New Delhi, May 2: The Indian government Wednesday said Vodafone Plc was duly informed about its tax liability in the $11.2 billion acquisition of Hutchison's stake in Hutchison-Essar in 2007. A day after top bosses of the Britain-based telecom company met Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and senior officials to discuss the tax ...

London, May 2: Britain on Monday introduced a new clause in its immigration rules which says that non-European Union citizens accused of serious human rights violations may be banned from entering the country. As per existing rules, such foreign nationals can only be prevented from entering the UK if they are viewed ...

London, May 1: The four-nation London Olympics Hockey Test event will commence at the Olympic Park here Wednesday with India pitted against World Champions Australia in their opening match. The Indian team arrived in London Saturday and have had three practice sessions on the new blue synthetic turf at the Riverbank Arena. ...

London, May 1: The British ministry of defence (MOD) has identified six sites in the east of London for deployment of ground-to-air missile batteries to protect the Olympic and Paralympic Games scheduled for July-August. The deployment will be part of the plans for a major exercise this week to test Olympic security ...

London, May 1: A 54-year-old Indian-origin court clerk in in Britain was caught watching porn by a judge during a rape trial. The man said he did so as the case was "boring". Debasish Majumder viewed the explicit material while a sex attack victim gave evidence at the Inner London Crown Court, ...

London, May 1:  Britain is setting up a taskforce to close and clear thousands of illegal extensions to houses in places such as Southall, where many illegal immigrants from India and elsewhere live in slum-like conditions at high rents. Among the measures planned is "closer working with organisations such as the ...

London, April 28: At least 19 health trusts in Britain have written to the department of health warning it of shortage of vital medicines to treat high blood pressure, asthma and Parkinson's disease, Indian-origin MP Keith Vaz has found. The Daily Mail said there were concerns that drugs manufactured in Britain, meant ...

London, April 29: 'Asian Lite', a Manchester-based fortnightly focussing on British Asian events and issues, has won the top prize in the newspaper category in the How-Do Awards that celebrate the best in the media industry in the north of England. The fortnightly, edited by Kerala-origin Anasudhin Azeez,was adjudged the best from ...

Chung Ju (Korea), April 29: India's Swarn Singh Virk along with Manjeet Singh and Sandeep Kumar won their individual events at the Asian Olympic Qualifiers and booked their berths for the London Olympics here Sunday. In the finals of the FISA Olympic Continental Qualification Regatta for Asia, Virk (men's single sculls) and ...

Jaipur, April 28: The grand celebrations being organised in Britain during June to mark 60 years of Queen Elizabeth II's reign will have a Rajasthani connection! The 11-member Jaipur Maharaja Brass Band will perform in London June 2 and 3 rubbing shoulders with famous artists like Elton John in presence of heads ...