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Punjab-born UK MP Virendra Sharma says won’t seek re-election

In the British Parliament, the 77-year-old Labour Party MP has been vocal about close India-UK ties.
Updated on May 29, 2024 05:04 am IST

Punjab-born MP Virendra Sharma calls for urgent action on Covid-19 impact in Southall

Sharma, who represents Ealing Southall since 2007, on Wednesday called for urgent action after chancellor Rishi Sunak’s recent announcements providing subsidy to companies and self-employed people to alleviate job losses, insisting that thousands of jobs were not protected under his schemes.
Updated on Oct 01, 2020 02:34 am IST

Fall in Heathrow airport traffic due to Covid-19 crisis may create ‘ghost towns’

A United Airlines passenger aircraft arrives over the top of residential houses to land at Heathrow Airport in west London, Britain.
Updated on Sept 18, 2020 12:47 am IST

Covid-19: Indian-origin UK lawmaker Virendra Sharma discharged, says ‘recovering at home’

Hailing from Jalandhar district, Virendra Sharma, 72, is among nearly 30 MPs who have gone into self-isolation with symptoms or tested positive.
Updated on Mar 31, 2020 06:18 pm IST

Coronavirus outbreak: Jalandhar-born British Labour MP Virendra Sharma goes in self-isolation

Virendra Sharma, 72, said he is self-isolating for seven days on the advice of the National Health Service
Updated on Mar 17, 2020 12:59 am IST

UK polls: 5 Punjab-origin MPs make it to House of Commons

Relatives and neighbourers offering sweets to Amrik Singh, uncle of Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi, at their native village near Jalandhar on Friday.
Updated on Dec 13, 2019 11:05 pm IST

Pressure mounts on UK to retract ‘India-administered Kashmir’ remark

Britain's foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt is seen outside of Downing Street in London, Britain, February 19, 2019. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls
Updated on Feb 19, 2019 07:43 pm IST

Newspaper English: a book for fields beyond journalism

(From left) Ujjwala Barve, HOD department of communication and journalism, SPPU; Abhay Vaidya, resident editor, Hindustan Times; Bhushan Patwardhan, UGC vice-chairman; Kiran Thakur, author, Newspaper English; Virendra Sharma, registrar Flame University; and Vishal Soni, CEO, Vishwakarma publications, at the book launch at Rande Institute on Sunday.
Updated on Jan 07, 2019 08:49 pm IST

UK MP wants memorial to Jallianwala Bagh massacre in London

Labour Party MP Virendra Sharma (centre), who represents Ealing Southall, echoed the demand of local community.
Updated on Apr 17, 2018 02:25 pm IST

MP raises Jallianwala Bagh massacre in UK House of Commons

File photo of Labour MP Virendra Sharma (centre) with foreign secretary Boris Johnson.
Updated on Mar 15, 2018 08:20 pm IST