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UK visa fees is set for big hike
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 12:39 AM
ISIS targets wrong Google
Hackers affiliated to ISIS terror group who promised to take down international search engine giant Google has instead targeted a small India tech firm, according to a media report.
04 Mar 2016 5:30 AM
Wrong body flown to UK by mistake
In a major goof-up, the body of an unidentified man has been mistakenly flown from India to the UK in the belief that it was that of a 54-year-old Indian-origin British hotelier who was allegedly murd
02 Mar 2016 5:41 AM
British Muslim girls being forced into online marriages
Minor Muslim girls in the UK as young as 11 are being forced to marry men living abroad via the Internet despite a ban on forced marriage in the country.
29 Feb 2016 5:40 AM
Prince William and Kate Middleton set Taj date April 16, will also visit Delhi and Bhutan
Britain’s Prince William and Kate Middleton will embark on their maiden visit to India on April 10, including a stop at Agra’s famed Taj Mahal, where William’s mother, the late Princess Diana, posed f
27 Feb 2016 4:43 AM
Iran groups raise bounty on Salman Rushdie
Hardline Iranian news media outlets have raised $600,000 to add to a bounty for the killing of Salman Rushdie, it emerged on Wednesday, 27 years after a death fatwa was issued by Iran’s former supreme
25 Feb 2016 7:48 AM
Amnesty International condemns ‘growing intolerance’
Authorities in India failed to stop “incidents of religious violence” and often “contributed to tensions through polarising speeches”, Amnesty International said on Wednesday, as it condemned “growing
25 Feb 2016 3:06 AM
UK universities condemn ‘attack on dissent’
Eight top universities in the UK, including Oxford and Cambridge, on Thursday came out in support of Jawaharlal Nehru University, strongly criticising the police action in its campus as a “direct atta
19 Feb 2016 1:28 AM
UK site traces Netaji ashes to Tokyo temple
A website created in the UK to chronicle the final days of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on Monday released details of what it claims is proof that the last remains of the freedom fighter travelled to an
16 Feb 2016 3:02 AM
Cambridge launches written admission tests
UK’s Cambridge University on Tuesday announced that written tests will now be part of the application process in one of the world’s most renowned varsities.
02 Feb 2016 11:46 PM
Out of House, British MPs may have to follow Sharia law
MPs and peers were told this week that they are likely to have to move out of the Palace of Westminster entirely for at least six years
31 Jan 2016 12:14 AM
‘Jihadi Sid’ hails Hitler in his video monologue
A video has emerged which shows suspected Indian-origin ISIS jihadist Siddhartha Dhar praising Adolf Hitler.
28 Jan 2016 3:30 AM
Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International slam India
The Indian government “failed” to address increasing attacks on religious minorities and imposed restrictions on civil society groups critical of it, two leading global human rights groups said on Wed
28 Jan 2016 12:34 AM
UK foils airline terror plot against 4 cities
A terror plot to attack four cities across Britain was foiled by the authorities after they intercepted two foreign airline pilots, believed to be sympathisers of ISIS, discussing the targets, a week
25 Jan 2016 5:29 AM
India set to open legal services for foreigners
India will press ahead with liberalising legal services market to allow foreign lawyers to operate, said a statement issued by UK government after talks between finance minister Arun Jaitley and his B
21 Jan 2016 1:15 AM
UK PM mulls burqa ban at school, court, border posts
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has backed a ban on face-covering veils such as burqas in schools, courts and at border checkpoints in the country, but said he will not go as far as what France did by
20 Jan 2016 1:46 AM
‘Netaji died of crash injuries’
The latest set of witness statements released by a UK-based website set up to unravel the mystery surrounding Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s disappearance seem to confirm that the freedom fighter died a
17 Jan 2016 12:00 AM
Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday party tickets to cost £150
Tickets to a gala street party planned in the heart of London to mark Queen Elizabeth II’s 90th birthday this year will open to the public to buy for £150 each.
16 Jan 2016 1:39 AM
UK police recruit Syrian refugee moms
The British police have recruited Syrian refugee mothers as the face of a new campaign to prevent young girls and women in the UK fleeing to join the ISIS terror group, as figures released on Tuesday
13 Jan 2016 5:20 AM
Mumbai-born girl, 11, tops Mensa IQ test
A 11-year-old Indian-origin girl in the UK has achieved the top possible score of 162 on a IQ test of Mensa, becoming one of the youngest brainiest students in the country.
11 Jan 2016 5:30 AM
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