilty for masterminding a multi-million pound global conspiracy to sell fake Viagras over the Internet.The four have been identified as Ashish Halai......

Triumph ready for India ride

Triumph, the over 100-year old bike company, is all set to ride into India this year. The Leicestershire-based company is currently looking for an Indian partner, who could handle the imports and......

More British Gas jobs to be sent to India

Energy major British Gas, which has already moved several jobs to India in recent years, is likely to move more jobs there after shortly carrying out redundancies in its office jobs in......

UK's Triumph motorcycles to enter Indian market

British iconic motorcycle manufacturer Triumph on Tuesday said it will enter the Indian market and has appointed Royal Enfield's ex-Europe head Ashish Joshi as its Managing Director for......

UK: Begging helps professionals beat recession

It literally pays to beg on the streets in Britain, particularly in these times of salary cuts as collections can be as much as 200 pounds a night.The police have discovered several cases of......

Indian-origin man sentenced in $197 million scam

An Indian-origin former accountant has been sentenced to seven-and-a-half years' imprisonment for duping people of 100 million ($197 million) in an international scam.Shinder Singh Gangar, 46, from......

Leicester: Bollywood's new location

The British city of Leicester may soon play host to a 1 million Bollywood film crew.Director Suhas Bade, who is planning a suspense thriller, has told municipal officials here he thinks the city,......

Shilpa to judge reality series

Shilpa Shetty's new-found international stardom is all set to extend beyond showbiz as the actress has been approached to be a judge on the cricketing version of Pop Idol along with former players......

CL T20: Ruhunu keep hopes alive with win over Leicestershire

Janaka Gunaratne and Asanka Silva scalped three wickets each as Ruhunu Eleven defeated Leicestershire Foxes by four runs in a nail-biting finish to keep their hopes of qualifying for Champions......

CLT20: Trinidad beat Leicestershire to qualify for main round

Trinidad and Tobago produced a superb all-round performance as they spanked Leicestershire Foxes by 51 runs to qualify for the Champions League Twenty20 main tournament in Hyderabad on Tuesday. -......

Razzaq unsure about getting Indian visa for CL T20

Pakistan all-rounder Abdul Razzaq is jittery about obtaining an Indian visa to represent Leicestershire in next week's Champions League Twenty20 and has sought the English county's help in the......

Vinay Kumar helps India edge past Leicester

Seamer R Vinay Kumar claimed three wickets as India scored a 15-run victory over Leicestershire in a Twenty20 practice match at Grace Road, in Leicester, on Monday. The visitors rattled up 161......

Indians bar media from practice session

The bomb scare was in Kent but the Indian cricket team, preparing for the practice Twenty20 match against Leicestershire, took precautions here and barred the media from its training session.......

Web results for Leicestershire

North and Goodwin give Glamorgan the edge

Marcus North and Murray Goodwin hit half centuries as Glamorgan enjoyed the better of the first day's play against Leicestershire in their LV=... ...

http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/637109.html?CMP=OTC-RSS

Leicestershire v Glamorgan 256/5 *

We see you have Google Chrome installed. Try out Cricinfo's free extension: no thanks County Championship Division Two, Leicestershire v Glamorgan... ...

http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/593553.html?CMP=OTC-RSS

Windies begin preparations

Bridgetown, May 20: The West Indies will kick off preparations for next month's Champions Trophy in England when they embark on a five-day camp at... ...

http://www.thatscricket.com/news/2013/05/20/windies-begin-preparation-champions-trophy-2013-067844.html

Adam Gilchrist signs off with a wicket and 'Gillynam'

Dharamsala: We had often seen Adam Gilchrist massacring the opposition bowlers and taking some stunning catches behind the wickets, but on Saturday... ...

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/cricketnext/adam-gilchrist-signs-off-with-a-wicket-and-gillynam/392521-78.html

Two sentenced for robbery bid on Indian-origin man's shop

A 19-year-old man and a 15-year-old accomplice who tried to rob a shop owned by an Indian-origin man in Britain last year have been sentenced by a... ...

http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a380080.html

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