In an bizzare suggestion to crack down on terrorism, a former British Labour defence minister has suggested to drop a neutron bomb on the Pak-Afghan border for creating an impassible barrier between the two countries. ...
05:12 PM, Nov 27, 2012
London: The BBC reached a settlement on Thursday with the Conservative politician wrongly implicated in a child sex abuse scandal. The BBC has already apologised for linking 70-year-old Alistair McAlpine, a member of the House of Lords, to child sex abuse that happened decades ago in Wales. The mistaken report, broadcast nearly two weeks ago, has caused turmoil within BBC management ranks and led to the resignation of its chief....
09:06 AM, Nov 16, 2012
London: British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg on Monday said the House of Lords is a 'flawed institution' that exercises power without legitimacy, which made it necessary to reform the 700-year-old upper house. Opening a two-debate in the House of Commons on the government's controversial plans to reform the upper chamber, Clegg said that the House of Lords should be a place for people who are public-spirited, but who do...
09:36 PM, Jul 09, 2012
London: Hitting back at those behind his brief suspension from the House of Lords in 2010, prominent Indian-origin industrialist Swraj Paul has insisted that he did not do anything wrong, and believes that racialism may have something to do with the unfair treatment he received. Paul was one of the Lords caught up in the expenses scandal that rocked British politics in 2010. Most of the people involved were MPs...
08:29 PM, May 20, 2012
London: Unhappy over his 4-month suspension from the House of Lords over parliamentary expenses claim, Lord Swraj Paul on Monday resigned from the position as its Deputy Speaker. Lord Paul, 79, along with two peers of Asian origin - Baroness Monzila Pola Uddin and Lord Amirali Alibhai Bhatia - had been suspended last month for varying periods over their claim of accommodation allowance given to MPs who reside outside London....
09:13 AM, Nov 02, 2010
London: In Britain, the House of Lords will take a crucial vote on Thursday on whether a Bangladeshi Baroness and two Indian-born members of the House be suspended, including Lord Swraj Paul — all on the grounds of bogus claims for residential accommodation. Lord Paul has expressed regret over the claims he made and accepted negligence. Suspension of Baroness Uddin has been proposed until 2012 along with repayment of 125,000...
08:57 AM, Oct 19, 2010
Houston: The judge in the fraud trial of wealthy cricket mogul Allen Stanford ordered the jury back to deliberations after they told him they could not reach a unanimous verdict. Stanford faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted of 14 counts of fraud, money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction. Prosecutors alleged that he used his depositors' money as his personal piggy bank, accusing Stanford of buying up regulators and...
01:23 AM, May 01, 2008
Melbourne: It's not only Ireland fuming over ICC's decision to leave Associate members out of the World Cup competition in 2015 and 2019. A media report here has accused the ICC of favoritism, saying that the governing body of the game kept a "corrupt" Zimbabwe in the loop but deprived "impressive" Ireland and the Netherlands from competing at big stage. "Australia has just become host of cricket's Shame Games. The...
09:56 AM, Jan 12, 2008
Mumbai: New Zealand's stand-in-skipper Ross Taylor on Wednesday said his bowlers are focussing on reverse swing which, he feels, is proving more effective in getting wickets than seam and spin in this World Cup. Spinners were expected to be the game turners on slow sub-continental tracks but fast bowlers have been as effective. There are as many as six pacers among top-10 wicket-takers. "Well, we don't have a bowler with...
11:34 PM, Jan 02, 2008
