Sudha Murthy, Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy’s wife, shared a touching “Indian mother” moment with son-in-law Rishi Sunak and daughter Akshata Murty at a Bangalore temple. A video of Murthy handing money for temple offerings has gone viral.
The upcoming week will see the establishment of new guidelines for negotiations on the India-UK free trade agreement, coinciding with the anticipated arrival of UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy in India on Tuesday.
This was Sunak's first speech as an opposition leader in the Parliament, where he congratulated Starmer on a "decisive victory" in the July 4 election. Starmer also thanked the British Indian Conservative leader for his "generosity" in every exchange since the election.
The King’s Speech is the centrepiece of the State Opening, an occasion where royal pomp meets hard-nosed politics, as the king donned a diamond-studded crown, sat on a gilded throne and announced the laws his government intends to pass in the coming year.
King Charles and Queen Camilla departed Buckingham Palace on Wednesday for the state opening of the British parliament. The Royal procession made its way through the Mall before reaching parliament’s Sovereign’s Entrance.
Patel, whose parents hail from Gujarati-Ugandan heritage, has held positions as international development secretary and home secretary in previous Tory Cabinets led by both Theresa May and Boris Johnson.
Rahul Gandhi took to X and posted his messages for newly-elected UK PM Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak, who lost the July 4 general elections.
Keir Starmer on Friday officially became Britain’s new prime minister after an audience with King Charles III at Buckingham Palace, hours after his Labour Party won the general elections.
In his first speech as Prime Minister, Keir Starmer pledges to restore trust in politics and navigate the UK towards "calmer waters" following years of Conservative rule.
A total of 26 Indian-origin MPs were elected in the British Parliament in the recent elections as compared to 15 in 2019. Rishi Sunak led the Conservative charge of British Indians elected in a small victory amid the massive election defeat against Labour.
Sunak said the public has sent a clear signal that the government must change and apologised to Tory candidates for the defeat to Labour. Sunak's party suffered the worst drubbing in the modern history of the party, winning only 121 seats in the 650-member Parliament.
With only two seats left, the Labour Party won 412 seats in the 650-member Parliament in Thursday's election, close to the record 418 seats won in 1997. Sunak's Conservatives suffered the worst defeat in the party's two-century history, with 121 seats.
With almost all the results in, Labour had won 410 seats in the 650-seat House of Commons while Rishi Sunak's Conservatives have won only 118. A record number of senior ministers and heavyweight leaders lost their parliamentary seats, including former PM Liz Truss.
The Rishi Sunak-led Conservative Party had a dismal night overall as it suffered heavy defeats in constituencies across the country. Commons leader Penny Mordaunt and Cabinet ministers Grant Shapps, Alex Chalk, Lucy Frazer and Johnny Mercer also lost their seats.
Starmer defeated independent candidate Andrew Feinstein in Holborn and St Pancras with a margin of 18,884 votes on Friday. He is expected to succeed Rishi Sunak as the next British PM as Labour is on course for a historic victory in the UK elections.
Exit polls had predicted a historic victory for the Keir Starmer-led Labour Party with 410 seats, while the Conservatives led by PM Rishi Sunak was expected to win only 131 seats. The Liberal Democrats are expected to win 61 seats and the far-right Reform UK is expected to take home 13 seats.
The night exit poll after the polling booths closed at 10 pm (2:30 am IST) predicted that Labour is set for a landslide victory, with 410 seats as compared to 131 seats by Rishi Sunak's Conservatives. This would mean that Labour leader Keir Starmer would become the next British PM.
UK Elections result: Britain has experienced a run of turbulent years — some of it of the Conservatives' own making and some of it not — that has left many voters pessimistic about their country's future. Now, it's time for voters to choose Rishi Sunak or Keir Starmer.
This year's UK election is expected to deliver the most diverse Parliament in the history of the country, including MPs of Indian heritage. At least 15 Indian-origin MPs were elected last time in 2019 and a record-breaking candidates from the community have been nominated in 2024.
The high-stakes polls saw British PM Rishi Sunak's battered Conservatives taking on Keir Starmer's Labour Party, the latter tipped to end 14 years of Tory rule by a landslide margin. Sunak called for a snap general election on May 22, as the party grappled with widespread discontent.
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