17 days ago
Britain anoints India a superpower on Republic Day
London, Jan 27 - India is already a superpower, says Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband. 'My thoughts on the 60th anniversary of the Indian Constitution is that in one particular way India is a superpower already,' Miliband told a massive gathering of the Indian diaspora here Tuesday. 'India is a superpower in its soft power, a superpower in the soft force of its democracy, and superpow ... read more

7 months ago
British Speaker leads MPs into curry heaven
London, July 16 - Order, order: British politicians are addicted to Indian food. And that comes from the Speaker himself. Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Finance Minister Alistair Darling famously struck a 400 billion pound bank bailout deal in the darkest days of the recession in October last year over a late-night meal of rice, karahi lamb, tandoori chicken, vegetable curry and aloo gobi. But ... read more

7 months ago
British Speaker leads MPs into curry heaven
London, July 16 - Order, order: British politicians are addicted to Indian food. And that comes from the Speaker himself. Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Finance Minister Alistair Darling famously struck a 400 billion pound bank bailout deal in the darkest days of the recession in October last year over a late-night meal of rice, karahi lamb, tandoori chicken, vegetable curry and aloo gobi. But ... read more

7 months ago
British tabloid accused of up to 3,000 illegal phone-taps
London, July 9 - Former British deputy prime minister John Prescott Thursday reacted with fury after claims that a tabloid illegally tapped the telephones of thousands of high-profile figures, including him, and paid a million pounds to silence victims. The Guardian claimed Thursday three cases were settled out of court after journalists from the News of the World tabloid were accused of hiring ... read more

9 months ago
British MPs hail Indian democracy, 'new age' for India
London, May 16 - British politicians Saturday praised India's democracy, saying the proven wisdom of the Indian electorate had made a mockery of political pundits once again. 'This is just wonderful,' said Barry Gardiner, an MP belonging to the ruling Labour Party and a former minister. 'India's democracy is, quite simply, the greatest expression of Common Will that we have on the planet. Time ... read more

9 months ago
'Amazing Indian democracy' floors British politicians
London, May 16 - Surprised British politicians Saturday praised India's democracy, saying the proven wisdom of the Indian electorate had made a mockery of political pundits - once again. 'This is just wonderful,' said Barry Gardiner, an MP belonging to the ruling Labour Party and a former minister. 'India's democracy is, quite simply, the greatest expression of Common Will that we have on the p ... read more

10 months ago
Ritchie's new squeeze is 13 years younger
London, March 28 - Pop star Madonna's ex-husband filmmaker Guy Ritchie is dating a woman who is 13 years younger than him. Ritchie and Petrina Khashoggi, the love child of disgraced British politician Jonathan Aitken and Soraya Khashoggi, have been dating for a few weeks now but are not making the relationship public, thesun.co.uk reports. Soraya Khashoggi is the former wife of controversial ar ... read more

10 months ago
Jade Goody dies in sleep, tributes pour in
London, March 22 - Seven years after becoming Britain's best known reality TV star, cancer-stricken Jade Goody died quietly in her sleep Sunday, earning handsome tributes from around the world, including India where she learnt last year that she did not have many months to live. Goody, 27, ill with cervical cancer, died at her home in Upshire, a village in southeast England, at 3.14 a.m. GMT wit ... read more

10 months ago
Brown calls Jade Goody 'courageous' as tributes pour in
London, March 22 - British politicians led by Prime Minister Gordon Brown joined celebrities and cancer charities in paying rich tributes to reality TV star Jade Goody who died Sunday of cervical cancer. 'She was a courageous woman both in life and death, and the whole country has admired her determination to provide a bright future for her children,' Brown said. 'She will be remembered fondly ... read more

11 months ago
Mayawati to be next Indian PM: pollster
London, Feb 23 - The coming Indian general election is likely to lead to a Left leaning government led by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, a leading pollster predicted Monday. Yashwant Deshmukh, who runs the Team Cvoter polling firm and has covered more than 100 state and national elections in India, will tell British politicians this week that neither the Congress nor the Bharatiya Janata ... read more