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    Bollywood and elections

    Bollywood stars at the polls
    Loads of stars are campaigning in India's general election

    Gurdas Maan tours

    Gurdas Maan Vaisakhi tour
    We talk to the King of Bhangra as he performs to sell out crowds across the UK

    Kirpan

    Sikhs protest against knife rules
    Sikhs say they are not being allowed to wear a kirpan - or ceremonial knife - in public places even though the law says they can.

    Wheelchair

    More with learning disabilities forced to wed
    An increasing number of young people in the UK with learning disabilities are being forced into marriage by their own families.

    Michelle Obama

    First Lady brings Obama factor to London School
    Michelle Obama was moved by students at the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School

    Krishna Darji

    Asians "put off" Oxbridge
    The country's top universities are still not attracting enough students from an ethnic minority backgrounds.

    Robert Brinkley

    Britain's take on Pakistan
    Our politics reporter grills Britain's High Commissioner to Pakistan on the country's current problems and whether Osama bin Laden is still alive

    panjabi banker

    Downturn hits money transfers
    Asian Network's found there's been a steep fall in the number of people sending money to India.

    Asian football star

    Search for an Asian football star
    We meet the people behind Chelsea's new scheme to get more Asians into the Premier League.

    IPL goes abroad
    A top meeting decides to hold  the IPL in South Africa.

    My Dearest Maa

    My Dearest Maa album launch
    British Asian singer Raja Kaasheff launched an album for mother's day.

    UK Asian Music Awards

    UK Asian Music Awards
    Asian Network went to the biggest award show of the year and won a gong too.
     

    Amir Khan wins

    Amir Khan fight
    Amir Khan takes another step closer to a world title fight. He won his latest battle in Manchester.

    Cricket

    Big cricket moments
    See action photos as India beat New Zealand to take the one-day series and England's women beat India in the World Cup down under.

    Kylie goes to Bollywood

    Kylie goes to Bollywood
    Kylie Minogue's been filming a song for upcoming movie "Blue" which stars Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif.

    Asian footy fans

    Have Asians embraced the beautiful game?
    More Asians are attending top-flight football matches than ever before.

    Chelsea to promote Asian talent
    Chelsea will announce a special coaching project for Asians in the next few weeks.

    Asian Sport Awards

    British Asian Sports Awards 2009
    Our reporter met the winners and stars at this year's big sports bash

    February archive

    February 2009 Archive
    View all our top news stories from February 2009, including Slumdog Millionaire sweeping up at the Oscars, why more Asians are being fingerprinted, Ghajini - the Game, and why there are not enough Asian firefighters.

    Shumaila Panhwar, 21 from Los Angeles

    January 2009 Archive
    View our top news stories from January 2009, including why more Asian women are having more abortions, the American Asian view on Barack Obama, the release of Chandni Chowk to China and our chat with RnB sensation Abi.

    Aamir Khan

    2008 Archive
    View our top stories from 2008 including Aamir Khan, the Hajj Pilgrimage, India's surrogacy industry and why illegal downloads are killing British Asian music.

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