New Delhi: Indian students who wish to work after their studies in the UK will now need to apply for a job with a licensed Tire 2 sponsor, the government said on Wednesday. In a written reply in Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Human resource Development D Purandeswari said the Post-Study Work visa, which earlier allowed students to work in the UK for two years after they completed their...
12:17 AM, Apr 26, 2012
New Delhi: The Dalai Lama on Wednesday said he was "shocked" and saddened by the riots in London and other parts of Britain. "I felt shocked. I consider England quite matured and peace loving society," the Tibetan spiritual leader said while addressing the fourth annual lecture of National Commission for Minorities here. He suggested that the British government should find out reasons for the violence there and prepare a long...
05:27 PM, Aug 10, 2011
London: Indians visiting Britain on tourist visas will now be able to visit neighbouring Ireland without a visa, under a visa waiver programme announced in Dublin. The waiver programme will run from July 1 until October 2012, a period that includes the London 2012 Olympics, when a large number of Indian and other tourists are expected to visit Britain. Currently, Indian citizens need a visa to enter Ireland. Under Ireland's...
06:00 PM, Jul 02, 2011
Vienna: The UN nuclear watchdog voted on Thursday to report Syria to the UN Security Council for violating its safeguard agreements, citing Syria's undeclared construction of a covert nuclear reactor and refusal to supply information. The move by the International Atomic Energy Agency comes amid political protests in Syria, but Washington and its allies insist the timing of the recommendation has nothing to do with the crackdown on pro-democracy protesters...
02:54 AM, Jun 10, 2011
London: British Government plans to take tough action to exclude foreign hate preachers as part of the new strategy launched on Tuesday to tackle homegrown terrorism. "The new strategy will see tough action to exclude foreign hate preachers and a greater effort to tackle extremist ideologies, including work with mainstream individuals to make sure moderate voices are heard," the Home Secretary Theresa May said in the House of Commons. Other...
03:01 AM, Jun 08, 2011
London: Britain has expelled five Libyan diplomats to protest at the Libyan government's actions and because they could pose a threat to national security, Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Wednesday. "To underline our grave concern at the regime's behaviour, we have today taken steps to expel five diplomats at the Libyan embassy in London, including the military attache," Hague told parliament. "The government also judged that, were those individuals...
08:08 PM, Mar 30, 2011
London: Tens of thousands of people on Saturday demonstrated against British Government's cuts in public spending in one of the biggest protests in the capital since the rally against war in Iraq in 2003. Around 400,000 activists and campaigners descended on London, far outstripping the 100,000 anticipated by organisers the Trade Union Congress (TUC). The centre of the capital was brought to a halt by swarms of protesters. Spin-off groups...
06:48 AM, Mar 27, 2011
New Delhi/London: The Indian High Commission here has issued a blow-by-blow account on the alleged wife-bashing by its senior diplomat Anil Verma, who has been transferred back to India, saying the incident was "provoked" by a row over a Christmas tree gift. Taking a tough stand on domestic violence, the mission in a statement here said, "there is no question of condoning domestic violence which is totally unacceptable. Once the...
08:22 AM, Jan 19, 2011
London: Britain's military chief says he wants to set up a UK version of America's Cyber Command, the Pentagon's newly formed cyber warfare division. Gen David Richards was quoted in the Sunday Times as saying that cyber attacks were going to be a part of future warfare "just as tanks and aircraft are today," and that he wanted Britain to work on its offensive capabilities. The paper said that Richards,...
12:22 AM, Jan 10, 2011
London: Indian-origin orthopaedic surgeon Dr Ashok Pathak, who has been honoured with a MBE, has said he was delighted and humbled by the British Queen's honour for his charity work. 58-year-old Dr Pathak, who has spent 30 years in the UK, has been made a Member of the British Empire (MBE) in the Queen's New Year Honours List for his outstanding contribution to medicine in Yorkshire and India. "I was...
06:50 PM, Jan 07, 2011
The shop in Britain survived two world wars, two depressions and three recessions. ...
03:18 PM, Jul 09, 2010
Labour Party is trying to form the next government with the smaller Liberal Democrats. ...
12:38 AM, May 11, 2010
The law on cremation in the UK provides for cremations within a crematoria. ...
09:25 AM, Feb 11, 2010
The couple, both 101 years old, had got married at Cornwall on May 26, 1928. ...
05:02 PM, Sep 03, 2009
A study in UK claims men spend more than half-an-hour a day cooking. ...
01:22 PM, Aug 17, 2009
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