An independent public inquiry must be conducted into the death of Savita Halappanavar, who collapsed after doctors in an Ireland hospital refused to abort her foetus on grounds that "this is a Catholic country", demanded a friend of the family. The death of Savita Halappanavar must be the subject of an ...

 Vatayan Poetry on South Bank held its annual award ceremony at the House of Lords, where Baroness Flather and Dr Satyendra Srivastava gave away the Vatayan Award-2012 to the distinguished Gujarati poet, Shobhit Desai, and the Life Time Achievement Award (Vatayan Shikhar Samman) to the renowned ghazalkar, Janab Nida Fazli ...

London, Oct 16 : A planet with four suns has been identified by two astronomers. The bright new world, just under 5,000 light years away, is believed to be six times the size of Earth, The Independent reported Monday. It orbits one pair of stars and is in turn circled by a second ...

London,July 27 India has raised with the UK the issue ofvisa problems being faced by its professionals and the way they are impacting bilateral trade and investments. At a meeting with British Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Vince Cable, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma has said, "The bilateral trade and investment between ...

London, July 6 A new exhibition exploring the famous James Bond theme opens in London to celebrate the 50th anniversary of one of the most influential silver screen franchises of all times. The exhibition Designing 007 - Fifty Years of Bond Style tells the inside story of the design and style ...

London, June 9  A primary school in Britain has its own quality of "unity in diversity". Its pupils speak 31 different languages including Bangla and Sylheti forms of Bengali, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati and Punjabi besides English and several other European tongues. The English Martyrs' Catholic School in Birmingham has 414 pupils, ...

London, June 7  A 52-year-old Sikh, who was jailed in 1986 for posing as a doctor and sexually assaulting women, was a guest among many VIPs on the Royal Barge during Queen Elizabeth's River Pageant. Harbinder Singh Rana was found guilty in August 1986 of five counts of indecent assault, 11 counts ...

New Delhi, May 30: The annual sale of South Asian modern and contemporary art June 11 in London by Christie's will be led by an iconic art work by Tyeb Mehta, "Mahisasura" painted in 1996, rare paintings by a group of Pakistani artists, and photographs by Indian lensmen under the Khoj ...

London, June 1: About 40 Sri Lankans, due to have been deported from Britain on a charter flight Thursday, have had their removal orders overturned. Most of them are said to be Tamils. About 40 failed asylum seekers were granted dramatic last-minute stays, Channel 4 reported. Immigration lawyers ascribe the high court judges' ...

London, June 1: The main accused in the sensational murder of Indian student Anuj Bidve in Salford in Britain on December 26 last year pleaded guilty on Friday in a Manchester court. Kiaran Stapleton admitted to shooting 23-year-old Bidve in an unprovoked attack on the Boxing Day. Stapleton, 21, admitted to manslaughter at ...