New British Gujarati parliamentary group meets with diaspora resistance

A 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......

UK police fines Rishi Sunak over seatbelt 'error'

The local police force where Rishi Sunak filmed a social media video in a moving car without a seatbelt on Friday fined the British Prime Minister for the legal breach. IMAGE: British Prime......

Rishi Sunak under pressure as minister resigns amid bullying row

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing pressure from the Opposition on Wednesday as one of his close allies and embattled ministers resigned from the Cabinet pending an investigation into......

UK Opposition protests as Braverman returns as home secretary

A combative Rishi Sunak, the newly appointed Indian-origin Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, on Wednesday strongly defended the reappointment of Suella Braverman as home secretary, days after......

Modi@1: Running out of luck on the economy

After one year in power, Narendra Modi is pretty much on the back foot, even if he continues to display bravado in his public pronouncements. He knows within his heart that he has wasted a lot of......

Reforms? Forget all about them!

The real lesson of the Budget session is that Modi has the tools and the power to conduct big-bang reform if he wants -- but he doesn’t want to, notes Mihir S Sharma Incrementalism is in.......

Fresh demands to probe, control Murdoch empire

The third week into the phone hacking scandal that has engulfed Britain kicked off with fresh demands for the Serious Fraud Office to investigate Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation.Labour backbench......

Chidambaram's Budget speech

Speech of P. Chidambaram Minister of Finance PART A Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to present the Budget for the year 2005-06. 2. Last year, while presenting the Budget, I had suggested that the vote in......