Mahatma Gandhi's shawl was sold for 40,000 pounds, while his will fetched 55,000 pounds. ...
08:52 AM, May 22, 2013
London: Mahatma Gandhi's personal effects and documents, including his prayer beads, blood sample, leather chappals and the iconic leader's last will and testament, went under the hammer on Tuesday fetching a whopping 300,000 pounds. The last will and testament of Mahatma Gandhi proved to be the highlight of the auction of rare documents and items associated with the Father of the Nation in a small English town on Tuesday. The...
09:40 PM, May 21, 2013
Mahatma Gandhi's great grandson Tushar Gandhi joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on Mahatma Gandhi's blood being auctioned in London. Q. You can access both political and diplomatic power as being a political leader. Did you try to stop this auction? honestly if my father's or grandfather's blood would have been auctioned like this, I would have even gone to the international court. Asked by: pc1 A. My Blood boils...
05:16 PM, May 21, 2013
London: A large collection of Mahatma Gandhi's memorabilia will go under the hammer on Tuesday in London. Auction house Mullocks will auction the collection including a copy of a will, a pair of worn out sandals, a shawl woven by Gandhi himself, recordings of his speeches and a microscope slide with a drop of his blood. The auction house is already facing flak for selling Gandhi's belongings. But it is...
08:45 AM, May 21, 2013
London: British Prime Minister David Cameron has telephoned Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif to congratulate him on his party's success in general elections. Cameron, who took time out of an official US tour to telephone Sharif, agreed to work with him to strengthen bilateral relationship. "The Prime Minister spoke to Nawaz Sharif earlier today to congratulate him on his party's success in the recent Pakistani elections. They agreed...
09:36 AM, May 14, 2013
London: An NRI in the UK has been elected as the Deputy Mayor of a London Borough. Councillor Sunil Chopra, has been elected as the Deputy Mayor of Southwark for 2013-14. Delhi-born Chopra, General Secretary of the Indian Overseas Congress, London, is the first and only Indian-origin elected councillor in London Borough of Southwark Council, which has only 1.5 per cent Indian-origin people. Commenting on his election, Chopra said last...
10:03 AM, May 13, 2013
London: Got a drinking problem? Pop this pill! A new once-a-day pill which could help problem drinkers reduce the amount of alcohol they consume has been launched in the UK. Manufacturers claim that dependent drinkers who take the drug nalmefene and undergo counselling can cut their alcohol consumption levels by 61 per cent. The pill, also known as selincro, has been licensed for use by health officials in the UK...
04:25 PM, May 06, 2013
London: British MP and senior Conservative Party politician Nigel Evans was arrested on Saturday by the London Police after being accused of raping two men. The reports identify the politician as Deputy House of Commons Speaker Nigel Evans, a 55-year-old from Lancashire, northwest England, who has served in Parliament for two decades. The alleged victims are understood to be men in their 20s. It is understood that Prime Minister David...
07:23 AM, May 05, 2013
London: British media say that a senior Conservative Party politician has been arrested for questioning on suspicion of rape and sexual assault. The reports identify the politician as Deputy House of Commons Speaker Nigel Evans, a 55-year-old from Lancashire, northwest England, who has served in Parliament for two decades. British police do not identify people arrested for questioning who have not been charged. Asked about the arrest of Evans, Lancashire...
03:00 AM, May 05, 2013
London: Ethopian Tsegaye Kebede on Sunday won the London marathon in 2hr 6min 4 sec. Four miles before the finish, the diminutive Kebede had been in fifth position and 49 seconds behind the leader but slowly he reeled in his opponents before overtaking Kenya's Emmanuel Mutai in the last mile. It was a textbook example of how to remain patient and conserve energy until the business end of a marathon...
11:50 PM, Apr 21, 2013
London: The London Marathon runners fell silent at the start line Sunday in memory of those who died in the Boston bomb attacks. Amid tightened security to reassure the racers and crowd, there was a 30-second silence just before the start of the men's elite race and mass start at 10am. Many of the 36,000 fun-runners, athletes and fundraisers wore black ribbons in a show of solidarity with those affected...
11:44 PM, Apr 21, 2013
London: Undaunted by the Boston Marathon bombings, big crowds lined the route of London's mass road race on Sunday to cheer on around 36,000 runners, many of whom wore black ribbons to remember the dead and wounded. Hundreds of extra police were deployed to secure the first race in the World Marathon Majors since two explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday killed three people and...
05:07 PM, Apr 21, 2013
London: A 40-year-old woman, said to be an "illiterate" Indian, was beaten, raped and given out-of-date food and passed between three middle-class families as a slave for many years in Britain, a daily reported. The woman made desperate pleas for help to Hertfordshire Police as well as charities and other state agencies, but when police officers spoke to her, one of her "powerful and well-connected abusers" was used as an...
05:54 PM, Apr 20, 2013
London: A British television channel is pulling a comedy about a group of hapless terrorists from its schedule in the wake of the deadly Boston Marathon bombings. The Film4 channel was planning to air the movie "Four Lions" next Monday. The 2010 film is a dark comedy about four incompetent British Muslim jihadists who undergo terrorism training before trying to attack the London Marathon. Film4 said on Wednesday it has...
11:45 PM, Apr 17, 2013
London: A 25-year-old Indian student has been sentenced to 10 years in jail by a British court for raping a TV star in her hotel room after a birthday party. Soby John, a porter, used another worker's key card to let himself in before attacking the woman celebrity as she slept after a night of heavy drinking with her friends. John, who admitted rape, will be deported to India after...
06:06 PM, Apr 17, 2013
London: Borne on a horse-drawn gun carriage, the coffin of Margaret Thatcher made its final journey from the centre of British political power on Wednesday past thousands of supporters who lined the streets of London to bid farewell to the "Iron Lady". The former prime minister was honoured with a gun salute from the Tower of London every minute and the silencing of Big Ben's bells. British military musicians played...
04:30 PM, Apr 17, 2013
London: A coffin bearing the body of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was placed in a chapel in Britain's parliament before her funeral on Wednesday as a debate about the ceremony's scale and guest list deepened. Draped in the red, white and blue British flag, Thatcher's casket was driven through London's Whitehall government district in a black hearse as tourists and parliament workers looked on in bright sunshine. Four undertakers...
12:23 AM, Apr 17, 2013
London: Race organisers said the London Marathon would go ahead on Sunday despite the death of at least two people in explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, but police said they would review security plans. While it has yet to be confirmed that the Boston explosions on Monday were caused by a terror attack, the shocking scenes quickly prompted fears of a similar incident at the London...
10:56 AM, Apr 16, 2013
London: Security for Sunday's London Marathon is being reviewed after Monday's explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon killed at least two people and injured 132. "We will be reviewing our security arrangements in partnership with the London Marathon," Metropolitan Police chief superintendent Julia Pendry said in a statement. In Boston, loud blasts were heard and large puffs of smoke could be seen as thousands of people packed...
05:27 AM, Apr 16, 2013
London: Striking a defiant tone, the BBC has defended its decision to send an undercover team with a group of London School of Economics students on a trip to secretive North Korea, saying that it was worth risking their lives. The BBC has faced calls to pull Panorama special by John Sweeney who smuggled himself into North Korea alongside his wife and a cameraman by attaching them to a group...
08:55 PM, Apr 15, 2013
