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Local health board in UK to recruit 900 overseas nurses, mostly Indians: Report
London: A local health board in the UK could be recruiting as many as 900 nurses, mostly from Kerala, in the course of next four years to address workforce shortages, which is…
- Telangana
KTR invited to speak at ‘Ideas for India’ conference in UK
Hyderabad: Global advisory firm EPG has invited Telangana IT minister KT Rama Rao to speak at the second edition of the ‘Ideas for India’ conference to be held in London on May…
- World
Pakistan vs UK on ‘grooming gangs’ abusing white English girls
Islamabad: Condemning UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s “discriminatory and xenophobic” remarks against Pakistani men, the Pakistan Foreign Office (FO) on Tuesday warned of the serious repercussions of such comments, media reports said.…
- World
Invites issued for King Charles’ coronation on May 6
London: Invites for the May 6 coronation of the UK’s King Charles III have been issued by the Buckingham Palace. Along with the ornately illustrated invitation from “King Charles III and Queen…
- World
Indian-origin man jailed in UK for harassing parents for money
London: A 49-year-old Indian-origin man from the West Midlands region of England, who had earlier been handed restraining orders, has now been sentenced to two years imprisonment for harassing his parents for…
- India
Modi remark row: Former IPL boss threatens to take Rahul Gandhi to court in UK
London: Former IPL chief Lalit Modi, accused of financial irregularities in India, launched a scathing attack on Rahul Gandhi on Thursday and threatened to take the senior Congress leader to court in…
- World
Humza Yousaf officially elected as Scotland’s new First Minister
Edinburg: Humza Yousaf has been officially elected as Scotland’s sixth First Ministe, with a majority of 71 out of 128 votes in Parliament. The 37-year-old is Scotland’s youngest-ever head of government, first…
- World
Humza Yousaf succeeds Nicola Sturgeon as Scotland’s next leader
Edinburg: Humza Yousaf has been elected the first minority ethnic leader of the Scottish National party in a narrow victory that confirmed deep divisions over policy within his party, according to a…
- Andhra Pradesh
ISRO’s LVM3 rocket carrying 36 satellites blasts off from Sriharikota
Sriharikota: ISRO’s heaviest rocket LVM3 carrying 36 satellites belonging to UK-based OneWeb Group lifted off from this space port on Sunday. The second dedicated mission for NewSpace India Ltd, the commercial arm…
- World
UK PM Sunak releases tax returns; paid over GBP 1 million since 2019
London: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has released his tax returns, revealing that the British-Indian leader paid more than GBP 1 million to the Exchequer since becoming a frontline politician in 2019. The…
- World
Punjabi eatery allegedly vandalised by anti-India elements in UK
London: In yet another attack on an Indian installation in the UK, alleged Khalistani elements targeted a Punjabi restaurant located in Hammersmith, West London, according to an advocacy group. REACH-UK, which advocates…
- World
UK to respond ‘robustly’ against attack on Indian mission: Foreign Secy Cleverly
London: The UK will review the security at the Indian High Commission here following “unacceptable” acts of violence by pro-Khalistan protesters, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has said, asserting that the government takes…
- World
Security heightened at London’s Indian mission for protest by British Sikh groups
London: There is a heightened security presence and barricades have been erected outside the Indian High Commission here on Wednesday due to a planned demonstration called by some British Sikh groups. Banners…
- India
‘Sensationalist lies’, says India’s high commish to UK on reports on Punjab
New Delhi: India’s High Commissioner to the UK, Vikram Doraiswami on Wednesday said that “there is no truth to sensationalist lies being circulated on social media”, while giving details of the situation…
- World
Indian students urge UK PM Rishi Sunak to act over English test scandal
London: A group of international students, including many from India, have delivered a petition to British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak urging him to act against the “unjust” revocation of their visas following…