London: Britons seem to be doing away with their traditional good manners, as a survey has found two out of three people in Britain wouldn't mind answering a call on their cellphone despite being on a dinner date. According to a poll, carried out by mobile phone firm Recombu, once revered for our good manners, Britain has become more 'Rude Britannia' since the introduction of smartphones. Almost two third of...
10:38 AM, May 17, 2012
London: Indian call centres are selling confidential personal data, including credit card details and medical records, of over 500,000 Britons, a media report said Sunday. Citing an undercover investigation by The Sunday Times, the Daily Mail said the data is being sold by "corrupt Indian call centre workers" to criminals and marketing firms. The report said that two Indians, claiming to be information technology workers at call centres, met undercover...
05:47 PM, Mar 18, 2012
London: A lot of young people in Britain are being expected by their employers to return to the classroom for unlearning the kind of language they use. Bosses say increasing numbers of young recruits are unable to communicate with customers in formal English. Instead they use "text speak" and litter emails with abbreviations and obscure acronyms, the Daily Express reported on Friday. Senior business figures are urging the British government...
07:24 AM, Feb 25, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has convicted Indian William D'Souza and two Britons to six years imprisonment for sodomising and sexually abusing street children. Britons Duncan Grant and Allen John Walter were accused of abusing street children at a shelter in Mumbai. The police had issued an international arrest warrant in April 2002. A 2001 police report had charged Duncan and Walters with sodomy and sexually abusing boys. Charged with...
10:27 AM, Mar 18, 2011
London: Ancient Britons indulged in cannibalism -- in fact, they not only ate each other but also made cups and bowls from the skulls of their victims, a discovery has suggested. A team led by the Natural History Museum has made the gruesome discovery of the remains of three humans in Cheddar Gorge. The remains, including that of a child, appear to have been killed for food, their bodies butchered...
02:12 PM, Feb 16, 2011
Pulled muscles emerged as the most common complaint, followed by back injuries and bruised elbows. ...
07:41 AM, May 09, 2010
Duncan Grant and Allan Jhon Waters's passports were deposited with the Mumbai police. ...
05:51 PM, Jan 19, 2009
The sport initially started in Britain to attract recruits from Asian communities. ...
04:45 PM, Jan 03, 2009
The Britons, a man and a woman, had pleaded not guilty to charges of having sex in public. ...
03:13 PM, Oct 16, 2008
3 British Pakistanis allege they were tortured in Pakistan, Brit officials knew about it. ...
04:26 PM, Aug 01, 2008
Navi Mumbai: Kolkata Knight Riders kept their hopes of qualifying for the IPL play-offs on track with a comfortable seven-wicket victory over out-of-reckoning Pune Warriors at the D Y Patil Stadium on Thursday. The visitors first shackled the home team batsmen with their three-pronged spin attack and restricted the Warriors to a meagre 118 for seven and then reached the target by making 119 for three in 16.4 overs. Skipper...
12:58 PM, Jan 27, 2008
Bangalore: Former Test captain Anil Kumble reckons it is India's best chance to lift the ODI World Cup after 1983 but fitness of players would be a major concern and ending the 28-year-old jinx would depend on whether the squad remains injury-free during the event. "My only concern is the fitness of the guys. If they can last the entire tournament without injuries, we could certainly regain the Cup," Kumble...
07:53 PM, Dec 08, 2007
Six Britons plotted to attack London's transport system in July 2005, the prosecutor in their trial said. ...
06:51 PM, Jan 15, 2007
Many Britons have been left jobless due to eastern European migrants’ arrival, says study. ...
11:58 AM, Oct 28, 2006
A large number of Britons would be prepared to give up sex if it meant they would live to be 100. ...
01:35 PM, Sep 22, 2006
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