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Cameron chairs 'emotional' cabinet meeting last time as UK PM

An "emotional" British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday chaired his last cabinet meeting before handing over the baton to Theresa May who will assume charge on Wednesday, becoming the United......

Pay freeze for British ministers till 2020?

British Prime Minister David Cameron plans to slap a pay freeze on his ministers until 2020 in an attempt to show that the new government will share in new austerity cuts. Writing in The Sunday......

Meet Priti Patel, the first desi woman minister in Cameron cabinet

Priti Patel leaves 10 Downing Street as Britain's re-elected Prime Minister David Cameron names his new cabinet, in central London, Britain. Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters Britain’s......

Cameron plans his new one-party Cabinet

Newly re-elected British Prime Minister David Cameron is working out his first one-party Cabinet made up of Conservative party MPs without any Liberal Democrat coalition considerations of the past.......

Won't serve third term as British PM: David Cameron

British Prime Minister David Cameron has stirred up the United Kingdom election campaign by announcing that he would serve a full second term if he is re-elected in May but would not seek a third.......

Britain offers 1 bn pound credit line for Indian infrastructure projects

British finance minister George Osborne on Tuesday announced a 1 billion pound ($1.68 billion) credit line for investment in Indian infrastructure projects. "We have announced a 1 billion pound......

Brexit: India, UK to hold trade talks

Last year, bilateral trade in goods and services between the two countries was 16.55 billion pounds. Britain will start trade talks with India for a bilateral deal as it redraws economic ties with......

Xi, Modi to vie for investments on rare simultaneous US visits

On his maiden State Visit to the US aimed at allaying concerns over faltering Chinese economy, President Xi Jinping today left for America, coinciding with that of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's......

Raghuram Rajan, SBI chief among most influential policy makers

Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan took charge of India's central bank when the rupee seemed to be in a tailspin while the country was facing runaway inflation. He stabilised the......

Tata group warns UK over harsh business tax regime

The Tata group, one of Britain's largest employers in the manufacturing sector, has warned the government here over its commercial tax rates system, saying it is making Britain less attractive for......

Vanity Fair: Exuberant Exotica

Mira Nair's ambitiousVanity Fair offers a feast to the eyes, thanks to sharply etched performances by veteran British actors. But the film progressively loses its focus as a social satire. It also......

'We all have stories to tell and projects we need financed'

Keeping it short and so sweet at the 90th Annual Academy Awards. Host Jimmy Kimmel may have made sure the speeches remained short this year -- the shortest speech would win a Kawasaki jet......

Basically too many twists

A dramatic mystery in which practically every major character is not what he or she seems, Basic has so many twists and turns that it could mesmerise some viewers. The military thriller could......

Spider-Man 2: A must-watch!

The thing about spiders is that we don't like them. Either creepily hairy or disconcertingly spindly, they refuse us even the common decency of being stealthy, commonly wallowing in discomfort as......

London event drops taxes to lure Bolt for July meet

Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt and other overseas athletes will be able to compete tax-free in this year's London Diamond League event at the Olympic Stadium after the British finance minister......

England holds its breath ahead of crunch game

Millions of England football fans will take a break from work on Wednesday to watch their must-win match against tiny Slovenia, praying their side lifts its game to avoid being dumped out of the......

PICS: Vardy treble as Leicester whip Manchester City

Images from Sunday's action in the Premier League. IMAGE: Jamie Vardy scores Leicester City's third goal from the penalty spot during the Premier League match against Manchester City, at Etihad......

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