All stories by Aditi Khanna
Charles III to be crowned King today
Rediff.com6 May 2023Charles will be crowned the King of the United Kingdom amid spectacular pomp and pageantry at Westminster Abbey in London on Saturday in a solemn religious ceremony that dates back almost a thousand years.
Man held outside Buckingham Palace, cops say 'no terror angle'
Rediff.com3 May 2023A man was arrested at the gates of Buckingham Palace in London on Tuesday evening as he threw suspected shotgun cartridges into the palace grounds, Scotland Yard said.
BBC chairman resigns after row over loan deal for BoJo
Rediff.com28 Apr 2023The 67-year-old former Goldman Sachs banker, who has been the chairman of the UK taxpayer-funded licence fee-backed British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), said the investigation found he had breached the governance code for public appointments.
UK faith review warns of aggressive Khalistan extremism
Rediff.com26 Apr 2023In a section entitled 'Sikh Extremism' the review goes into detail of how members of the British Sikh community expressed their growing concern over a small but extremely vocal group "hijacking" the Sikh faith to push a subversive pro-Khalistan narrative.
UK PM's Deputy resigns over bullying allegations
Rediff.com21 Apr 2023Sunak had been handed the independent report into allegations made by several civil servants on Thursday and a decision on Raab, who is also the UK Justice Secretary, was anticipated ever since.
UK think-tank warns of anti-Hindu hate in schools
Rediff.com19 Apr 2023'Anti-Hindu Hate in Schools', by the counter-terrorism think-tank Henry Jackson Society, found that 51 per cent of Hindu parents surveyed reported that their child has suffered anti-Hindu hate at school.
New British Gujarati parliamentary group meets with diaspora resistance
Rediff.com18 Apr 2023A number of Indian diaspora organisations in the UK have issued letters objecting to the creation of a new cross-party parliamentary group for British Gujaratis, warning that the move could be "divisive".
Harry to attend King Charles's coronation without Meghan
Rediff.com12 Apr 2023Britain's Prince Harry will attend the coronation of his father King Charles III next month, but his wife Meghan will remain in the United States with the couple's children, Buckingham Palace said on Wednesday.
Twitter labels BBC as 'government-funded media'
Rediff.com10 Apr 2023The taxpayer-funded licence fee supported UK media corporation said it has contacted the social media giant over the designation on its @BBC account to resolve the issue "as soon as possible".
Indian student blames Hinduphobia for disqualification in LSE polls
Rediff.com4 Apr 2023An Indian student has claimed that he was disqualified from the London School of Economics (LSE) Students' Union elections as a result of a deliberately orchestrated smear campaign because of his Indian and Hindu identity.
London: Kept at bay, Khalistani protestors hurl objects at Indian Mission
Rediff.com22 Mar 2023There is a heightened security presence and barricades have been erected outside the Indian High Commission in London on Wednesday due to a planned demonstration called by some British Sikh groups.
Singing 'Jai Ho' and 'Rang De Basanti', Indians throng high commission in solidarity
Rediff.com21 Mar 2023Several Indian diaspora groups on Tuesday gathered for a festive demonstration outside the India House in London to show solidarity with the Indian mission following the vandalism at its premises by Khalistan extremists over the weekend.
One person arrested for vandalising Indian high commission in London
Rediff.com20 Mar 2023Security was beefed up around the Indian high commission in London on Monday and Scotland Yard detained one person in connection with vandalism at the mission by Khalistan supporters a day earlier as India asked the UK to quickly arrest and prosecute those involved in the attack.
Khalistani protestors attack Indian embassy, tricolour grabbed
Rediff.com20 Mar 2023Officials from the mission said the "attempted but failed" attack had been foiled and that the tricolour was now flying "grander".
Kohinoor to be displayed as 'symbol of conquest' in London
Rediff.com16 Mar 2023The controversial colonial-era Kohinoor diamond claimed by India is to be cast as a symbol of conquest as part of a new display of Britain's Crown Jewels at the Tower of London set to open to the public in May.
Perumal Murugan first Tamil writer to make it to Booker prize longlist
Rediff.com14 Mar 2023Indian author Perumal Murugan's Tamil novel Pyre is among 13 books from across Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America to make it to the longlist of the International Booker Prize 2023, announced by the Booker Prize Foundation in London on Tuesday.
For first time UK puts support for India in UNSC in policy document
Rediff.com13 Mar 2023The UK government made its first major commitment to support UN Security Council reforms and India's permanent membership within it as part of a refreshed defence and foreign policy review tabled in Parliament on Monday.
HSBC acquires Silicon Valley Bank's UK arm for 1 pound
Rediff.com13 Mar 2023The UK government announced on Monday that it has facilitated London-based banking major HSBC to buy the embattled UK arm of Silicon Valley Bank for 1 pound, securing the deposits of more than 3,000 customers worth around 6.7 billion pounds. Santa Clara, California-based Silicon Valley Bank - which specialised in lending to technology companies - was shut down by US regulators on Friday in what was the largest failure of a US bank since 2008. According to experts, although the UK arm of SVB was small with only around 3,000 business customers, its collapse would have presented a risk for the tech sector which is seen as crucial to Britain's economic growth.
BJP likes to believe it will be in power 'eternally', but...:Rahul
Rediff.com7 Mar 2023The Opposition MP pointed to a set of changes taking place in India that had caught the Congress and UPA government off guard, such as a shift from rural to urban.
Mikes in our Parliament are silenced: Rahul tells British MPs
Rediff.com6 Mar 2023Congress leader Rahul Gandhi told British parliamentarians in London on Monday that functioning microphones in the Lok Sabha are often silenced against the Opposition.