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  • britain s queen elizabeth living in extreme polluted

    Britain's Queen Elizabeth living in extreme polluted conditions

    World | February 24, 2014 9:20 IST

    London:  87-year-old Queen Elizabeth II is living in a palace surrounded by the most polluted air in all of Britain, a media report said on Sunday. The air outside Buckingham Palace in the heart of

  • britain s queen elizabeth ii down to her last million

    Britain's Queen Elizabeth II down to her last million; palaces crumbling

    World | January 29, 2014 9:20 IST

    London: Queen Elizabeth II's household finances are at a "historic low" with just 1 million pounds left in reserve, even as the royal palaces were "crumbling" and in urgent need of repair.A report by the

  • britain to lift turban ban at high risk workplaces

    Britain to lift turban ban at high-risk workplaces

    World | January 25, 2014 22:35 IST

    London:  Britain is set to scrap a ban on turbans at high-risk workplaces next week, a move that some Sikh groups see as a “sweetener” to deal with the fallout of the Margaret Thatcher government's

  • britain s indian balti cuisine seeks eu protection

    Britain's Indian Balti cuisine seeks EU protection

    World | January 22, 2014 17:27 IST

    London: Cuisine from the Indian sub-continent has taken on different forms in Britain and among the popular ones is “Balti” from Birmingham, which has applied for protected name status across the European Union.  The Balti

  • thatcher s letter to gandhi raises question of britain s

    Thatcher's letter to Gandhi raises question of Britain's support after Operation Blue Star

    World | January 16, 2014 22:30 IST

    New Delhi: A report published by a UK  newspaper says that the then British prime minister Margaret Thatcher had written a letter to her Indian counterpart Indira Gandhi after the Operation Blue Star took place.

  • britain battered by worst floods in 60 years watch pics

    Britain battered by worst floods in 60 years (watch pics)

    World | December 07, 2013 7:23 IST

    London: More than 15,000 homes in Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex are being evacuated, while residents were also rescued in Rhyl, North Wales, and Merseyside as Britain's east coast is bracing for  the most serious coastal

  • britain s friendship with india vitally important cameron

    Britain's friendship with India vitally important: Cameron

    World | November 06, 2013 20:09 IST

    London: Striking a positive note ahead of his visit to India, Prime Minister David Cameron has said Britain's friendship with the country is "vitally important". "I have made two official visits to India since I

  • storm batters britain france disrupting normal life

    Storm batters Britain, France disrupting normal life

    World | October 28, 2013 17:59 IST

    London: A major storm with hurricane-force gusts is lashing southern Britain, parts of France and Netherlands, causing flooding and travel delays, including the cancellation of roughly 130 flights at London's Heathrow Airport. Express train services between

  • diana weak only in britain director

    'Diana' weak only in Britain: director

    Hollywood | October 04, 2013 16:59 IST

    London: Director Oliver Hirschbiegel says his recent biopic "Diana" has got good collections in many parts of the world, except Britain.The movie, based on the life of late British princess Diana and her affair with

  • indian origin landlord jailed over boy s fire death in

    Indian-origin landlord jailed over boy's fire death in Britain

    World | September 27, 2013 19:56 IST

    London: An Indian-origin man has been sentenced to nine months in jail for the death of a seven-year-old in a fire at a property owned by him in the East Midlands region of England.Ajit Singh

  • three pakistani air hostesses held in britain

    Three Pakistani air hostesses held in Britain

    World | September 19, 2013 8:12 IST

    Islamabad: Three air hostesses of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) were arrested in Britain from a hotel, Online news agency reported Wednesday.The air hostesses, whose identities were yet to be known, were taken into custody

  • britain supplied poisonous chemicals to syrian government

    Britain supplied poisonous chemicals to Syrian government: report

    World | September 09, 2013 10:04 IST

    London: British companies sold poisonous chemicals to the Bashar al-Assad-led Syrian government that could have been used in the alleged chemical weapons attack in Damascus, killing around 1,400 people, the Daily Mail reported on Sunday.During

  • slaughtered bodies from iron age found in britain

    Slaughtered bodies from Iron Age found in Britain

    World | September 05, 2013 21:16 IST

    London: Excavations in a British county have revealed a gruesome glimpse of Iron Age Britain as archaeologists have found evidence of a massacre involving hundreds, if not thousands of people.Some of the slaughtered bodies are

  • two hundred injured as over 100 cars crash in britain

    Two hundred injured as over 100 cars crash in Britain

    World | September 05, 2013 18:08 IST

    London: About 200 people were injured when over 100 vehicles crashed on a bridge in thick fog in south east Britain's Kent county on Thursday.The crash, which occurred on the new Sheppey four-lane crossing bridge

  • britain to hold trade road show in bangalore

    Britain to hold trade road show in Bangalore

    India | September 03, 2013 7:03 IST

    Bangalore: To boost bilateral trade with India, Britain will hold a trade road show with multiple events this month in this tech hub, which is home to major British firms in aerospace, financial services, IT,

  • girl who assaulted elderly sikh in britain denied bail

    Girl who assaulted elderly Sikh in Britain denied bail

    World | August 20, 2013 16:48 IST

    London: A British court has rejected the bail plea of a teenaged girl charged with severely assaulting an elderly Sikh and remanded her to custody till Nov 25.The Coventry Magistrates Court Monday ordered that Coral

  • narendra modi gets invite to visit britain

    Narendra Modi gets invite to visit Britain

    World | August 13, 2013 17:57 IST

    London:  Nearly 10 months after the British government warmed upto Narendra Modi, the India groups of the country's two main political parties have invited the Gujarat chief minister to visit the UK.The ball was set

  • britain and spain spar over gibraltar

    Britain and Spain spar over Gibraltar

    World | August 13, 2013 10:11 IST

    Madrid: Relations between Britain and Spain continue to grow tense as both countries are considering the possibility of taking their respective cases over the British Crown colony of Gibraltar to international courts, an official said

  • britain confirms nearly rs. three lakh visa bond for indians

    Britain confirms nearly Rs. three lakh visa bond for Indians

    World | July 30, 2013 10:16 IST

    Lagos (Nigeria), Jul 30: Britain's Home Office confirmed Monday it will demand a 3,000-pound ($4,630 or Rs. 2.75 lakh) refundable bond for visas for "high-risk" visitors from six former colonies in Africa and Asia -

  • britain celebrates birth of its royal baby

    Britain celebrates birth of its royal baby

    World | July 23, 2013 6:53 IST

    London, Jul 23: Champagne bottles popped and shouts of “Hip! Hip! Hooray!” erupted at Buckingham Palace on Monday as Britain welcomed the birth of Prince William and his wife Kate's first child, a boy who

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