[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi on Thursday suffered another setback in his legal battle as he lost a bid to take his fight against extradition to India on charges of fraud and money laundering to the UK’s Supreme Court. The ruling leaves Nirav Modi with very few options to remain in the…
[ad_1] LONDON: One in six people in Britain are worried about running out of food and more cannot keep warm enough in their own homes, according to an official survey on Thursday that also showed a widespread sense of social and economic failings. The Office for National Statistics said 16% of people were worried or…
[ad_1] LONDON: Fugitive diamond billionaire Nirav Modi lost Thursday all legal options in UK courts and could be extradited to India within 28 days—unless he manages to get an emergency injunction from European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), or if he has applied for British asylum. Inside an empty courtroom at 10am GMT, with no…
[ad_1] LONDON: A grammatical problem which has defeated Sanskrit scholars since the 5th Century BC has finally been solved by an Indian PhD student at the University of Cambridge, it emerged as his thesis was published on Thursday. Rishi Rajpopat made the breakthrough by decoding a rule taught by Panini, known as the father of…
[ad_1] Prince Harry and his wife Meghan piled fresh criticism on the British royal family in new episodes of their Netflix documentary series released on Thursday, accusing his elder brother Prince William of being part of media attacks. William had screamed at him when he discussed leaving his official royal role in March 2020, Harry…
[ad_1] LONDON: UK high court judges were on Monday due to rule on challenges to the British government’s controversial policy of deporting migrants and asylum-seekers to Rwanda. Irregular migration is a thorny political issue for the UK government which promised to tighten borders after the country left the European Union. It is currently grappling with…
[ad_1] LONDON: The male suspect being questioned by UK police in connection with the murder of an Indian nurse and her two children has been charged with three counts of murder and will appear in court on Monday. Saju Chelavalel, 52, known locally as the husband of the deceased nurse Anju Asok, was charged by…
[ad_1] LONDON: A jewel-encrusted crown kept in the Jewel House of the Tower of London has been removed to be re-sized ahead of King Charles III’s coronation next year. The St Edward’s Crown, described as the ‘historic centrepiece’ of the country’s Crown Jewels, has been removed from the world-famous tower to allow for ‘modification work’…
[ad_1] NEW YORK: A year ago, the lexicographic grandees at Oxford Languages dutifully stuck out their arms and chose “vax” as the 2021 Word of the Year. But this year, the venerable publisher behind the Oxford English Dictionary has — like the rest of us, apparently — gone full goblin mode. “Goblin mode” — a…
[ad_1] LONDON: UK police said they had arrested a 20-year-old man on suspicion of common assault, after an egg was allegedly thrown towards King Charles III on Tuesday during a walkabout. The arrest in Luton, north of London, came less than a month after the monarch narrowly avoided being hit by eggs lobbed in his…
