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Oxford University students complain about too many essays
Students at the elite Oxford University have complained that they are being forced to submit too many essays in comparison with peers studying similar courses at different colleges in the varsity.
16 Jun 2016 9:30 AM
Buniyadi: London’s first nude restaurant
A new restaurant offering customers the promise of a “completely natural” dining experience is all set to open as The Buniyadi here.
10 Jun 2016 12:58 AM
UK using Bollywood songs against ISIS
British special forces are blasting Bollywood music as a new psychological warfare weapon against Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists in Libya on the advice of a Pakistani-born intelligence officer, it em
02 Jun 2016 4:04 AM
Nawaz Sharif’s open-heart surgery ‘successful’
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday underwent an open-heart surgery at a British hospital which his party said was “successful”, the Premier’s second cardiac procedure in five years.
01 Jun 2016 2:49 AM
UK puts music festivals on terror alert
Music festivals, sporting venues and night-clubs in the UK are on terror alert, according to Scotland Yard’s senior-most Indian-origin officer, who has warned such venues could be the target of the ne
30 May 2016 4:40 AM
UK foreign office cat under scanner for being ‘EU spy’
Britain’s foreign secretary Philip Hammond was forced to issue a denial after his own Conservative party colleague claimed that the “chief mouser” at the UK’s foreign office could be a European Union
26 May 2016 1:40 AM
Bomb threats in UK schools lead to panic
Several schools across the UK were on Tuesday forced to shut down after receiving calls threatening to bomb, shoot and behead children, sparking panic among parents.
25 May 2016 6:49 AM
PIO found murdered in UK
An Indian-origin woman was found murdered in a pool of blood at her family estate in south England, leading to the arrest of her husband.
24 May 2016 5:10 AM
‘BBC ‘too Christian’, needs to be diverse’
Report by ethics panel suggests more airtime for Hindu, Sikh, Muslim programmes.
18 May 2016 1:43 AM
UK water experts develop device to save lives in India
Experts at the University of Birmingham on Tuesday announced that they have developed a unique device that could save lives in countries like India by quickly and simply testing whether water supplies
18 May 2016 1:28 AM
UK to crackdown on extremism
British Prime Minister David Cameron is set to announce a major crackdown on extremist preachers, including sweeping laws to ban “hate speakers” from infiltrating schools and colleges, as the governme
16 May 2016 6:58 AM
Pak waging undeclared war on us, says Ashraf Ghani
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has accused Pakistan of waging an “undeclared war” against his country and said that the Tehreek-e-Taliban was the “greatest threat to the region”.
14 May 2016 7:32 AM
Assange gets kitten as a gift from kids
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on Monday tweeted a picture of his new companion, a 10-week-old kitten, presented to him by his children to keep him company in his Ecuadorean embassy where he has bee
10 May 2016 6:52 AM
‘UK mosques ask women to shun Facebook and trousers’
Many mosques in the UK propagate extremely strict rules of conduct for women, asking them to delete their Facebook accounts, not to leave their houses without their husbands’ permission, and to avoid
07 May 2016 4:11 AM
No Indian university in world rankings
Indian universities failed to make their mark today in a definitive list of the world’s top 100 prestigious educational institutions.
05 May 2016 12:35 AM
Anglican leader ‘illegitimate’ son of Churchill secretary
The senior-most clergyman of the Anglican Church, the Archbishop of Canterbury, on Saturday disclosed he has discovered he is the illegitimate son of Britain’s war-time PM Winston Churchill’s private
10 Apr 2016 2:20 AM
Profited from dad’s offshore fund, admits David Cameron
Under pressure to come clean, David Cameron has finally admitted that he profited from shares in a Panama-based offshore firm set up by his late father but sold his stake months before he became Brita
09 Apr 2016 12:51 AM
Shakespeare’s First Folio found on Scottish island
In a monumental literary find, a copy of William Shakespeare’s original First Folio, one of the world’s most sought-after books containing 36 of the Bard’s plays published seven years after his death,
08 Apr 2016 2:30 AM
UK appoints Sir Dominic envoy to India
The UK on Tuesday appointed veteran career diplomat Sir Dominic Asquith as its new high commissioner to India.
09 Mar 2016 12:48 AM
Steep hike in UK visa fees likely to hit many Indians
The British government is set to increase visa fees across most categories of applications from March 18, in a move that will affect thousands of Indians who were the largest group of skilled workers
08 Mar 2016 4:14 AM
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