London: Over 50 leaders from the world of business and politics in Britain and India have backed a campaign for the UK to extend its new 87-pound two-year visitor visa to Indian nationals. In a letter […]
A 78-year-old Indian-origin British obstetrician and member of the UK Parliament has been honoured by a leading publishing group for his work in the medical profession and being incredible role model for social justice, equality […]
A 51-year-old former British soldier has been jailed for 10 months for racially abusing his women Sikh neighbours by calling them “ISIS slags” and “dirty Pakis”. Christopher Blurton was found guilty at Derby Crown Court […]
BERLIN (TIP): Germany has temporarily closed its embassy, all other consular offices and a school in Turkey, reportedly due to fears of a possible attack. Germany’s Bild newspaper reported today that the move was taken […]
RIYADH (TIP): Simon Collis, Britain’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia, has performed Haj after recently converting to Islam, it was reported on September 14. The diplomat was pictured with his wife in the traditional white garments […]
LONDON (TIP): Britain’s Prince Charles was reportedly involved in a car crash with a deer on his mother Queen Elizabeth II’s estate in Scotland, a media report said on September 156. The 67-year-old heir to […]
SLOUGH, UK (TIP): A model with six-inch long facial hair has become the youngest woman in the world to have a full beard, according to the Guinness World Records. Body positivity campaigner Harnaam Kaur, 24, […]
Britain’s former Prime Minister David Cameron has resigned his seat in the House of Commons, he told in an interview earlier this week. Cameron stepped down as prime minister in June, hours after Britain voted to […]
PARIS (TIP): Three women arrested on Sept 8 in connection with a car laden with gas cylinders found abandoned near Paris’s Notre Dame cathedral were likely planning an imminent attack, French interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve […]
LONDON (TIP): Britain is to start building a wall in the northern French port of Calais to stop migrants jumping on trucks, under a deal agreed earlier this year, the interior ministry said on sept […]
LONDON: Keith Vaz, a well know Indian-origin lawmaker in Britain, was today embroiled in a sex scandal after a newspaper claimed he had paid for male sex workers. The Labour MP from Leicester since 1987, who is […]
An India-born woman optometrist in the UK was today handed down a two-year suspended jail term for failing to spot a life-threatening eye infection in an eight-year-old boy who later died. Honey Rose, 35, a […]
London: A 16-year-old Indian-origin boy in the UK has claimed to have found a treatment for the most deadly form of breast cancer which is unresponsive to drugs. Krtin Nithiyanandam, who moved to the UK from […]
LONDON: Three Indian-origin Muslim siblings, including two hijab-clad girls, have claimed that they were hauled off a plane at an airport in London and questioned on the tarmac by British policemen after a passenger accused […]
An Indian-origin web manager charged with siphoning off over 100,000 pounds from his boss’ UK-based firm was today jailed for 39 months by a court. Gaurav Sachan, who worked as digital head for home improvement […]
ROME: A 43-year-old Indian migrant’s release from police custody after he tried to abduct a small girl from a beach resort in Italy has sparked calls for his deportation. Justice Minister Andrea Orlando had sent […]
LONDON (TIP): The world’s “largest aircraft” has embarked on its maiden flight, four days after a previous attempt was abandoned due to technical issues. The Airlander 10+ , part plane, part airship, took to the […]
LONDON (TIP): Armed Forces personnel from across the United Kingdom have celebrated the Indian festival of Raksha Bandhan. The event was held at the Shree Swaminarayan Mandir in London on August 18. Speaking at the […]
VIENNA (TIP): Police say that a man attacked passengers on a train in western Austria, seriously wounding two people. The assault occurred early Tuesday near the village of Sulz, in westernmost Vorarlberg province. Police say […]
ANKARA (TIP): Turkey issued a decree on August 17 paving the way for the conditional release of 38,000 prisoners, the justice minister said, an apparent move to reduce its prison population to make space for […]
LONDON (TIP): Britain may remain a member of the European Union (EU) until 2019, a year longer than previously estimated, a media report said on Sunday. Prime Minister Theresa May has been expected to enact […]
A 10-year-old Indian-origin girl has been crowned as Britain’s brightest child after she won a popular television quiz competition in the UK. Rhea shot ahead in Tuesday’s final of ‘Child Genius 2016’ on Channel 4 […]
DOVER (TIP): British holidaymakers spent hours sweating in their cars as 15-hour queues snaked back from the port of Dover on July 23 due to heightened entry checks by French border police. Stationary vehicles tailed […]
LONDON (Wire Services) A UK-based Sikh charity has won widespread praise for taking proactive action in distributing bottles of water to passengers stranded at a UK border crossing over the weekend. Khalsa Aid volunteers swung […]
BERLIN (TIP): Prime Minister Theresa May made her first overseas trip as Britain’s leader on July 20 to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who will be a key figure in negotiating Britain’s exit from the […]
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