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Jack Straw rolls chapattis!

British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw is on a three-day visit to India to hold talks with his Indian counterpart Natwar Singh.On Thursday, he went to Amritsar and visited the Golden Temple and the......

Missing woman's brother seeks Jack Straw's help

The brother of an Indian housewife, who disappeared while visiting friends and relatives back home in Punjab, is meeting British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw to ask him to take up the issue with......

Jack Straw on the Iraq war

British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has the onerous task of justifying Prime Minister Tony Blair's decision to support the US war against Iraq despite immense public opposition. In an interview......

Will BBC series affect sovereignty?: Tharoor to Antony

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday rejected the views of Anil Antony, son of party colleague and former defence minister A K Antony, on a controversial BBC documentary on Gujarat......

'Chamchon ka durbar': Ex-Cong leaders on Anil Antony's resignation

Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill on Wednesday seized on the resignation of Kerala leader Anil Antony from his posts in the Congress to take a swipe at his former party, claiming......

UK law firms may set shop in India

Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan has said that UK law firms could be allowed to operate in India but a final decision in the matter would have to be taken by the Indian Bar Council. "I don't......

PM leaves India Inc at home on business trip

When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh leaves for a week-long visit to the UK and the US on September 19, he will signal some important departures from past practice. No business delegation -- neither......

Infosys, ITC chiefs in CII team for UK

A high-powered 14-member CEOs' delegation, led by Sunil Kant Munjal, President, Confederation of Indian Industry, will embark on a mission to the United Kingdom from June 29 to July 1, to drive......

More UK scholarships for Indians

Britain intends to raise the number of scholarships offered to Indians under the Chevening programme to 3,000 a year from the present 130, its Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said on Saturday."Prime......

Oil zooms as Iraq says Kuwait a target

World oil prices bounced back after Iraq said it could retaliate against crude producing neighbour Kuwait if the United States launches an attack from Kuwaiti territory.US light crude by 1730 GMT......

'Why should anyone lie about someone's death?'

The family of Nadia Khan, who was killed while shooting for director Kaizad Gustad's Mumbai Central, will ask for a British coroner to be appointed to monitor the case in India.Khan was knocked......

'Shilpa's enjoying herself'

Shilpa Shetty has never gotten this much press. Currently making the front page of national dailies and inciting a global debate on bigotry in the UK, Shilpa is in the eye of a storm, being......

Britain calls for ban on Zimbabwe

Britain has called onthe International Cricket Councilto ban Zimbabwe from playing international matches because of its human rights record, a government spokesman said on Monday.Britain has......

Team will not shake Mugabe's hand: Vaughan

England players will not be expected to shake hands with Zimbabwean government officials during their controversial tour of the southern African country, captain Michael Vaughan said on......

ICC hits back at Blair

Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair blamed the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday in the stand-off over whether England should tour Zimbabwe in October.But ICC president Ehsan Mani......

Blair slams ICC over Zimbabwe

Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair has pointed the finger of blame at the International Cricket Council (ICC) in the stand-off over whether England should tour Zimbabwe later this year.The England......

England could risk isolation

England risk isolation on the world stage if a sequence of events launched by an International Cricket Council (ICC) meeting on the other side of the globe reaches a logical conclusion. The ICC......

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