Vaz, chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee, said: "Mr Clarkson needs to stick to talking about cars, not cultures. And he should apologise for his lack of taste. He and the BBC have done India a great disservice with this programme".
Keith Vaz, the Indian-origin Labour member of Parliament, has emerged as Britain's most influential Asian in a list of 101 powerful people from the region, which includes the likes of steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal, the billionaire Hinduja Brothers and leading NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul.
The Home Affairs Committee is considered one of the most influential committees of the House of Commons.
The Joint Committee on National Security Strategy has now been formerly moved in the House of Commons and will be meeting informally before the end of this month.
The Labour MP from Leicester since 1987, who is a married father of two, paid for men to visit him one evening last month at a flat he owns in London, the 'Sunday Mirror' claimed.
Indian-origin Labour Member of Parliament Keith Vaz has advised Indian legislators to be careful while handling the issue of foreign direct investment in retail, cautioning that a major dominance by super markets may not be in the interest of common man.
Keith Vaz, Britain's longest-serving Indian-origin MP was on Thursday re-elected as chair of the British Parliament's influential Home Affairs Select Committee.
Britain's longest serving Indian-origin Labour MP Keith Vaz on Tuesday resigned from his post as chair of the influential House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee in the wake of being embroiled in a sex scandal.
Opposition Labour's Valerie Vaz also retained her Walsall South seat and Seema Malhotra won her south west London seat comfortably.
Navendu Mishra (Stockport) and Nadia Whittome (Nottingham East) were among the other Labour MPs re-elected with convincing majorities.
A Motion was laid in the House of Commons in the UK congratulating batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar on his "magnificent" career and for being an able ambassador of the game.
For the first time, two Indian-origin women have been elected to the House of Commons, setting a new record for representation of ethnic minorities in Britain.
The Indian-origin nurse, who apparently took her life after being duped by a prank call from two Australian radio hosts, had left a note for her family members. But her family members still believe there are unexplained circumstances behind her death, Labour Member of Parliament Keith Vaz has said.
A record number of eight Indian-origin candidates including two women have been elected to the British parliament, setting a new record for representation of ethnic minorities in the UK.
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India's first World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev has been chosen for the Global Diversity Award for Sports 2011 for his outstanding achievements in cricket and his recent induction into the ICC Hall of Fame 2010.
Family of slain Indian student Anuj Bidve arrived in London from India on Wednesday evening to take the body of the 23-year-old back home for final rites.
Vaz, who was first elected to from Leicester East 20 years ago, had defied a national swing and won the seat with a majority of 15,876 votes.
The presence of Vaz, parliamentarian from Indian-dominated Leicester East, and a fellow Labour MP, Joan Ryan, drew an angry response from the Sri Lankan High Commission, which released a statement claiming that the event was a 'clear violation of the UK terrorism laws.'
Keith Vaz, chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee, said that Britain's treaty obligations meant the pledge could not be met and that it was "a false attempt to answer to right-wing propaganda." Vaz said he was horrified at the rise in "racist comments."
"This is a shocking and damaging setback for racial awareness in the UK, not just for the Tory Party, but for the armed forces and British society as a whole," Vaz said in a statement.
Keith Vaz is seeking re-election from the Leicester East constituency on a Labour ticket in next week's general elections.
Amid an outrage over the killing of Indian student Anuj Bidve, a top British parliamentary panel will seek a full report on the circumstances of the "unprovoked" attack in Manchester earlier this week.
The protestors demanded that the promises made to them under the Highly Skilled Migrants Programme be kept.
Leading Non Resident Indian Member of Parliament Keith Vaz has introduced a bill in the House of Commons seeking a more ethnically balanced Parliament in the United Kingdom. The bill will allow parties to create ethnic-minority shortlists when selecting parliamentary candidates. There are currently only 13 Labour and two Conservative Members of Parliament of an ethnic minority background. No Liberal Democrat belongs to that category.
Lord Swaraj Paul has been appointed the first Chancellor of the prestigious University of Westminster.
Leading non-resident Indian entrepreneur Maneck Dalal, who has played a major role in promoting Indian art and culture in the UK, has been awarded the Asian Leadership Award for his contribution towards heritage.
Large and small Indian companies may face difficulties in filling up vacancies and moving staff from country to country owing to the new British immigration rules, an influential group of British MPs from the Home Affairs committee have been told.
Indian football will get a boost when a team from Leicester, UK, tours Goa next month to play in the Spice Jet Cup as part of an initiative to strengthen ties between the two countries. The team, picked by Leicester City Football Club, is part of an initiative called the Leicester India Football Link.
A row has broken out in Leicester in Britain where a section of the local population is opposing a move to install a statue of Mahatma Gandhi as a symbol of the town's commitment to multiculturalism.
UK MPs form club to select best South Asian restaurant
Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail have been invited to attend a tea party at the House of Commons.
Former England football ace Gary Linekar has lent his support for the installation of a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in his home city of Leicester which has a large Asian population. A section of people in the city, located about 100 km from London, has opposed the move to install a statue of Gandhi and has instead favoured Linekar or any other local hero.
Indian may manage to export mangoes to the UK this year.
The 'temporary ban' which came into force on Thursday will remain effective until December 2015 after authorities in Brussels found consignments infested with pests they fear could damage European salad crops.
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