[ad_1] LONDON: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and wife Akshata Murty, who made their UK rich list debut last year, lost around GBP 201 million since then as a result of a drop in the value of Murty’s shares in Infosys, according to a media report on Friday.The couple has slipped from 222nd position in…
[ad_1] LONDON: Deep-sea researchers have completed the first full-size digital scan of the Titanic, showing the entire wreck in unprecedented detail and clarity, the companies behind a new documentary on the wreck said Thursday.Using two remote operated submersibles, a team of researchers spent six weeks last summer in the North Atlantic mapping the whole shipwreck…
[ad_1] LONDON: Sikh extremism and Hindu nationalism are emerging threats facing the UK that have grown under the noses of the British authorities whilst they were focused on other threats, such as Islamist extremism, a report commissioned by the UK government, when Boris Johnson was PM, has found.Whilst the aim of the recently published Bloom…
[ad_1] LONDON: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Friday Britain’s plan to send illegal migrants to Rwanda was a deal between two free nations which are safeguarding the safety of the people, adding it was wrong to call it a deportation. Meloni, who heads a right-wing government in Rome, was talking to reporters at…
[ad_1] LONDON: The coronation of Britain’s King Charles next month will be released as an album, the first time a recording of such a historic ceremony will be available to audiences worldwide.In a statement on Friday, label Decca Records said it would record the May 6 service at Westminster Abbey, as well as pre-service music,…
[ad_1] LONDON: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak declared that Britain and Italy are “very aligned” in values as he welcomed far-right Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni on Thursday for talks focused on migration, defense and the war in Ukraine. While Sunak meets leaders of all political stripes from around the world, he had notably warm words as…
[ad_1] LONDON: The UK charity raising funds to build Britain’s first dedicated Jagannath Temple has received a pledge of £25 million (Rs 250 crore) towards temple construction from an Odia entrepreneur. This is one of the largest philanthropic donations given to a temple outside India.Billionaire Biswanath Patnaik, chairman and founder of the FinNest Group of…
[ad_1] LONDON: Lawyers for Prince Harry will be back in a London court on Tuesday in his latest foray against Britain’s tabloid press, this time taking on Rupert Murdoch‘s News Group Newspapers (NGN) over allegations of phone-hacking.Harry, the younger son of King Charles, started action against NGN, publisher of the Sun tabloid and now defunct…
[ad_1] LONDON: Several Indians are among 60 moped drivers arrested for working illegally for major food delivery firms in the UK as part of a week-long crackdown on illegal migration to the country, the UK government has said. The arrests, which also included Brazilians and Algerians, were made for offences including illegal working and possession…
[ad_1] LONDON: Sundar Nagarajan, the Indian citizen accused of running the funds for one of the top financiers of Hizbollah, has denied all the allegations against him and told a London court on Tuesday his family is Hindu and would never support Islamic terrorism.Westminster magistrates’ court heard that Nagarajan’s wife, who has Belgian citizenship, took…
